Huntington Botanical Gardens - Succulent Plants Symposium 2025
2025-08-29 09:00 - 17:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Huntington Botanical Gardens, 1150 Oxford Road, San Marino, CA, 91108, United States
AUG. 29, 9am-5:30pm RESERVATIONS REQUIRED
Info. Reservations- www.huntington.org, Symposium-call 626-405-3504
Huntington Botanical Gardens, 1151 Oxford Rd., San Marino, CA

Gary Duke's Plant and Pottery Sale - Sept. 13 2025
2025-09-13 09:00 - 14:00 | Gary Duke’s, 4660 Rio Ave., Long Beach, CA, 90805, United States
The Duke of Long Beach invites you to a:
Gary Duke’s Plant & Pottery Sale
Saturday, September 13th, 2025
4660 Rio Ave, Long Beach, CA 90805
9:00 am – 2:00 pm
Additional parking behind Johnny Reb’s Restaurant.
(Can also enter from back of Johnny Reb’s parking lot)
Watch my Instagram: @garyduke53
Some of the Vendors:
Plants …
@garyduke53
@East_Los_Succulents
@rojassucculents
@mr_grants_plants
Pottery …
@port_town_pottery
@potterybypatrice
@potterybyalden
@constant_pots
@myfriendroze_d.d.succulents
Food (vegan tamales and honey) …
@grannykitchenlove

Monterey Bay Area C&SS - Fall Sale & Show 2025
2025-09-13 09:00 - 2025-09-14 15:00 | Portuguese Hall of Watsonville, 124 Atkinson Ln., Watsonville, CA, 95076, United States
Sep 13-14
Sat. 9am-5pm, Sun. 9am-3pm
Info mbacsspresident@gmail.com or mbsucculent.org
ISTW Portuguese Hall, 124 Atkinson Lane, Watsonville, CA 95076

South Coast C&SS monthly meeting -September 2025
2025-09-14 11:00 - 14:00 | Fred Hesse Jr. Community Park McTaggart Hall, 29301 Hawthorne Blvd., Rancho Palos Verdes, CA, 90275, United States
NOTE: THIS IS A DIFFERENT TIME AND LOCATION FOR SEPTEMBER!
Fred Hesse Jr. Community Park
McTaggart Hall [map]
Mini-Show Plants for September: Variegated Cactus and Variegated Succulent
Free admission for all attendees.
PRESENTER FOR SEPTEMBER: Andrew Hankey “Four New Ledebouria species from the Steenkampsberg, Mpumalanga.”
Andrew Hankey is a botanical horticulturist with over 32 years of experience at the South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI), where he has played a central role in the development and management of the Walter Sisulu National Botanical Garden and its surrounding nature reserve. He has published extensively on topics related to gardening, botany, and natural sciences in a range of technical, popular, and scientific journals.
Andrew is recognized as an authority on the three taxonomically complex Asparagaceae genera Ledebouria, Drimiopsis, and Resnova, which make up the subtribe Ledebouriinae. He has made significant contributions to the taxonomy of this group and is currently pursuing an MSc on Drimiopsis through the University of the Witwatersrand.
At the Walter Sisulu NBG, he leads the threatened plant project, overseeing conservation efforts for a variety of endangered plant species. Notably, he has driven efforts to study and protect the critically endangered Albertina Sisulu Orchid (Brachycorythis conica subsp. transvaalensis) and to secure the land supporting its last viable global population.
Highly regarded in his field, Andrew is frequently invited to speak and present to a wide range of audiences. Andrew HankeyAndrew Hankey Book

South Bay Orchid Society Fall Show & Sale 2025
2025-09-20 10:00 - 2025-09-21 16:00 | Palos Verdes Art Center, 5504 Crestridge Rd., Rancho Palos Verdes, 90275
South Bay Orchid Society Fall Show & Sale
September 20-21, 2025 Hours: 10 am – 4 pm
Palos Verdes Art Center
5504 Crestridge Rd.
Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
More info: southbayorchidsociety.com/Show

