January 7, 2024
11:00 am
CACSS Board Meeting
Location: CACSS Board Member’s house
January 20, 2024
9:00 am – 11:00 am
PEG meeting: Agave Extravaganza
Location: Desert Botanical Garden – Webster Auditorium
January 28, 2024
1:00 pm: facility opens
2:00 pm: program starts
Monthly Meeting
Presenter: Russel Ray
Title: Nature’s Geometry: Succulents
Location: Papago Buttes Church of the Brethren, 2450 N 64th St, Scottsdale
February 25, 2024
1:00 pm: facility opens
2:00 pm: program starts
Monthly Meeting
Presenter: Ron Parker
Title: Ancient Agave Cultivars of Arizona
Location: Papago Buttes Church of the Brethren, 2450 N 64th St, Scottsdale
March 16, 2024
9:00 am – 11:00 am
PEG meeting
Location: Desert Botanical Garden – Webster Auditorium
March 24, 2024
11:00 am
CACSS Board Meeting
Location: Desert Botanical Garden – Volunteer Room
March 24, 2024
1:00 pm: facility opens
2:00 pm: program starts
Monthly Meeting
Presenter: Raul Puente and Lane Butler
Title: Cactus Restoration: Do Transplants Stand a Chance?
Location: Papago Buttes Church of the Brethren, 2450 N 64th St, Scottsdale
April 28, 2024
1:00 pm: facility opens
2:00 pm: program starts
Monthly Meeting
Presenter: Al Klein
Title: Growing “Fat Plants”
Location: Papago Buttes Church of the Brethren, 2450 N 64th St, Scottsdale
May 17-19:
Friday: 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Saturday: 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m
Sunday: 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m
Annual Show & (Mini) Sale
Location: Desert Botanical Garden – Dorrance Hall
May 25, 2024
9:00 am – 11:00 am
PEG meeting
Location: Desert Botanical Garden – Dorrance Hall
May 26, 2024
11:00 am
CACSS Board Meeting
Location: Desert Botanical Garden – Volunteer Room
June 23, 2024
1:00 pm: facility opens
2:00 pm: program starts
Monthly Meeting
Presenter: Michelle Cloud-Hughes
Title: TBD
Location: Desert Botanical Garden – Dorrance Hall
July 13, 2024
9:00 am – 11:00 am
PEG meeting
Location: Desert Botanical Garden – Dorrance Hall
July 28, 2024
11:00 am
CACSS Board Meeting
Location: Desert Botanical Garden – Volunteer room
July 28, 2024
1:00 pm: facility opens
2:00 pm: program starts
Monthly Meeting
Presenter: Wendy Hodgson
Title: TBD
Location: Desert Botanical Garden – Dorrance Hall
August 25, 2024
1:00 pm: facility opens
2:00 pm: program starts
Monthly Meeting
Presenter: Kal Kaminer
Title: Conservation
Location: Desert Botanical Garden – Dorrance Hall
September 14, 2024
9:00 am – 11:00 am
PEG meeting
Location: Desert Botanical Garden – Dorrance Hall
September 15, 2024
11:00 am
CACSS Board Meeting
Location: Desert Botanical Garden – Volunteer room
September 15, 2024
1:00 pm: facility opens
2:00 pm: program starts
Monthly Meeting
Presenter: Tim Shields
Title: Desert tortoise conservation
Location: Desert Botanical Garden – Dorrance Hall
October 27, 2024
Both live and silent auctions will start at TBD
Silent and Live Auction
Location: Desert Botanical Garden – Dorrance Hall
November 16, 2024
9:00 am – 11:00 am
PEG meeting
Location: TBD
November 17, 2024
11:00 am
CACSS Board Meeting
Location: Papago Buttes Church of the Brethren,2450 N 64th St, Scottsdale
November 17, 2024
1:00 pm: facility opens
2:00 pm: program starts
Monthly Meeting
Presenter: Greg Starr
Title: TBD
Location: Papago Buttes of Brethren Church, 2450 N 64th St., Scottsdale
December X, 2024
Holiday Party