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Re: SOUTH WEST CACTUS, SUCCULENT & EXOTIC PLANT FAIR JUNE 25th 2022
Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2022 10:39 am
by tonyironscacti
The Cactus Banner is now erected on the railings outside the venue to help you with recognizing the building.
Also, for 'new comers' the single storey building is coloured in varying shades of mid/light blue....quite distinctive !
See you all on the day
Tony.
Re: SOUTH WEST CACTUS, SUCCULENT & EXOTIC PLANT FAIR JUNE 25th 2022
Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2022 12:53 pm
by tonyironscacti
Attached is a selection of pictures from this years fair........WOW what a variety!!
Re: SOUTH WEST CACTUS, SUCCULENT & EXOTIC PLANT FAIR JUNE 25th 2022
Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2022 2:32 pm
by edds
Some cracking Aeonium and Sarracenia (amongst others) there! Shame it's so far away from Nottingham!
Re: SOUTH WEST CACTUS, SUCCULENT & EXOTIC PLANT FAIR JUNE 25th 2022
Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2022 4:07 pm
by el48tel
edds wrote: ↑Fri Jul 01, 2022 2:32 pm
Some cracking Aeonium and Sarracenia (amongst others) there! Shame it's so far away from Nottingham!
Nah
There and back before lunch (late perhaps).
Just the cost of the go-go juice which makes it questionable.
Re: SOUTH WEST CACTUS, SUCCULENT & EXOTIC PLANT FAIR JUNE 25th 2022
Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2022 5:10 pm
by edds
el48tel wrote: ↑Fri Jul 01, 2022 4:07 pm
edds wrote: ↑Fri Jul 01, 2022 2:32 pm
Some cracking Aeonium and Sarracenia (amongst others) there! Shame it's so far away from Nottingham!
Nah
There and back before lunch (late perhaps).
Just the cost of the go-go juice which makes it questionable.
Ha ha! Maybe without small children!
Re: SOUTH WEST CACTUS, SUCCULENT & EXOTIC PLANT FAIR JUNE 25th 2022
Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2022 6:46 pm
by Stuart
Nice assortment of plants and some interesting prices. Are there any attendance figures?
Stuart
Re: SOUTH WEST CACTUS, SUCCULENT & EXOTIC PLANT FAIR JUNE 25th 2022
Posted: Sat Jul 02, 2022 9:21 am
by tonyironscacti
Yes approx 200 in attendance this year.
Re: SOUTH WEST CACTUS, SUCCULENT & EXOTIC PLANT FAIR JUNE 25th 2022
Posted: Sat Jul 02, 2022 10:14 am
by Stuart
200 is a reasonable figure, I'm not sure how to reach the collectors who haven't realised there's more places to look than garden centres. Dave Appleton's Herne Bay cactus marts which had about 700 is something to aspire to. It didn't help having two dates this year when there were two cactus marts on the same day.
Stuart
Re: SOUTH WEST CACTUS, SUCCULENT & EXOTIC PLANT FAIR JUNE 25th 2022
Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2022 8:53 pm
by TraceyM
At the Leeds mart most people who did turn up seemed to be relative newcomers to the hobby, so the organisers seem to have managed to attract some newbies and it was BCSS members who mostly didn't visit.
Re: SOUTH WEST CACTUS, SUCCULENT & EXOTIC PLANT FAIR JUNE 25th 2022
Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2022 9:38 am
by Phil White
That’s interesting Tracey. I believe this event was the same especially as Tony & the crew make a big effort to publicise the event. It was also mistakenly missed from the BCSS journal advert. Based on what I have been told previous Marts this year had a very low footfall. I’m not sure how much of this was affected by the opening up after COVID but I seriously think we need to make more of an effort to advertise at a local level such as GC’s , local radio , newspapers etc as well as Social media.