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Craig has been growing cacti and succulents for over 20 years and has specialized in growing rare and difficult plants. He and his wife Denise now have a collection of over 3000 varieties of almost every type of succulent, mostly of the small and slow growing collector type species. They grow many from seed and sell plants and top dressings under the name “C and D Plants.”  You can find these plants and top dressings listed on their web site: “CandDPlants.com.”  They have also posted pictures of their plants on the Cacti Guide Forum Section: “cactiguide.com,”  which can also be accessed through their website page heading:  “About Us.”

During the Spring and Fall, they take numerous camping excursions into the desert for rock hounding, photographing wildlife, enjoying nature, and sifting sand.

Craig has a degree in Biology from UCSB and works as an Air Pollution Chemist. He is also well known for his Rock and Mountain Climbing and has published two Rock Climbing Guide books for local climbing areas.

Please join us for an interesting and informative photographic presentation on cultivating cacti and succulents that truly inspire and fascinate collectors of all experiences.

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Download the Newsletter here: April 2012

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Our speaker this month is Duke Benadom with a presentation on the breathtaking diversity of Death Valley.  Duke has had interests in succulent plants since childhood, and that fascination has not begun to wain as of yet. He and his wife propagate plants for sale at club shows through their new business, Superb Succulents. Duke is continuing to write segments for the popular column of the same name in the Cactus & Succulent Journal. They continue to venture out, mostly with the aid of GPS systems, to perambulate succulent plant habitats and photograph all that nature has to offer.

Duke will be bringing selected Cactus and Succulents for sale at the meeting.

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Download the Newsletter here: March 2012

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Please join us for our Spring Cactus & Succulent Sale on Friday, March 23  and Saturday, March 24 from 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. at the Anaheim United Methodist Church, 1000 South State College Blvd., Anaheim. Wide selection of cactus, succulents and artisan pottery to choose from. Knowledgeable growers on hand to answer your questions and give advice for xeric landscaping and succulent container design. Mark your calendar and come see some of the most unusual, colorful and unique cactus and succulents plants from growers in Southern California.

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Download the Newsletter here: February 2012

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Cacti – Copiapoa

Succulent – Haworthia/Conophytum

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Mark’s talk will be a video presentation on a trip he took to Peru in September 2010. Starting in Chiclayo and ending in Cuzco, he toured through much of the country in search of the many cacti found there, with the mandatory trip to Machu Picchu.

Mark is a third-generation farmer working on the same farm land in the Central Valley that his family has owned since 1915. He has been in the cactus hobby close to 30 years and for 17 years he has created beautiful and unique pottery that can stand alone as artwork, or become a home for your favorite show plants.

Mark will be bringing his pottery for sale to our meeting.

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Download the Newsletter here: January 2012 Speaker: Buck Hemenway

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Buck Hemenway and his wife Yvonne are enthusiastic growers of succulent plants.  Their one time hobby has turned in to the Prickly Palace nursery, which supplies cacti and succulents to the retail nursery trade.  He is President of the San Gabriel C&SS, serves on the Boards of Directors of the Gates Cactus & Succulent Society, CSSA, Jurupa Mountains Discovery Center and is Show Chair for the CSSA Show at the Huntington Library.

They have traveled to Southern Africa on three separate occasions, most recently visiting southwest Namibia as well as the Karoos in South Africa.  Join them for a look at “Places You’ve Never Heard of, Plants You’ve Never Seen and Some Other Stuff”.

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