The Beaver Tale
August 2008
From the President Welcome back. After a hiatus of a month, it’s back to the Garden Center. We’re calling this August gathering Member’s Night. In lieu of a guest speaker, we’re asking each member to share their own experiences related to their favorite succulent, which, of course, includes cacti. Bring an actual plant or a picture/slide of your plant to the meeting and tell us about it. Why is it your favorite; how did you come to that conclusion? What are your experiences with it? Limit your presentation to one plant but don’t feel restricted. How did it come to be named? Where does it originate? What kind of care does it need? Inform us; educate us; entertain us. I’ll bring the club’s projector in case anyone wants to use slides as a part of their presentation. If you have slides, transfer them to a CD unless you prefer to bring your own laptop computer or slide projector. As I said before, bring a plant; bring pictures of your plant; or bring slides of your plant. In addition to the above we will be discussing the upcoming fall meetings, beginning with the potluck social in September which be held at the Garrett’s home. In October, we will be treated to a presentation and book signing by Stephen Ingram, nature photographer and author, who will be bringing copies of his recent book Cacti, Agaves, and Yuccas of California and Nevada. It promises to be a busy “rest of the year.” But it all starts with Member’s Night, August 7th. As usual, the meeting starts at 7 p.m. preceded by a meeting of the Board at 6. Be there or be square. (Wow! Am I showing my age by using that expression, which goes back to 40’s and 50’s and was made popular by the James Dean Rebel Without a Cause vibe.) However, if square is the opposite of cool, then it fits. July and August in Las Vegas is lots of things, but cool is not one of them. Phil Lawton
MATTERS TO PONDER, PLEASE All of us view the CSSSN as an organization of people with a common hobby of collecting and growing wonderful cactus and succulents. Keeping the club organized, healthy and meeting membership expectations requires club officers, a board of directors, and a set of key people that interact well together, can fulfill their responsibilities, and attend most meetings. This fall we will need to re-elect our President, Vice President, and Treasurer. We also have to re-think various “point positions” and probably add a few more. Some “job descriptions” associated with various positions will have to be changed and split just to keep necessary functions covered. Point positions include, but are not limited to Newsletter Editor, Membership, Librarian, “Set-Up”, “Clean-Up”, Education, Plant Shows, Sales & Marketing, Web-site Maintenance/Development, “Greeters,” “Sunshine,” Food and Beverage, etc. If you want to volunteer for a position or a task, or if you have comments you want to make sure are known, please call, see, or e-mail
[email protected].
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Next Meeting: August 7, 2008 General Meeting Starts at 7:00 PM. Please come early to help set up! Board Meeting starts at 6:00 PM Members with last names ending in A-M please bring refreshments.
Monthly Meeting Program: “Member’s Night” - YOU ARE THE PROGRAM! – see President’s Note PS: Please use the lobby area for the children’s quiet play area and utilize pre-meeting, postmeeting, and the break period for mingling. Try to refrain, if possible, from talking while the program is being presented so that all of us can enjoy it. The old adage, “If you are talking, you are not listening, and the person you are talking to can’t hear the speaker either…” applies. Thank you
Stay in touch at Meetings & on-line: YAHOO GROUP SITE: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/CSSSN/ WEB SITE: http://www.csssn.org/index.php?option=com _content&task=view&id=21&Itemid=37
2008Officers & Committees: http://www.csssn.org/index.php?option=com_co ntent&task=view&id=16&Itemid=29
Membership Dues: Individual $15.00; Household - $25 Name(s): ____________________________________ _____________________________________________ Street: _______________________________________ City,State,Zip _________________________________ Phone: ______________________________________ E-mailaddress: ________________________________ Email & website are default methods of communication. If you have an e-mail address, we e-mail the newsletter. If you wish a paper copy, please notify Liz at
[email protected]. Dues can be paid at any monthly meeting, or you may mail them. Thanks for your continued interest! CSSSN – Membership P O Box 571101 Las Vegas, NV 89157
CSSSN Events 2008-2009 GRAB SOMEONE & GO Date Range
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7/25 to 7/27
Giant Summer Cactus & Succulent Fullerton Arboretum Sale + Orange County Cactus & 1900 Associated Road Succulent Society Show Fullerton, CA 92831
http://www.occss.org/pdfnewsletter s/summershow08.pdf
8/16 to 8/17
Inter-city Cactus Show & Sale
LA Arboretum 301 N. Baldwin Ave Arcadia, CA 91007
http://www.arboretum.org/index.cf m?fuseaction=getcatheadlines&cat agory=events&Event=Inter%2Dcity %20Cactus%20Show%20%26%20 Sale&StoryID=4f2796da-97d44a77-90d582fce5e68919&CFID=386167&CF TOKEN=85539994&fuseold=getca theadlines&TypeID=1
8/30/2008
Succulent Plants Symposium, Huntington Botanical Gardens
Huntington Botanical Gardens 1151 Oxford Rd. San Marino, CA.
