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Feb 2015 Meeting

South Coast Botanic Garden, Frances Young Hall 26300 Crenshaw Blvd., Palos Verdes Peninsula, CA, United States

Sunday 8 Feb 2015 at 1:30pm Paul Klaassen will speak on the exciting topic of FOG. Succulent plants that grow in foggy areas of the world.

March 2015 SCCSS Meeting

South Coast Botanic Garden, Frances Young Hall 26300 Crenshaw Blvd., Palos Verdes Peninsula, CA, United States

March 8th, 2015, 1:30pm. Buck Hemenway – ‘Why We Love South Africa’

South Coast Cactus and Succulent Society Meeting May 2015

South Coast Botanic Garden, Frances Young Hall 26300 Crenshaw Blvd., Palos Verdes Peninsula, CA, United States

May 10th, 2015, 1:30pm in classroom A. Ernesto Sandeval - "Methods of propagation at the UC Davis Botanical Conservatory".

South Coast Cactus & Succulent Society Meeting – Oct 2015

South Coast Botanic Garden, Frances Young Hall 26300 Crenshaw Blvd., Palos Verdes Peninsula, CA, United States

Oct 11, 2015, 1:30pm. Nels Christianson will be describing the first half of the 2015 CSSA pre-convention tour to northeastern Mexico.

South Coast Cactus and Succulent Society Meeting – Nov 2015

South Coast Botanic Garden, Frances Young Hall 26300 Crenshaw Blvd., Palos Verdes Peninsula, CA, United States

Pediocactus simpsonii PRESENTER FOR NOVEMBER is Rob Skillin, from the Central Coast Cactus and Succulent Society in Santa Barbara.  This month's program will feature two little known genera of American cacti: Pediocactus and Sclerocactus.  His program highlights the best of 25 years of field study during which Rob photographed all species of the two groups, as well…

South Coast C&SS monthly meeting – January 2016

South Coast Botanic Garden, Frances Young Hall 26300 Crenshaw Blvd., Palos Verdes Peninsula, CA, United States

Michelle Cloud-Hughes presents “Hiding in plain sight: a new cactus species from the California Desert.”

South Coast C&SS monthly meeting – February 2016

South Coast Botanic Garden, Frances Young Hall 26300 Crenshaw Blvd., Palos Verdes Peninsula, CA, United States

Marquita Ellias - "Botanical Names Decoded" Feb 14, 2016, 1:30pm.

South Coast C&SS monthly meeting – March 2016

South Coast Botanic Garden, Frances Young Hall 26300 Crenshaw Blvd., Palos Verdes Peninsula, CA, United States

Ernesto Sandoval: "The ABC's of Growing African Bulbs"" Mar 13, 2016, 1:30pm.

South Coast C&SS Show & Sale 2016

South Coast Botanic Garden, Frances Young Hall 26300 Crenshaw Blvd., Palos Verdes Peninsula, CA, United States

South Coast Cactus and Succulent Society Show & Sale 2016 Apr. 9-10, 9am - 4pm South Coast Botanic Garden, 26300 Crenshaw Blvd., Palos Verdes, CA   Info: 310-618-9886 Photos from SCCSS Show & Sale 2015

South Coast C&SS monthly meeting – May 2016

South Coast Botanic Garden, Frances Young Hall 26300 Crenshaw Blvd., Palos Verdes Peninsula, CA, United States

NOTE: We will meet in the classroom not the auditorium. PRESENTER FOR MAY:  Jeremy Spath:  Exceptional Succulent Plants in South African Habitat Jeremy will be speaking on his recent trip to South Africa.  His photographs are exceptional. He may also bring a few plants to sell. (More details may follow later) Jeremy began his plant…

South Coast C&SS monthly meeting – June 2016

South Coast Botanic Garden, Frances Young Hall 26300 Crenshaw Blvd., Palos Verdes Peninsula, CA, United States

PRESENTER: Gary Duke - “Landscaping and Micro-Climates for Small Yards”

South Coast C&SS monthly meeting – July 2016

South Coast Botanic Garden, Frances Young Hall 26300 Crenshaw Blvd., Palos Verdes Peninsula, CA, United States

PRESENTER FOR JULY: Brian Kemble: Gasterias - South Africa's Big Smile. Why...

