The club meets on the fourth Thursday of the month at VanDusen Botanical Gardens, 5251 Oak Street in the Cedar Room.
Meetings start at 7:30 pm and visitors are welcomed.
Bob Dunn at 604-261-8683 or Felice Andersen at 604-943-6929 or email to desertplantsociety@hotmail.com
The clubs holds an annual plant sale and show.
Members participate in field trips to visit members' collections.
An annual picnic is held at a member's home and are invited to look over the greenhouse and garden, as well as to enjoy the opportunity to socialize.
The Desert Plant Society of Vancouver was established in November of 1979.
The Society is an enthusiastic group of 'casual amateurs' who are fascinated by cacti and succulent plants. The members meet monthly to discuss our hobby, to watch slide shows and to display our plants as they grow and flower.
The degree of interest of members ranges from novice growers to casual hobbyists who like cacti and succulents because of their bizarre habits (of the plants - although according to some spouses, ofthe enthusiastis too!), to collectors and growers involved in specialized propagation of rare and endangered species. Collections range in size from window ledge variety, to multiple greenhouses. The membership includes those who have worldwide contacts, those who attend international and regional conferences, and those who regularly travel to destinations around the world to see plants in habitat. The members share their interests in studying, collecting, growing and the conservation of cacti and succulents.
If you find this a little intimidating, don't worry - there are plenty memebers who are so casual, they don't even know the 'right' names for most of their plants - they just know they like them!