Cactus and Succulent Society of New Mexico

Cactus & Succulent Society of New Mexico is an affiliate of the Cactus and Succulent Society of America.

Meeting Info: Albuquerque Garden Center, 10120 Lomas Blvd NE, Albuquerque, NM, usually on the 3rd Wednesday, at 7:00 pm.
Check Upcoming Events for information on the next meeting.

President: Matthew-Ryan Morrell
Webmaster: Ralph R. Peters

To contact the CSSNM via email, please use this address: CSSofNM@gmail.com

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Upcoming Events
Saturday and Sunday, April 12 -13, 2025 - Spring Show & Sale at the Albuquerque Garden Center. It will be open from 10 am to 4 pm on Saturday and 10 am to 3 pm on Sunday.
Pictures from previous shows can be seen here.
More detailed information about the Show & Sale may be found in the "Club Information" page in the right-hand column. Posters, show entry information and plant tags are in this section.

May 2025 - Garden tour of several of our members! More info later!

Wednesday, June 18, 2025 - Regular Meeting with final wrap up for the April Spring Show and Sale. More info here later.... We plan on broadcasting this meeting on Zoom.
Note: The gate to the parking lot on the East side of the Albuquerque Garden Center building will be locked. It requires a 4 digit code to open. Members receive the gate code (which has not changed in years) in the email meeting announcement. Visitors are welcome to follow a member in.

July - No meeting! Have a great Summer!

Video presentations!

Videos of some recent presentations may be found on YouTube! These include "Cool Plants for a Hot Garden", "Traveling in the San Rafael Swell Country ", Cacti of the Atacama Desert in Chile", "Flora of Bosque del Apache: A tour of the Desert Arboretum and the Pollinator Habitat Enhancement Project", "The Desert Grocery Store", " Wandering around Central New Mexico", and two presentations about South African Succulents.

Information about plants

Plant information may be found here. Check out the article on potting soils which lists potting soil recipes from several members..

Useful links for information on the web may be found here. Check out the blog from Australia.

Club Information
Club information including hybrid meeting information, membership application, new member information, current officers, a library list, show information, show tags, show posters and vendor information...

You can apply for membership or renew it online. CSSNM uses PayPal to pay the annual fee.

What does the society do? Get an idea from a list of recent events .

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