Conejo C&SS - Fall Sale 2025
2025-10-05 09:00 - 16:00 | 558 N. Ventu Park Road, Thousand Oaks, 558 N. Ventu Park Road, Thousand Oaks, CA, 91320, United States
OCT. 5, 9AM-4PM
Info. www.conejocss.com or conejocss@hotmail.com
558 N. Ventu Park Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320
SE corner of Ventu & Hillcrest Click for Flyer Vendors will be offering:
Cactus, Succulents, Bromeliads & Plumerias
Along with Pottery and Jewelry
Experts will be available for advice on growing and cultivation
Please bring boxes or bags to carry home your purchases.
For more information:
Facebook: Conejo Cactus & Succulent Society
Web: ConejoCSS.com
Email: ConejoCSS@hotmail.com

Long Beach Cactus Club - Annual Auction 2025
2025-10-05 13:00 - 15:30 | Women’s Club of Bellflower, 9402 Oak St., Bellflower, 90706
OCT. 5, 1pm-3:30pm
Info. call 714-553-6914
Women’s Club of Bellflower, 9402 Oak St., Bellflower, CA

Palomar C&SS - Fall Show & Sale 2025
2025-10-25 10:30 - 14:00 | Grace Presbyterian Church, 1450 E. Vista Way, Vista, 92084, United States
OCT. 25, 10:30am – 2:00pm
Grace Presbyterian Church
1450 E. Vista Way, Vista, CA 92084
Email: info@palomarcactus.org

Huntington Fall Plant Sale 2025
2025-10-31 10:00 - 2025-11-02 17:00 | Huntington Botanical Gardens, 1150 Oxford Road, San Marino, CA, 91108, United States
Huntington Fall Plant Sale – Reservations Required Fri/Sat/Sun
OCT. 31 – NOV. 2 | 10am -5pm
Info. Reservations- www.huntington.org, Sale call 626-405-3571
Huntington Botanical Gardens, 1151 Oxford Rd., San Marino, CA

South Coast C&SS monthly meeting November 2025
2025-11-09 13:00 - 16:00 | Zamperini Field, 3301 Airport Drive, Torrance, California, 90505
NOTE: THIS IS A DIFFERENT LOCATION FOR NOVEMBER!
Zamperini Field
Torrance Municipal Airport
3301 Airport Drive
Torrance, Ca 90505 [Map]
Mini-Show Plants for November:
Cactus: South American columnar cactus (Cleistocactus, Espostoa, Oreocereus, etc.)
Succulent: Lithops, Conophytum
Free admission for all attendees.
PRESENTER FOR NOVEMBER: Peter Walkowiak “HOW TO GROW SUCCULENTS;
Tips from a Grower
This presentation will address all stages and materials that go into growing succulent plants successfully. During this talk, questions will be encouraged, and he will have gift plants for great questions. This will be a learning, informational talk.
Topics to be covered:
Soil – Fast-draining, easy-to-wet soil. Materials to use and stay away from.
Water – PH, acidity vs alkalinity, fertilizer, when to water.
Exposure – sun vs shade, air movement.
Growing techniques – pruning, size of pots, saucers.
Peter will be bringing display plants to help demonstrate the points in his talk for your enjoyment. There are many things that we do, myths that are detrimental to plant growth and vigor, and these will be discussed. Peter graduated in 1985 from Cal Poly Pomona with a B.S. Degree in Ornamental Horticulture. He worked as manager, production manager and section manager for three wholesale nurseries for 14 years. He ran a landscaping business for another 14 years, the last five years of which he specialized in succulent landscapes. He started collecting succulents while at Cal Poly and his collection now numbers in the thousands. This led to propagating plants from seed and thus, the seed was sown for the nursery that he now owns and runs for the last fifteen years.
He is the past president of the Palomar CSS and was on the board for the San Diego CSS. He was on the Board of Directors of the C.S.S.A. for the last ten years and served as the Nominations Chair and Convention Sales Chair. He was show chair for Palomar’s one and San Diego’s two shows and co-chair for the Intercity Show.

