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Ernesto Sandoval: June Meeting Speaker

Ernesto Sandoval has been wondering and seeking questions and answers to why plants grow and look the way that they do for nearly 40 years.

Ron Parker CSSA Webinar

Karen Ostler: Exploring the Best of Our Wonderful Mammillarias; “Normals” and Their Strange Variations. Webinar.

President’s Letter – May, 2022

This month’s speaker has also traveled from a far distance to visit us. Stefan Burger will make his United States trek from Chile and he will speak at multiple clubs’ meetings during the month.

May Meeting Speaker: Stefan Burger

Stefan Burger is an Australian naturalist and environmental consultant living in Chile. He has an academic background in Applied Sciences and developed a fascination for cacti and other exotic plants from a young age.

Gates Cactus and Succulent Society 48th Annual Sale – CHECK BACK SOON!

After the Covid19 pandemic forced us to cancel our show & sale the past two years, I’m pleased to announce that this year’s 55th Annual Show and Sale

Wentworth Norton Villas: Spring Art & Garden Party

Wentworth Norton Group and GCSS member Dr. Rosabel Young is proudly hosting a small initial Springtime art and garden party at her Wentworth Norton Villas in Redlands California

Karen Ostler CSSA Webinar

Karen Ostler: Exploring the Best of Our Wonderful Mammillarias; “Normals” and Their Strange Variations. Webinar.

Buck Hemenway: Introduction To Survival of the Fattest

Join us Wednesday, April 6th at 6:00 pm PST Buck and Yvonne Hemenway Buck Hemenway and his wife Yvonne are enthusiastic growers of succulent plants. Their one-time hobby turned into the Prickly Palace nursery, which supplied cacti and succulents to the retail nursery trade in Southern California for 15 years. He is Past President and LifetimeContinueContinue reading “Buck Hemenway: Introduction To Survival of the Fattest”

President’s Letter – April, 2022

Last month’s meeting brought back yet more familiar faces that we haven’t seen for the past two years. Indeed, it is so wonderful to be able to get together and see each other again.

Wolfgang Borgmann: Succulents of the Canary Islands

Join us Saturday, March 5th at 10:00 a.m. PST for the next in our series of webinars featuring Cactus and Succulent experts from around the world. Presented By CSSA Register Here The Canary Islands consist of 8 volcanic islands and some uninhabited rocks, located just over 60 miles off the Western African coast. They are oftenContinueContinue reading “Wolfgang Borgmann: Succulents of the Canary Islands”