Category: SCSS

  • February 2025 Meeting (2/24/25)

    February 2025 Meeting (2/24/25)

    FEBRUARY MEETING:
    February 24th, 2025, 6:00pm -9:15pm

    Doors open at 6:15 for plant sales and fellowship. Program begins at 7 PM.

    Open to the public. No admission fee. Free parking. Refreshments served.

    PROGRAM:
    Everything (a lot anyway)You Need to Know to Get the Most Out of Your Sacramento Cactus and Succulent Club Membership

    There has been and currently is a lot going on in your club. Your club membership can be more enjoyable, rewarding, and promote your hobby enthusiast growth by joining in as we take a look behind the curtain at all the goings on during this month’s meeting.

    There will be two parts to the meeting. First, we will provide tips and information for how to get the most out of your club membership. In the second half of the meeting, we will have a member Show-n-Tell session in a small group format.

    How can you leverage your club membership:

    • To get more for your cactus and succulent buying dollar
    • To gain access to more, interesting, and rare plants
    • To see cacti and succulents in more natural and beautiful landscape applications

    We will very briefly look at the club across all of the decades of its existence. We will move quickly to looking at the club currently and new directions on the horizon. Some of these directions are most welcome, and others may require the club to navigate wisely, creatively, and with enthusiasm.

    For the Show-n-Tell, please bring either 1) a plant you love (and may even be thinking of entering in the juried show in May), 2) a plant that is giving you trouble, or 3) a plant you would like to know more about. We will have club “experts” circulating to offer help on identification, culture, or how to show your plant to its best.

    Please come. Guaranteed that you will be more ready to leverage your membership. Guaranteed that you will enjoy yourself, connect with other members, and contribute to the forward momentum of the Sacramento Cactus and Succulent Society.

    For more information, read the February 2025 edition of Thorny Issues.

  • February 2025 Newsletter

    February 2025 Newsletter

    Here is the February 2025 edition of Thorny Issues. We have lots of announcements and updates this month. 

  • Gerhard Bock Open Garden, March 1

    Gerhard Bock Open Garden, March 1

    Gerhard Bock will open his garden in Davis on Saturday, March 1, from 10 am to 2 pm. Gerhard has a large collection of aloes, and many will be in bloom. There are plenty of other things to see, too: agaves, cacti, and companion plants from around the world. Check out Gerhard’s blog for a sneak peek: https://www.succulentsandmore.com/

    Email Gerhard at gerhard@succulentsandmore.com to RSVP and get the address. Or, if you know where he lives, just show up.

  • SCSS T-Shirt Contest

    SCSS T-Shirt Contest

    We need your help to design a new T-shirt for our club! Submit your design, and it could be featured on T-shirts and other merchandise to be sold at our upcoming Show & Sale in May, as well as at club meetings.

    For more details and to submit your design, go to this page.

    Deadline for submissions: March 12, 2025. The winner will be announced at the March meeting on March 24, 2025.

  • Shepard Garden & Arts Center Spring Sale, March 15-16, 2025

    Shepard Garden & Arts Center Spring Sale, March 15-16, 2025

    The Shepard Garden & Arts Center Spring Sale is Saturday, March 15th, 10-4, and Sunday, March 16th, 10-3.

    We will once again be participating, with Cassidy Roberts selling cacti & succulents and Eric Bailey selling pots.

    We could use a couple of volunteers to assist on either day. Please contact Bill McCabe at 916-225-5974, if you would like to help out for a few hours on either day.

    If nothing else, come by and take a look at the other Clubs and artists that will be at the Spring Show. Stop by our booth and say hi.

  • New SCSS Website

    New SCSS Website

    The SCSS website has been revamped completely. It not only looks better, it also has a lot more information than the old site. Anything you like or don’t like? Anything you’d like to see added? Please email the SCSS webmaster with your feedback.