Los Angeles C&SS - Holiday Sale & Auction 2025
2025-11-22 10:00 - 2025-11-23 16:00 | One Generation, 18255 Victory Blvd., Reseda, 91335, United States
Los Angeles Cactus & Succulent Society – Holiday Sale & Auction 2025
Nov 22 10am-4pm Collectors LIVE Auction 12pm
Info. http://lacactus.com
One Generation,18255 Victory Blvd., Reseda, CA

Gary Duke's Plant and Pottery Sale - December 6, 2025
2025-12-06 09:00 - 14:00 | Gary Duke’s, 4660 Rio Ave., Long Beach, CA, 90805, United States
The Duke of Long Beach invites you to a:
Gary Duke’s Plant & Pottery Sale
Saturday, December 6, 2025
4660 Rio Ave, Long Beach, CA 90805
9:00 am – 2:00 pm
Additional parking behind Johnny Reb’s Restaurant.
(Can also enter from back of Johnny Reb’s parking lot)
Watch my Instagram: @garyduke53

South Coast C&SS Holiday Pot-luck 2025 (members only)
2025-12-13 13:00 - 15:00 | Palos Verdes Art Center, 5504 Crestridge Rd., Rancho Palos Verdes, 90275
Our Holiday Pot Luck will be held on Saturday, December 13, at the Palos Verdes Art Center. The festivities will start at 1PM in the Atrium. We will start set-up at 12 Noon. Anyone with a flair for decorating or just eager to help is encouraged to come at that time.
The Club will provide prime rib and ham, paper plates, cups, and plastic utensils. Coffee, tea and water will be available. You may bring your own drink if you want something else. Please bring a covered dish for small servings for 20 people. It can be a salad, casserole, side hot or cold dish or dessert. (please keep desserts to a minimum). Don’t forget a serving utensil with your name on it. Please bring your food already heated or chilled. We are unable to warm things up in the kitchen.
Adult guests will be permitted with a paid $10 admission. Check in with Sally at the door. Please do not bring young children.
Please also bring your 2025 “Annual Plant”, Mammillaria perezdelarosae, which you received at last year’s Pot Luck. It will be fun to see how they did – dead or alive. Everyone can pick up an “Annual Plant” for the 2026 year.
The Mini-Show winners will be announced and prize plants will be awarded to the people with the highest point totals. We will award to the highest 4-point total in each category. Thanks to all who participated in this interesting and educational activity.
After we adjourn, please pitch-in and help clean up. We expect to adjourn around 3:00 pm.

South Coast C&SS monthly meeting -January 2026
2026-01-11 11:00 - 14:00 | Fred Hesse Jr. Community Park McTaggart Hall, 29301 Hawthorne Blvd., Rancho Palos Verdes, CA, 90275, United States
NOTE: THIS IS A DIFFERENT TIME AND LOCATION FOR JANUARY!
Fred Hesse Jr. Community Park
McTaggart Hall [map]
Mini-Show Plants for January:
Cactus: Mammillaria – straight spine (clumping)
Succulents: Haworthia, Haworthiopsis, Astroloba, Tulista,
Free admission for all attendees.
PRESENTER FOR JANUARY: GARY DUKE “Bolivia in Bloom” (28 Oct – 18 Nov 2017).
Gary has selected those photos that show cacti, bromeliads, and wildflowers in bloom in the Bolivian spring. His 3-week tour with Guillermo Rivera circled the altoplano with a side trip into the eastern lowlands around Santa Cruz. He has photos of numerous species of Cleistocactus, Echinopsis, Lobivia, Weingartia, Rebutia, and Sulcorebutia, almost all in flower. Sit back and see how beautiful they are in nature. Gary Duke has been collecting cacti and succulents for over 50 years. He’s an avid collector of cacti and also collects Tylecodons and Dudleyas. He is a retired Air Force officer with a doctoral degree in physics. During his military career, he moved his original and ever-expanding collection of less than about 30 plants from Illinois, where he grew up, to Omaha, NE, Dayton, OH (where he started their first C&S Society, now defunct), San Pedro, CA, Montgomery, AL and Albuquerque, NM where he had been show chairman. He has also been President of the South Coast Cactus and Succulent Society and the Long Beach Cactus Society. Following his military career, Gary worked as a program manager for Boeing for 16 years. He has over 1000 different species in his private collection and enjoys propagating them. One can view some plants in his collection on his Instagram site: garyduke53. He frequently gives slide presentations throughout southern California, including being invited to speak at the Huntington Botanical Gardens and the Denver Cactus and Succulent Society. He has traveled to Aruba, Peru, Baja Mexico, Bolivia, Argentina, Chile, Texas, and New Mexico to see cacti and succulents in habitat.

