Spalding Cactus Mart - Saturday 22nd April 2023

[TerriZeferino]

BCSS Spalding Branch - Cactus & Succulent Plant Sale

Date: Saturday 22nd April 2023
Time: 10.00 am to 3.00 pm

Venue: Holbeach Community Centre,
Fishpond Lane, ,
Holbeach, Lincs, PE12 7DE

Sales by15 leading cactus nurseries and growers
Free admission Ample free parking
Refreshments available all day
For full details visit www.spalding.bcss.org.uk

We look forward to seeing you there

[Stuart]

Make a weekend of it, Spalding Branch meeting on the Friday night, the day before the cactus mart. If you're staying overnight for the cactus mart, come along to the branch meeting.

Stuart

[Stuart]

Here's a a list of the nurseries at Spalding

Sellers attending:
Ian Armstrong – Sedgefield, Co. Durham
Craig Barber Williams Cactus – Barnsley, South Yorks
Shaun Biggadyke – King’s Lynn, Norfolk
Lily Cartier – Spalding, Lincs
Graham Charles – Ketton, Rutland
Bryan & Linda Goodey Southfield Nurseries – Bourne, Lincs
Costas Papathanasiou – South Woodford, London
Alan Pocock – Friskney, Lincs
Stuart Riley Plantlife Nursery – Eastbourne, East Sussex
Doug Sizmur Kent Cacti – Orpington, Kent
Rob & Alison Stevenson Caistor Cacti – Caistor, Lincs
Cliff Thompson – Waterlooville, Hants
Tina Wardhaugh – Milton Keynes, Bucks
Carlos & Terri Zeferino Woodside Cacti – Holbeach Drove, Lincs

More info on the Spalding Branch website.

Stuart

[Stuart]

There's too much here for one day. Apart from the Cactus Mart on the Saturday, there's Southfields Nursery, the largest cactus nursery in the UK, only a few miles away. This may be the last year to visit Southfields and, although they'll be at the Cactus Mart, it takes a few hours to see everything so I'd suggest a visit on the Friday, the day before the Cactus Mart. After the Cactus Mart, the largest independent garden centre in the UK is at Spalding, Bay Tree Nursery is open until 5pm on the Saturday, it's well worth a visit.
Spalding Branch conveniently have their branch meeting the Friday night before the Cactus Mart. There'll be a new talk with plants and slides and some entertaining 'behind the scenes' nursery views plus a chance to see a preview of some of the sales plants. There's a handy Travelodge at Spalding which is only a few miles from the branch meeting and the Cactus Mart.

Stuart

[ianstrutt]

This sounds like a great plan actually. My mother in law lives in Boston so I should be able to go to Southfields on Fri afternoon as I've never been before, then the branch meeting Fri evening and the mart on Saturday.

[edds]

If you like rare and unusual hardy plants then I would also suggest a trip Jersey Cottage Nursery.

https://www.jerseycottagenursery.co.uk/

I got some Polygonatum from there last year I have never seen before!

[ianstrutt]

Are there many forum members going to Spalding on Saturday? I'd love to put some faces to names.

I'm 6'5 and pretty hefty - pretty difficult to miss.

[edds]

I'll be there.

[Stuart]

I'll be there all day, behind the green sales trays. For anyone staying overnight on the Friday night, come along to the Spalding Branch Meeting - see website for info - where I'll be trying to come up with something entertaining.

Stuart

[RayW]

It will be nice to see a few old friends again after the winter break.