HCSS Calendar

January 2025 10 Board Meeting  
  24

Membership Meeting
Metropolitan Multi-Service Center

Program: “10 Plants”
by Richard Stamper
    Cactus of the Month

 

    Succulent of the Month

 

February 2025      
  26

Membership Meeting
Metropolitan Multi-Service Center

Program “A Leather-Like Product Developed from the Prickly Pear Cactus” by Dr. Karla Halpaap-Wood

    Cactus of the Month

 

    Succulent of the Month  
March 2025 5 Board Meeting  
  26

Membership Meeting
Metropolitan Multi-Service Center

Program: "Feed Me- Fertilization strategies for potted cacti and succulents” by Eric Lundberg, member of CACSS and Founder of Blue Mountain Wholesale Nursery
    Cactus of the Month
    Succulent of the Month  
April 2025 23

Membership Meeting
Metropolitan Multi-Service Center

Program: “Growing cacti and succulents from seed” by Jacob Martin, HCSS member and Greenhouse Manager at Mercer Arboretum and Botanic Gardens
    Cactus of the Month  
    Succulent of the Month  
       
May 2025 2-13

Spring Sale
Metropolitan Multi-Service Center

 
  14 Board Meeting  
  28

Membership Meeting
Metropolitan Multi-Service Center

Program: “Cactus and succulent 101- from habitat to cultivation” by Echo Pang, HCSS and CSSA member; Owner of Echo’s Cacti and Succulents
    Cactus of the Month

 

    Succulent of the Month

 

June 2025 25 Membership Meeting
Metropolitan Multi-Service Center
Program: “The Many Uses of Cacti and Succulent Plants; Old and New” by Liliana Cracraft, HCSS and CSSA member; secretary of TACSS
    Cactus of the Month

 

    Succulent of the Month
July 2025 9 Board Meeting  
  23 Membership Meeting
Metropolitan Multi-Service Center
Anniversary
    Cactus of the Month
    Succulent of the Month  
August 2025 27 Membership Meeting
Metropolitan Multi-Service Center
Program: Presentation on judging cactus and succulent shows, our presenter will be Josie Watts
    Cactus of the Month  
    Succulent of the Month  
September 2025   Show and Sale Metropolitan Multi-Service Center 1475 W Gray St, Houston, TX 77019
  10 Board Meeting  
  24 Membership Meeting
Metropolitan Multi-Service Center
Program TBD- showcase of cactus and succulent collections by HCSS members
    Cactus of the Month

 

    Succulent of the Month  
October 2025 22

Membership Meeting
Metropolitan Multi-Service Center

Program:   “Cacti of the Atacama Desert in Chile” by Steven Brack, Founder of Mesa Garden, CSSA fellow and CSSNM program chair

    Cactus of the Month

 

    Succulent of the Month  
November 2025 12 Board Meeting  
  19

Membership Meeting
Metropolitan Multi-Service Center

Program: TBD- Joseph may give a program about C&S conservation
    Cactus of the Month

 

    Succulent of the Month  
December 2024   no membership meeting Installation Dinner
January 2026 14 Board Meeting  
  22

Membership Meeting
Metropolitan Multi-Service Center

 
    Cactus of the Month

 

 

    Succulent of the Month

 

February 2026      
  25

Membership Meeting
Metropolitan Multi-Service Center

 

    Cactus of the Month

 

    Succulent of the Month