http://www.huntingtonbotanical.org/ Desert/facts.htm
10/4/2008
Meadview, AZ
Pierce Ferry Road, off HWY 93
http://www.arizonaproperty4sale.co m/areamap.htm
10/18/2008
Nelson, NV
Near Boulder City
http://www.ghosttowns.com/states/ nv/nelson.html
2/14/2009
San Diego Winter Show and Sale
Casa del Prado Balboa Park Downtown San Diego.
http://www.sdcss.com/
Westin La Paloma Resort, Tucson, AZ
http://www.cssainc.org/
4/10 to 4/15, 2009 CSSA's 33rd Biennial Convention
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Short Stuff about Some of Our Members Stephanie Thomas, our Secretary, is also proud to be an employee of Schilling Horticulture and on an “as available basis” a volunteer at TurnerGreenhouse. Paula Garrett, our keystone to educational events, is a Master Gardener with a long list of volunteer projects. She is a UNLV employee with responsibilities that have included this spring’s Leisure Series of educational seminars. Leslie Doyle, the Tomato Lady, gives general Gardening lectures and workshops around town. She writes and disperses a Gardening Newsletter, to the Insider’s List, and also volunteers at the Springs Preserve. If you have veggie or tropical plant gardening questions, contact club member, Leslie Doyle, aka the
“Tomato Lady”
http://www.sweettomatotestgarden.com Watch for her several Workshops around the Valley!
Victor Lindsey, our Vice President and monthly program planner runs Lindsey Products & Services. Victor relies on his vast computer expertise to present products and services that in many ways relate to cactus and succulents. Victor is also a volunteer at the Springs Preserve.
Victor Lindsey’s http://calplants.biz/ We are always looking for rare, special, and large specimen Cactus & Succulents to buy. Call 1-800-384-4559 E-mail
[email protected] Save 50% on Travel: http://victorlindsey.worldventures.com
Pam Burke, landscape designer, maintains her, FIRST PLACE LANDSCAPE in the SNWA 2008 Landscape Design Contest and prepares for a family wedding in the lovely garden.
Kris, Dave, and Pepper Turner (local TV stars) work 7 days a week from about 5:00 AM to 5:00 PM (really done after 12 hours? – nah). Together, they own and operate TurnerGreenhouse, Cactus and Succulent Nursery. Sometimes they close their nursery to the public for part of the day (like, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years). They love the plants, people, and nursery, but the two “cactus icons” + pooch don’t get to spend much time with family, and rarely vacation together. They have a rag-tag following of volunteers and day labor, but at the end of the day, those three (with little help from the parrots) are in charge and left to play “twister” with the well, the pump, the valves, the generator, the weather, the deliveries, the deadlines, the paperwork, the weeds, agricultural inspections, the education of the public, the "yatter, yatter yatter" of it all. So after many years, don’t we think they deserve to retire? YOU BET! Will Las Vegas and all of us in the club miss the valuable resource they have given us? YOU BET! Here’s some advice: shed and tear, come buy some plants, take ‘em a beer, and REJOICE in their decision to begin retirement plans. Yes, it is true. Read the following ad, and thank them for all they have done for the club, the hobby, and the introduction of solid water smart plants and practices.
*****CLOSING SALE***** Dave & Kris are closing Turner-Greenhousehttp://www.turner-greenhouse.com 645-2032 4455 Quadrel Street, Las Vegas, NV 89129 Step one to retirement includes selling our entire inventory at a 25% price reduction. This includes ALL sizes of landscape plants, our private collection, pottery, and decorative yard art. 1st come, 1st served. Plants selected & paid in full can be held for no more than 24 hours. (SORRY, NO “TAG & HOLD” FOR ANYBODY!) Master & Visa still accepted, but CASH & CHECKS PREFERRED. We have been granted our Certification that allows plants to be taken into California.
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A NATIVE PUZZLER: It’s about desert native trees, shrubs, and perennials that include cactus and succulents. Not all included plants are cactus or succulents, nor are all Mojave natives. Not all will live here in the southern Nevada area, but most will survive the summer. It’s our cold winter that might test a few. These are but a few that can be included in a “native” landscape. Hopefully, most of us have a sampling of them in our yards. Enjoy and learn from the puzzle. Answers and hints are included. PS: The creator of the puzzle neglected to include the space between Creosote and Bush. Run the words together and the puzzle will work. Sorry!
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