Meetings at the San Francisco Succulent and Cactus Society are far from the usual boring fare (no, its not a bunch of old people falling asleep in the dark!). We have a lively crowd! Normally, 50 or more people of all ages show up for an informative slide show, panel discussion, or cultivation demonstration. There is always a featured grower offering plants not available elsewhere, a raffle for plants propagated by the club, a show and tell table with an informative discussion of the plants on display, refreshments, and more! Please come check us out. First time visitors receive a free plant!

The meetings are scheduled for the third Tuesday of every month at 7:00 PM, and they are held in the San Francisco County Fair Building, located at 9th Avenue and Lincoln in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco.


Previous Meetings:

2011
November 15, 2011: Peru: Discovery of Wonders, with Gregg DeChirico
October 18, 2011: North Central Mexico Hechtia argentea and Friends, with Andy Siekkinen
September 20, 2011: Delightful Dudleyas, Fantastic Ferocacti, and Amazing Agaves: A Trip to Baja California with Brian Kemble
August 16: Lemurs, Lizards and Aloes: Madagascar Revisited with Kelly Griffin
July 19: A Bee’s Eye View of Cacti with Susan Dunlap
June 21: Succulent Garden Tour at San Francisco Botanical Gardens with Don Mahoney
June 11 & 12: The San Francisco Succulent and Cactus Society 2011 Annual Show and Sale
May 17: Plant Hunting in the Drakensberg Mountains of South Africa with Ted Kipping
April 19: Nature and Plant Diversity in Patagonia with Guillermo Rivera
March 15: Growing and Showing Caudiciforms with Keith Taylor
February 15: Native Wildflowers of the American Southwest with Richard Bernard
January 18: Fifteen weeks in South Africa in search of Stomatium with Russell Wagner

2010
December 21: Solstice Party
November 16: Impressions of South Africa: Succulents, Flowers & Animals with Peter Belersdorfer
October 19: My Favorite Plant
September 21: Haworthias in Habitat, with Mary Parisi
August 17: Madagascar - Paradise Lost, with Kelly Griffin
July 20: pH Secrets for Growing Spectacular Cacti and Succulents, with Elton Roberts
June 15: Echeverias in Habitat and Cultivation, with Brian Kemble
May 17: Inner and Outer Workings of Succulent Plants: The Science Without the Jargon with Ernesto Sandoval
April 20: Lewisia in 3D with speaker Jack Muzatko
March 16: Cacti of Peru: Land of the Incas with speaker Guillermo Rivera
February 16: Adventures in California and Baja California with speaker Stephen McCabe
January 19: Isles West of Baja with speaker Ted Kipping

2009
November 17: The Succulent Karoo with speaker Rob Skillin
October 20: On to Winter with speakers Marilyn Mangle and Brian Kemble
September 15: Mexico, Off the Beaten Path with speakers Julia Etter & Martin Kristen
August 18: How small plants make a large collection, with speaker Paul Heiple
July 21: Mexico! with speaker Rob Parsons
June 16: Sansevieria in habitat, with speaker Bob Webb
May 19: The succulents and cacti of northern Chile, with speaker Walter Teague
April 21: The succulents of the Canary Islands, with speaker Rudolf Schulz
March 17: Where 8,700 species of plants live: South Africa, with speaker Ernesto Sandoval
February 17: Plant Taxonomists and Other Garden Pests: Recent changes in succulent taxonomy and why, with speaker Dr. Dean Kelch
January 20: Phytotourism in Yemen, with speakers Bob Webb and Toni Yocum

2008
November 18: "My Favorite Plant"
October 21: Cacti, Agaves, and Yuccas of California and Nevada, with speaker Stephen Ingram
July 21: Desert Bloom, with speaker Richard Bernard
April 15: Growing Echeverias with speaker Gary Ware

2007
December 18: Winter Solstice Party!
November 20: Valley of the Río Huaúra, Perú, with speaker Leo Martin
October 16: Baja Wet, with speaker Ernesto Sandoval
September 18: Desert Rescue, with speaker Chris Monard
August 21: A Month in Madagascar, with speaker Kelly Griffin
July 17: Cactus and Succulent Fun with the Organic Mechanics