South Coast C&SS monthly meeting -February 2026
2026-02-08 13:00 - 16:00 | Fred Hesse Jr. Community Park McTaggart Hall, 29301 Hawthorne Blvd., Rancho Palos Verdes, CA, 90275, United States
NOTE: THIS IS A DIFFERENT TIME AND LOCATION FOR FEBRUARY!
Fred Hesse Jr. Community Park
McTaggart Hall [map]
Mini-Show Plants for February: Cactus: Epiphytic cactus
Succulent: Aloe, Kumara
Free admission for all attendees.
PRESENTER FOR FEBRUARY: TBA

San Diego C&SS - Winter Show & Sale 2026
2026-02-14 09:00 - 15:00 | Balboa Park, Room 101, 1549 El Prado, San Diego, CA, 92101, United States
Feb. 14
Balboa Park, Room 101, San Diego, CA Info. call 619-990-2051 See More ...

San Gabriel Valley C&SS - Winter Show and Sale 2026
2026-02-20 09:00 - 2026-02-21 17:00 | Arcadia Masonic Center, 50 W Duarte Rd., Arcadia, CA, 91007, United States
FEB 20 – 21
Daily 9am-5pm.
Info. Manny Rivera 626-780-6957 or James Lemos 626-201-5519
Arcadia Masonic Center, 50 W Duarte Rd., Arcadia, CA

Fresno C&SS - Spring Sale 2026
2026-03-06 10:00 - 2026-03-08 17:00 | Fresno Fairgounds, 1121 S Chance Ave., Fresno, CA, 93702, United States
Mar 6 – 8
Daily 10am-5pm Admission free with paid admission to the Fresno Home & Garden Show
Fresno fairgrounds, Garden Pavilion, 1121 S. Chance Ave., Fresno, CA

Orange County C&SS - Spring Sale 2026
2026-03-06 12:00 - 2026-03-07 17:00 | Anaheim United Methodist Church, 1000 S. State College Bl., Anaheim, CA, 92806, United States
March 6 – 7
Fri. Noon-6pm, Sat. 9am-5pm Info. call 657-549-0702
1000 S. State College Bl.,(Anaheim United Methodist Church) Anaheim, CA Click for Flyer

South Coast C&SS monthly meeting March 2026
2026-03-08 13:00 - 16:00 | South Coast Botanic Garden, Frances Young Hall, 26300 Crenshaw Blvd., Palos Verdes Peninsula, CA, 90274, United States
Mini-Show Cactus for March: Echinocactus, Kroenleinia
Mini-Show Succulent for March: Cissus, Cyphostemma, Dorstenia
PRESENTER FOR MARCH: TBA
Free for South Coast Botanic Garden and SCCSS members. Non-member guests will require reserved General Admission tickets ($15 adults; $11 seniors, $11 students)
Tickets can be purchased at scbgf.org

Central Arizona C&SS - Show & Sale 2026
2026-03-27 12:00 - 2026-03-29 16:00 | Desert Botanical Garden, 1201 N. Galvin Parkway, AZ, Phoenix, AZ, 85008, United States
March 27th – 29th.
Fri, Sat. 9am – 5pm, Sun. 9am – 4pm last entrance.
Info. https://centralarizonacactus.org/show-and-sale.html
Dorrance Hall, Desert Botanical Garden, 1201 N. Galvin Parkway, Phoenix, AZ Click for Flyer
