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start [22:58 23/11/2018] Richard Whitestart [15:17 15/03/2024] (current) Richard White
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-==== SABG ====+== SABG ==
 ===== Noticeboard ===== ===== Noticeboard =====
-<wrap lo>//(for more details on some of these items, go to the "[[.#News items]]" section below)//</wrap> 
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-  * The cremation service for our former Chairman **[[people:billsquire:]]** was scheduled to place in Bangkok on 6 November 2018 (see the "[[.#News items]]section below).  The photo of him wearing his "Squire Bill" Show Secretary badge was taken by Jon Evans at the AGS Southern Show at Wimborne on 19th May 2018, when Bill handed over his duties as Show Secretary to Ben Parmee, after many years of service in this role.  +  * The **SABG Spring meeting** will be on <wrap em>Sunday 24th March 2024</wrap> at Badger's Farm Community Centre. The speaker for this meeting is **Timothy Walker**, formerly the Director of Oxford Botanic Garden & Harcourt Arboretum.  The title of his talk is "<wrap em>From Diaz to Diamonds - Plant Hunting in South Africa</wrap>" "The western Cape region of South Africa is one of the most botanically diverse areas of the World.  This talk takes a route from the southernmost tip of Africa to the border with Namibia looking at the plants and the ethnobotany of one of the most fascinating countries in the World. More details below.   
-  * A provisional revived version of **[[bulbweb:]]** can now be viewed and searched.  +  * The **SABG Autumn meeting** has been booked for <wrap em>Sunday 20th October 2024</wrap> at Badger's Farm Community Centre (a change to the originally published provisional date)
-  * **{{ :newsletter:sabgnews38.pdf |Newsletter no. 38}}** (October 2018) is now available +  * **{{newsletter:sabgnews50.pdf|Newsletter no. 50}}** (March 2024) is available 
-  * **SABG Members: do we have your correct email address?**  Newsletter no. 38 was sent on 5th October to all SABG members whose email addresses we have.  If you are a member and didn't receive it, please email Richard White (see "[[.#Contacts]]" on this page) +  * **[[bulletin:start|Bulletin]] no50/1** (15 March 2024) has been emailed.
-  Our next meeting is on **Sunday 7th April 2019** in Winchester, UK Anyone interested in these plants is welcome, whether or not you are a member of the SABG.  There will be plants and books for sale.  +
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-[[people:billsquire:|{{ :billsquire-898x1080.jpg?300&direct |Bill Squire on 19 May 2018 (click to see more pictures)}}]]+ 
 +{{ :pict5136-680x1100.png?300 |//Lachenalia aloides// var. //aurea// [If you can'see the picture, perhaps your browser settings need changing.]}} 
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 +===== Dates =====
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 +  * <wrap em>22nd March</wrap>:  deadline for joining Carl Garnham's joint order to SA Bulb Co.
 +  * The **SABG [[meetings:next:]]** is on <wrap em>Sunday 24th March 2024</wrap>
 +  * <wrap em>5th April</wrap>:  deadline for joining Carl Garnham's joint order to Shire Bulbs
 +  * The **SABG Autumn meeting** has been booked for <wrap em>Sunday 20th October 2024</wrap> (a change from the provisional date of 13th October)
 +
 +/* 
 +  * The **[[exchange:ephemeral:2022:|Ephemeral Seed Exchange 2022]]** is now open for requests.  If you are interested, please send an email (or letter) to Jon Evans, following the instructions in the list, by the deadline of Thursday <wrap em>25 November</wrap> <wrap lo>//[14 November 2022]//</wrap>
 +  * SABG members are invited to join the [[http://www.nerineandamaryllidsociety.co.uk|NAAS]] visit to the //Nerine// collection in the Five Arrows Gallery and the glasshouses at Exbury Gardens, SO45 1AZ on <wrap em>Saturday 14th October 2023</wrap> at 10.30am for tea and biscuits and 11:00am for the Gallery opening. Further details at http://www.nerineandamaryllidsociety.co.uk/forthcoming-events
 +*/
 +
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 +===== News =====
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-{{page>people:billsquire:&link&firstsectiononly}}+  * **[[info:web:changes:]]** 
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-{{page>people:billsquire:display:&link&firstsectiononly}}+<WRAP hi round box> 
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 +===== Recent emails ===== 
 +</WRAP> 
 + 
 +The following emails were sent recently to all SABG members whose email addresses we have.   
 +(The dates are when the emails were sent, not the dates of any meetings or deadlines to which they might refer.) 
 +If you are a member and didn't receive any of them,  
 +please email Richard White (see "[[.#Contacts]]" on this page).   
 +(If you're not a member and are interested in what we do,  
 +see our pages [[info:]] and [[join:]].)  
 +  * SABG Bulletin 50/1 (15 March 2024) 
 +  * SABG Newsletter 50 (7 March 2024) 
 +  * SABG Bulletin 49/3 (3 November 2023) 
 +  * SABG Ephemeral Seed and Bulb Exchange list (14 September 2023) 
 + 
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 +Remember that reasons for not receiving our emails include the following: 
 +  * You haven't notified us of a change of email address (tell me now!) 
 +  * Your inbox is full or your total email quota has been exceeded (download and delete old emails!) 
 +  * Your email provider classifies some of our emails as "spam" (look in your "Spam" or "Junk" folder and mark our emails as "not spam"!) 
 +  * Our software encountered an error when sending 
 +  * We've made a mistake (these things happen!) 
 + 
 +We made changes (on 13 April 2022) intended to reduce the likelihood of our emails being regarded as spam.   
 +Please let me know (with a copy of the email) if anything from the SABG  
 +(with the SABG's //Lachenalia// logo, rather than from an individual member) 
 +ends up in your Spam or Junk email folder.   
 +Thank you.  
 +</WRAP> 
 +</WRAP> 
 +</WRAP>
  
