Cascade Cactus and Succulent Society of Washington State

Next Meeting

Sunday April 21st, 2013 at 2:00pm:

A Rare Visit to the UW Botany Greenhouse

hosted by Doug Ewing

Our April meeting will be at the University of Washington Botany Greenhouse. Doug Ewing will be our host. Parking is as follows: "parking on campus is pretty easy on a Sunday. there are some spaces that will have signs saying that you need a permit on all days at all times, and some that say you need to be in a UW vehicle, but the majority of parking spaces are usable by anyone on a Sunday. I would suggest your members look online at a campus map if they are unfamiliar with the Botany Greenhouse location, or parking.areas." Karen suggests you come a bit early to be sure you can find parking. If you arrive early you can walk through the medicinal plant garden or enjoy the campus. For directions, refer to:http://www.lib.washington.edu/images2/graphics/campus-maps/hsl_map.png/view

It's been several years since we had the privilege of visit ing the UW Greenhouse. Come see what's new and interesting in this special locale.

Special Note: We will be setting aside some time to recount stories about and remember our good friend and prolific contributor to CCSS, Peter Gammarano.

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No Cactus or Succulent of the Month for April

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Save the dates of May 18 and 19 for two days of succulent fun.
Our Annual CCSS Field Trip will take place in north King County this year. We have an interesting array of collections to visit as well as social activities. In addition we are hoping that our friends to the north and south will join us from the Vancouver and Portland clubs.
IIn a nutshell our plans are to kick off the event at Giselle's Blythe's with a potluck lunch, followed by visits to local collections and ending up at Karen and Bill's for d inner, socializing and an auction. On Sunday we will start off with morning coffee and pastries and visit a couple collections and wrap up with a friendly plant/gift swap. Options will be provided for other Sunday afternoon visits as people begin to make their way home.

Who's doing what?
o Sondra Shira is co-planning this event with Karen Summers
o Adrian Saunders will set up the visits to collections
o John Riselvato is coordinating the Saturday noon potluck as well as beverages and desserts for Saturday night dinner at Karen and Bill's.
o Jean Macak is the transportation maven: map questing the trips and setting up carpool info.
o Karen will communicate with Vancouver and Portland, as well as oversee the auction.
o Our very own auctioneer, George Krasle, will wrangle the auction Saturday night.
Sondra will handle the roster with Steve Casebolt providing nametags for all present

We need :
1. someone to organize a plant/gift swap for Sunday afternoon (the idea is to bring a plant or plant related gift item to share with someone else).
2. people to offer to host overnight guests from Portland and Vancouver.
3. NICE auction items
you to show up for the event!
Contact Karen at 206-365-0315 or klsumm@hotmail.com with questions and ideas.

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