South Coast C&SS monthly meeting – August 2016

South Coast Botanic Garden, Frances Young Hall 26300 Crenshaw Blvd., Palos Verdes Peninsula, CA, United States

PRESENTER FOR AUGUST: Bob Caplan - Acts of Cactography on an Otherwise Dull Afternoon

South Coast C&SS monthly meeting – October 2016

South Coast Botanic Garden, Frances Young Hall 26300 Crenshaw Blvd., Palos Verdes Peninsula, CA, United States

"A Questions of Sex" is all about propagation of succulent plants. It includes a few of the more interesting, as well as vanilla, approaches to reproduction. Different kinds of vegetative propagation and hybridization are also discussed.

South Coast C&SS monthly meeting – November 2016

South Coast Botanic Garden, Frances Young Hall 26300 Crenshaw Blvd., Palos Verdes Peninsula, CA, United States

PRESENTER FOR NOVEMBER IS; Stephen McCabe – “Dudleya Conservation: Threats and New Species”

South Coast C&SS Holiday Pot-luck 2016 (members only)

South Coast Botanic Garden, Frances Young Hall 26300 Crenshaw Blvd., Palos Verdes Peninsula, CA, United States

Our annual Holiday Pot Luck will be held on Sunday, December 11th, our usual meeting date.

South Coast C&SS monthly meeting – January 2017

South Coast Botanic Garden, Frances Young Hall 26300 Crenshaw Blvd., Palos Verdes Peninsula, CA, United States

Cactus of the Month: Notocactus, Parodia Succulent of the Month: Aloe PRESENTER FOR JANUARY IS:  Marquita Ellias -The Canary Islands – They’re out of this World!  Marquita Ellias will take the audience to space and then return them to the Canary Islands to witness adaptive radiation first hand.  The program will include indigenous plants including Aeoniums,…

South Coast C&SS monthly meeting – February 2017

South Coast Botanic Garden, Frances Young Hall 26300 Crenshaw Blvd., Palos Verdes Peninsula, CA, United States

Presenter for February: Panayoti Kelaidis - “Designing Gardens for Succulents”

South Coast C&SS monthly meeting – March 2017

South Coast Botanic Garden, Frances Young Hall 26300 Crenshaw Blvd., Palos Verdes Peninsula, CA, United States

PRESENTER FOR MARCH IS: Jeff Moore - "Under the Spell of Succulents"

South Coast C&SS Show & Sale 2017

South Coast Botanic Garden, Frances Young Hall 26300 Crenshaw Blvd., Palos Verdes Peninsula, CA, United States

Apr. 8-9, 9am - 4pm
South Coast Botanic Garden, 26300 Crenshaw Blvd.,
Palos Verdes, CA Info: 310-378-1953 or 310-618-9886

Riviera Garden Club Plant Sale

25516 Rolling Hills Way 25516 Rolling Hills Way, Torrance, CA, United States

Saturday & Sunday April 29-30 9 a.m.-3 p.m. For sale succulent arrangements and plants from the now closed Water Wise Garden Center.

South Coast C&SS monthly meeting – May 2017

South Coast Botanic Garden, Frances Young Hall 26300 Crenshaw Blvd., Palos Verdes Peninsula, CA, United States

NOTE: The May meeting is in classroom B, not the auditorium, space is at a premium. PRESENTER FOR MAY IS:  Ernesto Sandoval - "Aloes". Cactus of the Month: Mammillaria (clumping). Succulent of the Month: Euphorbia (African, not from Madagascar). Aloe has a long ethnobotanical and medicinal history around world. Ernesto will look at the family…

South Coast C&SS monthly meeting – June 2017

South Coast Botanic Garden, Frances Young Hall 26300 Crenshaw Blvd., Palos Verdes Peninsula, CA, United States

NOTE: This meeting is on the third Sunday. PRESENTER FOR JUNE IS:  Gary Duke - "Bolivia - Part I". Cactus of the Month: Opuntia, Tephrocactus. Succulent of the Month: Cissus, Cyphostemma. Gary describes his travel with Guillermo Rivera through the Bolivian altoplano via La Paz, Cochabamba, Sucre, Potosi, Carmago to Tarija. He has pictures of over…

South Coast C&SS monthly meeting – July 2017

South Coast Botanic Garden, Frances Young Hall 26300 Crenshaw Blvd., Palos Verdes Peninsula, CA, United States

PRESENTER FOR JULY IS; Keith Taylor - "Pots and a Different Approach to Staging".