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 including directions for getting there,  including directions for getting there, 
 are given on the [[meetings:|meetings page]].  are given on the [[meetings:|meetings page]]. 
 +
 +{{ :screenshot_from_2021-01-02_17-41-12.png?nolink&225|Keep calm & grow bulbs}}
  
 {{page>meetings:later:}} {{page>meetings:later:}}
 +
 +===== Latest newsletters and bulletins =====
 +
 +  * The latest newsletter is {{newsletter:sabgnews50.pdf|number 50}} (March 2024). You can read or download all the SABG newsletters from our list of [[newsletter:]]. 
 +  * The latest bulletin is number 50/1 and was emailed to members on 15 March 2024.  
  
 ===== Further information ===== ===== Further information =====
  
 +  * [[help:]] on cultivation, using the web site, etc. 
   * More information about our meetings, the location and directions are shown on our [[meetings:]].    * More information about our meetings, the location and directions are shown on our [[meetings:]]. 
   * [[info:|More information]] about the Group   * [[info:|More information]] about the Group
-  * This is a [[info:web:|new version]] of the SABG web site, which is intended to contain all the information from the [[https://sabg.tk/index.html|old version]] (which will remain available for a while, but will not be updated).  Please email me with any problems or suggestions. +  * [[join:]]
   * We have a Google [[info:calendar]], so you can add our events to your phone or other device.     * We have a Google [[info:calendar]], so you can add our events to your phone or other device.  
   * A list of our [[meetings:list]]   * A list of our [[meetings:list]]
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   * We have started a [[library:]]   * We have started a [[library:]]
  
-===== News items =====+===== Photo gallery =====
  
-{{page>:news:items:&noheader&firstsectiononly}} +I plan to include a photo gallery here.   
- +Until it is ready, why not visit [[gallery:bulbweb:]]? 
-===== Latest newsletters ===== +Her web-site, now hosted by the SABG,  
- +contains over 1,400 photographs of plants in 175 genera  
-  * The latest newsletter is {{ :newsletter:sabgnews38.pdf |number 38}} (October 2018). You can read or download all the SABG newsletters from our list of [[newsletter:]].  +(not all of them are South African).  
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 ===== About the Group ===== ===== About the Group =====
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 Our activities include two meetings per year with talks and plant sales  Our activities include two meetings per year with talks and plant sales 
 (recently these have been in Winchester in southern England),  (recently these have been in Winchester in southern England), 
-an annual bulb and seed exchange,  +one or two [[exchange:]] per year
-and a newsletter with three or four issues per year.+and three or four [[newsletter:]] per year.
  
 Many of these plants come from the former Cape Province of South Africa,  Many of these plants come from the former Cape Province of South Africa, 
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 Others, like //Lachenalia//, are real jewels to brighten up your conservatory when not much else is in flower. Others, like //Lachenalia//, are real jewels to brighten up your conservatory when not much else is in flower.
  
-[[info:|More about the SABG]]+  * [[info:|More about the SABG]] 
 +  * [[info:web:]]
  
-{{page>info:web:&firstsectiononly}} +For help with finding your way around, click on [[help:|Help]] 
- +
-For help with finding your way around, click on [[info:help:|Help]] +
 (on the sidebar, which may appear on the left of the page on computers and at the top on small devices).   (on the sidebar, which may appear on the left of the page on computers and at the top on small devices).  
  
 {{ :wiki:sabglachenalialogo.png?nolink}} {{ :wiki:sabglachenalialogo.png?nolink}}
  
-==== Contacts ====+===== Contacts ====
 + 
 +  * To join the group, or to enquire about joining, email Rodney Sims <rodney.sims@tiscali.co.uk> See [[join:]].   
 +  * To enquire about the newsletter or web site, to send suggestions for additions and improvements, or to submit items for inclusion, email Richard White <richard@sabg.uk>
  
-  * To join the group, or to enquire about joining, email Rodney Sims <rodney.sims@tiscali.co.uk>.  +===== Discussion =====
-  * To enquire about the newsletter or web site, to send suggestions for additions and improvements, or to submit items for inclusion, email Richard White <richard@sabg.tk>+
  
 +The following pages have discussion entries: 
  
 +{{threads>*&count=n10&nonewthreadform}}
  

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