Calendar of Events
January 7, 2024
9:00am—11:00am
CACSS Board Member's house
January 20, 2024
9:00am—11:00am
Propagation Education Group: Agave Extravaganza
Desert Botanical Garden, Webster Auditorium
January 28, 2024
2:00pm, doors open 1:00pm
Monthly Meeting
Russel Ray: Nature’s Geometry: Succulents
Papago Buttes Church of the Brethren, 450 N 64th St, Scottsdale
February 25, 2024
2:00pm, doors open 1:00pm
Monthly Meeting
Ron Parker: Ancient Agave Cultivars of Arizona
Papago Buttes Church of the Brethren, 2450 N 64th St, Scottsdale
March 16, 2024
9:00am—11:00am
Propagation Education Group
Desert Botanical Garden, Webster Auditorium
March 24, 2024
11:00am
CACSS Board Meeting
Desert Botanical Garden - Volunteer Room
March 24, 2024
2:00pm, doors open 1:00pm
Monthly Meeting
Raul Puente and Lane Butler: Cactus Restoration: Do Transplants Stand A Chance?
Papago Buttes Church of the Brethren, 2450 N 64th St, Scottsdale
April 28, 2024
2:00pm, doors open 1:00pm
Monthly Meeting
Al Klein: Fat Plants
Papago Buttes Church of the Brethren, 2450 N 64th St, Scottsdale
May 17-19, 2024
Friday 9:00am—5:00pm
Saturday 9:00am—5:00pm
Sunday 9:00am—4:00pm
Annual Show & (Mini) Sale
Desert Botanical Garden, Dorrance Hall
May 25, 2024
9:00am—1:00am
CACSS Board Meeting
Desert Botanical Garden, Volunteer Room
June 23, 2024
2:00pm, doors open 1:00pm
Monthly Meeting
Michelle Cloud-Hughes: Cholla Can’t Jump: A Decade of Research and Retrorse Barbs
Desert Botanical Garden, Dorrance Hall
July 13, 2024
9:00am—11:00am
Propagation Education Group
Desert Botanical Garden, Dorrance Hall
July 28, 2024
11:00am
CACSS Board Meeting
Desert Botanical Garden, Volunteer Room
July 28, 2024
2:00pm, doors open 1:00pm
Monthly Meeting
Wendy Hodgson: Pre-contact Agave Domesticates: Living Legacy Plants in Arizona’s Landscape
Desert Botanical Garden, Dorrance Hall
August 25, 2024
2:00pm, doors open 1:00pm
Monthly Meeting
Kal Kaminer: An Honest Talk About Conservation in the Cactus and Succulent Community.
Desert Botanical Garden, Dorrance Hall
CANCELLED
9:00am—11:00am
Propagation Education Group
Desert Botanical Garden, Dorrance Hall
September 15, 2024
11:00am
CACSS Board Meeting
Desert Botanical Garden, Volunteer Room
September 15, 2024
2:00pm, doors open 1:00pm
Monthly Meeting
Lee Brownson: Boyce Thompson Arboretum's Wallace Desert Garden
Desert Botanical Garden, Dorrance Hall
October 27, 2024
Drop off plants: 12:00 – 2:00 p.m. | Auction: 2:00 – 4:00 p.m.
November 17, 2024
11:00am
CACSS Board Meeting
Papago Buttes Church of the Brethren, 2450 N 64th St, Scottsdale
November 17, 2024
2:00pm, doors open 1:00pm
Monthly Meeting
Greg Starr: TBD
Papago Buttes of Brethren Church, 2450 N 64th St, Scottsdale
November 23, 2024
9:00am—11:00am
Propagation Education Group
Desert Botanical Garden, Volunteer HQ Classroom
December 8, 2024
11-12: Setup
12-2: Party Time!
2-3: Clean Up
2024 Holiday Party
Tumbleweed Recreation Center
745 E Germann Rd, Chandler, AZ 85286