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Our next meeting on Monday, March 24, 2025 will be all about our upcoming Show & Sale, May 2-4, 2025. Show chairs Mariel Dennis and Keith Taylor and others will give you the inside scoop, sharing everything you need to know about the Show. They will take us through the dates and times, how to fill out registration forms for entry plants, how to prep your plants, and the judging process. They will also give a demonstration of how you can stage a winning presentation for the Show.

Meeting details:

Doors open at 6:15 pm for plant sales and fellowship.

Program begins at 7:00 pm.

Shepard Garden & Arts Center
3330 McKinley Blvd
Sacramento, CA 95816

The themes for the March 2025 Mini Show are Ferocactus in the Cactus category and Gasteria in the Succulents category. For more information on these two genera, see the March 2025 newsletter.

If you are participating in the Mini Show, please plan on
arriving on time to get your plant set up and give the
members time to vote! Voting ends at 7 pm when the
speaker starts. Winners are announced after the
presentation.

The 2^nd edition of Jeff Moore’s and Jeremy Spath’s book Agaves: Species, Hybrids, and Cultivars is now available. This is the most beautiful book on agaves ever published: more than 2000 images on 365 pages. The 2^nd edition has been completely revised; about 10% of the content is completely new.

Gerhard Bock is friends with Jeff and Jeremy and can get the new book at a discount, probably 15-20% off the list price is $49.95. If anybody would like a copy, please email Gerhard at gerhard@succulentsandmore.com or talk to him at the next meeting. The more books we order, the more we save.

Click here for more information on the 2^nd edition.

Click here to read Gerhard’s review of the 1^st edition.

Our Annual Show & Sale is coming up on May 2-4, 2025, and we need enthusiastic volunteers to help make it a success! Whether you’re a longtime member or new to the succulent world, this is a great opportunity to meet fellow plant lovers, support our society, and get a behind-the-scenes look at the event.

Volunteers are needed for tasks such as setup, assisting vendors, greeting guests, and event breakdown. Plus, volunteers get early shopping access on Friday before the sale opens to the public!

If you’d like to lend a hand, sign up today and be part of this exciting event!

Thank you for helping us make this year’s show & sale the best yet! 🌱

Congratulations to the winners of our February Mini Show! The categories were Cylindropuntia, Haworthia, and Dish Gardens. We had a lot of really nice entries this month! It was fun to see the plants our club members are growing at home.