South Coast C&SS monthly meeting – August 2017

South Coast Botanic Garden, Frances Young Hall 26300 Crenshaw Blvd., Palos Verdes Peninsula, CA, United States

PRESENTER FOR AUGUST IS: Woody Minnich - "Socotra". Woody Minnich will present slides of his trip to Socotra, a place many of us will never have the chance to see.  We will discover that many plants in our own collections come from this remote island, south of Yemen in the Arabian Sea. Woody is an excellent…

South Coast C&SS monthly meeting – September 2017

South Coast Botanic Garden, Frances Young Hall 26300 Crenshaw Blvd., Palos Verdes Peninsula, CA, United States

PRESENTER FOR SEPTEMBER IS: Gunnar Eisel – “Beauty in the Eye of the Beholder: Our Wonderful and Weird Hobby”

South Coast C&SS monthly meeting – October 2017

South Coast Botanic Garden, Frances Young Hall 26300 Crenshaw Blvd., Palos Verdes Peninsula, CA, United States

PRESENTER FOR OCTOBER IS:  Tom Glavich - "Euphorbias, A Survey and How to Grow Them".

South Coast C&SS monthly meeting – November 2017

South Coast Botanic Garden, Frances Young Hall 26300 Crenshaw Blvd., Palos Verdes Peninsula, CA, United States

PRESENTER FOR NOVEMBER IS:  Ernesto Sandoval - "Propagation of Cacti and Succulents". Ernesto describes soil mixes, watering, fertilization and how to grow our favorite plants from seed.

South Coast C&SS Holiday Pot-luck 2017 (members only)

South Coast Botanic Garden, Frances Young Hall 26300 Crenshaw Blvd., Palos Verdes Peninsula, CA, United States

December 10th, from Noon to 2 PM Our annual Holiday Pot Luck will be held on Sunday, December 10th, our usual meeting date. The start time is noon. We will be in the auditorium. We will start set-up at 10:00 AM. Anyone with a flair for decorating or arms to help with table and chair…

South Coast C&SS monthly meeting – January 2018

South Coast Botanic Garden, Frances Young Hall 26300 Crenshaw Blvd., Palos Verdes Peninsula, CA, United States

PRESENTER FOR JANUARY IS: Marcia Tatroe – “Rockin’ with Cacti and Succulents“.

South Coast C&SS monthly meeting – February 2018

South Coast Botanic Garden, Frances Young Hall 26300 Crenshaw Blvd., Palos Verdes Peninsula, CA, United States

PRESENTER FOR FEBRUARY IS: Greg Krehel, - "Freaky Flowers: Echinopsis Flowers in Bloom"

South Coast C&SS monthly meeting – March 2018

South Coast Botanic Garden, Frances Young Hall 26300 Crenshaw Blvd., Palos Verdes Peninsula, CA, United States

PRESENTER FOR MARCH IS:  Jeff Moore - "Soft Succulents"

Super Succulent Celebration 2018

Waterwise Botanicals 32151 Old Hwy 395, California, Bonsall, CA, United States

"A Walk on the Wild Side" Super Succulent Celebration 2018: March 23rd – 24th

South Coast C&SS Show and Sale 2018

South Coast Botanic Garden, Frances Young Hall 26300 Crenshaw Blvd., Palos Verdes Peninsula, CA, United States

South Coast Cactus and Succulent Society Show & Sale 2018 Apr. 7-8, 9am - 4pm South Coast Botanic Garden, 26300 Crenshaw Blvd., Palos Verdes, CA   Info: heidihusnak@gmail.com Photos from SCCSS Show & Sale 2015

South Coast C&SS monthly meeting – May 2018

South Coast Botanic Garden, Frances Young Hall 26300 Crenshaw Blvd., Palos Verdes Peninsula, CA, United States

PRESENTER FOR MAY IS: Brian Gold – “Name that Plant & Name that Flower” or “Que es la Planta y Que es la Flor” – a game or quiz type lecture.

