Branch AGM 2025
Notice of Annual General Meeting – to be held at Munies
Hockey Club, next to Durban Botanic Gardens
Date: Sunday, 27 July 2025
Time: 13h30 to 15h30
Nominations for committee members: Please send in your nominations by 24 July. Acceptance of the nominee must be confirmed. Vacancies exist for Outings, Membership, any Special Projects.
Resolutions to be considered for inclusion on Agenda: to be sent in by 24 July.
Suggestions for projects to be taken on by the Branch can be emailed or raised at the meeting under the Agenda item, ‘General’.
Enquiries:
Phone Cell: 071 869 3693 / Email: botsoc-kzn@mweb.co.za
If you cannot participate in the meeting you are invited to nominate a Proxy or submit an email vote by Saturday, 26 July, 4pm. Please email: S.Parbhoo@sanbi.org.za and botsoc-kzn@mweb.co.za . .
AGENDA
1. Welcome and apologies
2. Adoption of minutes of previous meeting
3. Matters arising from previous minutes
4. Chair’s Report – illustrated
5. Treasurer’s Report
6. Botanical Education Trust Report
7. Election of committee members
8. General
8.1 Auction of three David Johnstone paintings
8.2 Raffle draw of winner of Botanical Education Trust raffle of South African Indigenous Garden Plants
9. Illustrated Talk by by Kate Grieve: The Pondoland Centre of plant endemism.
10. Closure
You are cordially invited to join us for tea / coffee afterwards.
Documents
AGM Minutes 2024
2024-25 AGM BotanicalEducationTrust report
BotSoc fin statements 2024-25
Specials
Did you miss one of our talks?
Highlights
Our Winter Gardens at Renishaw Mature LifeStyle Estate near Scottburgh were held on Saturday, 8 July.
Limited number groups were led by Elsa Pooley to see the Estate’s gardens that Elsa designed.
It was a great success, as you can see from this YouTube video kindly posted by Frank Foley. Click on YouTube to bring it to full screen if necessary.
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