Houston Cactus and Succulent Society
HCSS Calendar
| January 2025 | 10 | Board Meeting | |
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| 24 | Membership Meeting |
Program: “10 Plants” by Richard Stamper |
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| February 2025 | |||
| 26 | Membership Meeting |
Program “A Leather-Like Product Developed from the Prickly Pear Cactus” by Dr. Karla Halpaap-Wood |
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| March 2025 | 5 | Board Meeting | |
| 26 | Membership Meeting |
Program: "Feed Me- Fertilization strategies for potted cacti and succulents” by Eric Lundberg, member of CACSS and Founder of Blue Mountain Wholesale Nursery | |
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| April 2025 | 23 | Membership Meeting |
Program: “Growing cacti and succulents from seed” by Jacob Martin, HCSS member and Greenhouse Manager at Mercer Arboretum and Botanic Gardens |
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| May 2025 | 2-13 | Spring Sale |
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| 14 | Board Meeting | ||
| 28 | Membership Meeting |
Program: “Desert Pollinators” by Elliot Gordon, Xerces Society | |
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| 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 |
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| July 2025 | 9 | Board Meeting | |
| 23 | Membership Meeting Metropolitan Multi-Service Center |
Anniversary | |
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| August 2025 | 27 | Membership Meeting Metropolitan Multi-Service Center |
Program: Presentation on judging cactus and succulent shows, our presenter will be Josie Watts |
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| 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 | |
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| October 2025 | 22 | Membership Meeting |
Program: “Cacti of the Atacama Desert in Chile” by Steven Brack, Founder of Mesa Garden, CSSA fellow and CSSNM program chair |
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| November 2025 | 12 | Board Meeting | |
| 19 | Membership Meeting |
Program: TBD- Joseph may give a program about C&S conservation | |
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| December 2024 | no membership meeting Installation Dinner | ||
| January 2026 | 14 | Board Meeting | |
| 22 | Membership Meeting |
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| February 2026 | |||
| 25 | Membership Meeting |
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