South Coast C&SS monthly meeting – June 2018

South Coast Botanic Garden, Frances Young Hall 26300 Crenshaw Blvd., Palos Verdes Peninsula, CA, United States

Rob Roy MacGregor – “Alternative Ways to Propagate Cacti and Succulents”

South Coast C&SS monthly meeting – July 2018

South Coast Botanic Garden, Frances Young Hall 26300 Crenshaw Blvd., Palos Verdes Peninsula, CA, United States

Presenter for July is:  Ernesto Sandoval ­ "Propagation of Cacti and Succulents – Part 2".

South Coast C&SS monthly meeting – August 2018

South Coast Botanic Garden, Frances Young Hall 26300 Crenshaw Blvd., Palos Verdes Peninsula, CA, United States

PRESENTER FOR AUGUST:  Woody Minnich - "The New, Rare and Seldom seen Cacti and Succulents of Mexico"

Gary Duke’s Open Yard

Gary Duke's 4660 Rio Ave., Long Beach, CA, United States

Gary Duke’s Open Yard, Saturday, 25 August 2018, 10:00 to 4:00pm

Free

Lotusland Auction and Sale 2018

Lotusland Cold Spring Rd, Santa Barbara, CA, United States

Lotusland in Santa Barbara are holding a party and rare plant auction. Early Bird Pricing before September 1st. Member’s $65  non-members $85. After September Member’s $75  non-members $95. Call 805.969.9990 for reservations. Click a button to vistit Lotusland's website:Please consider a donation of a rare, unusual or exceptional specimen plant. Plant donors will be eligible…

$85

South Bay Bromeliad Associates – Buying Bus Trip October 2018

Live Art Plantscapes 1323 West 130th Street, Gardena, CA, United States

South Bay Bromeliad Associates Invites you to “come along with us on our biennial bus trip”. Only $20 per person, $25 for non members. Bring your own box lunch. Club will provide water, soft drinks & snacks. Meet at Larry Tabelings' Live Art Plantscapes 1323 W 130th St, Gardena, CA 90247 at 8:00 AM Return…

$25

South Coast C&SS monthly meeting – November 2018

South Coast Botanic Garden, Frances Young Hall 26300 Crenshaw Blvd., Palos Verdes Peninsula, CA, United States

PRESENTER FOR NOVEMBER IS:  Tom Glavich - "Pelargoniums of Southern Africa"

South Coast C&SS Holiday Pot-luck 2018 (members only)

South Coast Botanic Garden, Frances Young Hall 26300 Crenshaw Blvd., Palos Verdes Peninsula, CA, United States

Our annual Holiday Pot Luck will be held on Sunday, December 9th, our usual meeting date. The festivities will start at noon in the Auditorium. We will start set-up at 10:30 AM. Anyone with a flair for decorating or arms to help with table and chair set up is encouraged to come early. Phyllis DeCrescenzo…

South Coast C&SS monthly meeting – January 2019

South Coast Botanic Garden, Frances Young Hall 26300 Crenshaw Blvd., Palos Verdes Peninsula, CA, United States

PRESENTER FOR January IS:  Laurel Woodley  "Discovering Plant Taxonomy"

South Coast C&SS monthly meeting – February 2019

South Coast Botanic Garden, Frances Young Hall 26300 Crenshaw Blvd., Palos Verdes Peninsula, CA, United States

PRESENTER FOR FEBRUARY IS: Guillermo Rivera – “Argentina and Chile”

South Coast C&SS monthly meeting – March 2019

South Coast Botanic Garden, Frances Young Hall 26300 Crenshaw Blvd., Palos Verdes Peninsula, CA, United States

PRESENTER FOR MARCH IS:  Rob Skillin - "Kenya, Land of Tropical Succulents"

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