Kirsten HigginsMay 30, 20191 minWhere to Find Rare SucculentsAn excerpt from Debra Lee Baldwin's Blog on our upcoming Summer Show & Sale. <<Collectors know where to find rare succulents: at shows...
Kirsten HigginsDec 25, 20181 minJanuary 2019 - Coffee in the GardenWe are hosting our annual succulent and cacti garden party on Sunday, January 20, 2019. Aloes should be in full bloom, mesembs should be...
Kirsten HigginsOct 12, 20183 minGetting Ready for Growing SeasonWhile winter is on its way in San Diego a lot of the plants we grow are just getting ready to wake up. Gasterias and Haworthias are prime...
Kirsten HigginsOct 12, 20181 minBeginning Succulent Plant StagingHello all. With the days getting shorter and the nights getting cooler your winter growing plants are probably starting to wake up from...
Kirsten HigginsSep 24, 20181 minOctober Speaker: Ethiopia 2018Walker Young has worked at the Ruth Bancroft Botanical Garden since 2012. He has traveled extensively to visit plant habitats in South...
Kirsten HigginsJul 7, 20182 minJune 2018 - Coffee in the GardenYou’re invited to enjoy a Coffee in the Garden at the home of Christine Vargas Saturday, June 16, 9:00AM–3:00PM, 1730 Huey Lane, Alpine...
Kirsten HigginsJul 7, 20182 minScripps New Coral Reef GardenThere was a small celebration at Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) in early May to celebrate the new “Coral Reef Garden,”...
Kirsten HigginsJul 7, 20181 minJuly Speaker: Freaky Flowers - Echinopsis Flowers in BloomCactus enthusiast Greg Krehel is our Program speaker this month. In this talk, Greg will show us many of his time lapses capturing the...
Kirsten HigginsMay 28, 20183 minJune 2018 - President's MessageMay gray is hanging out in Santee. A good day to work in the greenhouse before the sun comes out next week. The forecast looks good for...
Kirsten HigginsApr 10, 20181 minApril Speaker: Copiapoa cacti in Chile: location, location, locationIn November of 2017, We traveled to Chile again for a revisit to some wonderful cactus habitats. This trip included as many cactus as I...
Kirsten HigginsApr 6, 20182 minApril Plant of the Month - SansevieriasThe Plant List includes 131 scientific names for Sansevieria — 66 are accepted species names. Though originally placed in Lilliacea, they...
Kirsten HigginsApr 6, 20182 minApril 2018 - President's MessageHappy Spring to all of you. As the weather heats up, we can enjoy our plants. The cactus are starting to bloom, and it is flip flop...
Kirsten HigginsMar 5, 20184 minMarch 2018 - President's MessageWow, just wow. Did we have a great Winter Show & Sale or what? Record attendance and record sales; it doesn’t get much better than that....
Kirsten HigginsMar 4, 20183 minMarch Speaker: The New, Rare & Seldom Seen Cacti & Succulents of MexicoMexico is considered by many to be one of the richest regions in the world for cacti. From the United States to the north, to its...
Kirsten HigginsJan 31, 20182 minStaging: The Art of Succulent Plant PresentationThe art of staging succulent plants is like the framing of an expensive or prized picture or painting. The frame is the pot, the matting...
Kirsten HigginsJan 17, 20182 minCoffee in the GardenWe are excited to host our garden party again! As many of you know, we removed a swimming pool and pond over a year ago and added large...
Kirsten HigginsJan 13, 20184 minA Tribute to Ruth Bancroft (1908 - 2017)The Cactus and Succulent world has lost one of its greats … Ruth (Petersson) Bancroft passed on November 26th, at the age of 109. Yes …...
Kirsten HigginsDec 21, 20171 minJanuary Speaker: Soft SucculentsThe title of the presentation is 'Soft Succulents' (also the title of the book that the talk/powerpoint will follow). I chose to use this...
Kirsten HigginsNov 5, 20172 minNovember Plant of the Month - AeoniumWell the heat is FINALLY subsiding and the “cool” weather season for San Diego is coming upon us. Not only is this a great time to smile...
Kirsten HigginsOct 2, 20171 minOctober Plant of the Month - Fouquieria splendens, the OcotilloI’ve driven, boated, and hiked through the Mojave and Sonoran deserts hundreds of times over the past 20 years, particularly to spend...