Heads up: Sacramento Cactus & Succulent Society Show & Sale this weekend, May 7-8, 2016

What are you doing this coming weekend, May 7 and 8? If you’re in Sacramento or are up for the drive, join us for the Sacramento Cactus & Succulent Society’s Show & Sale at Shepard Garden and Arts Center adjacent to McKinley Park. This will be the club’s 56th show, and it promises to be a another great one.

Sunday is Mother’s Day so why not bring your mother—or the mother of your children, or the mother of your pets—to the Show & Sale and let her pick out her own present?

Many SCSS members enter their prized succulents in the juried show. The general public will get a broad overview of the myriad different plants that fall in the “succulent” category while hardcore fanatics and collectors will have a chance to gaze with envy and longing upon rare and usual specimens. Here are some photos I took last year.

The highlight for many visitors is the vendor area in the outside courtyard. This year’s vendors include the following:

Plant vendors:

• Sacramento Cactus & Succulent Society
• Naomi Bloss
• Bill & Karla Munkascsy (Planta Seca)
• Elton Roberts
• Richard Withers
• Peter Walkowiak
• Stanley Verkler
• David Calibo (Gardeners Home Corp.)
• Gary & Ellen Stubblefield
• Gardeners Home
• JD Wikert

Pottery vendors:

• Connie Esquibel
• Donna Taylor
• Mark Muradian

To whet your appetite, here are some photos of the vendor area from 2015:

The schedule for the 2016 show is as follows:

Saturday, May 7:

Sale: 9 am – 5 pm
Exhibition: 10 am – 5 pm

Sunday, May 3:

Sale and exhibition: 9 am – 4 pm

Location:

Shepard Garden and Art Center
3330 McKinley Blvd.
Sacramento, CA 95816

Click here for a map so you can get directions from wherever you are.

Sacramento is only 1½ hours from San Francisco, 1 hour from Oakland/Berkeley/East Bay, and 2 hours from San Jose.

I’ll be there on and off all weekend. Look for me wearing an SCSS name badge.