57th Annual CSSA Show & Sale

Dozens of vendors will have ethically propagated rare plants for sale – many not widely available elsewhere.

June 28 – 30, 2024
10 am – 5 pm
Limited daily capacity. Huntington reservations required Fri/Sat/Sun

Tickets

The Huntington
1151 Oxford Road, San Marino, CA 91108

No Walk-ins
Open to the public with paid Huntington admission or Huntington membership.  Advanced online timed entry tickets to The Huntington are required for all visitors, including CSSA or Huntington members.

Tephrocactus geometricus, by Tom Glavich

Download the printable flyer.

The Show

Trophy table with winning plants
Trophy table from a previous year
2023 trophy winners

Cacti will be displayed in Banta Hall, along with Information Tables. Succulents will be found in the Ahmanson Classroom. 

  • See well-grown & beautifully staged plants.
  • Our juried competition also includes categories for photography, paintings, crafts, and dish gardens.
Get involved, show your plants!

Members of the CSSA or Affiliate Societies are allowed to participate by showing plants. Set up and judging are on Wednesday and Thursday. Download more information:

  • 2024 Program Booklet and Show ScheduleDownload
    Includes everything you need to know to participate in showing plants.
  • 2024 Cactus and Succulent IndexDownload
Participant dinner, auction, and awards ceremony

The Auction Dinner will be held in the downstairs atrium after the show closes on Saturday evening. Vendors, exhibitors, volunteers, and CSSA members may purchase tickets separately to attend. Space is limited. Email Barbara Hall to purchase tickets.

See page 10 of the Program and Schedule booklet for more information.

The Sale

Plants for ale in outdoor tent area

Friday and Saturday morning are always very busy, as shoppers rush to get the “best plants”. If this isn’t critical for you, you can avoid long lines by coming at other times. In fact, there will still be plenty of wonderful plants available.

2024 Vendor List

  • Botanic Wonders
  • California Cactus Center
  • California Succulents
  • Corona Cactus Nursery LLC
  • East Los Succulents
  • Grow Nursery
  • Grow Up LA
  • Hanna’s Succulents
  • Jim Smith’s Plants
  • June’s Pots
  • Kyle’s Plants
  • LA Succulents
  • Plantae Novae
  • PW Plants
  • Skyview Succulents
  • Sphaeroid Institute
  • Succulent Gems
  • Succulent Plants
  • Superb Succulents
  • The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
  • Xananda Arts

The Cactus & Succulent Society of America, Inc., founded in 1929, is dedicated to the study, cultivation, preservation, and propagation of cacti and succulent plants.  The CSSA is also active in the dissemination of information and conservation of the plants worldwide. 

CSSA Memberships start at only $20/year

We hope to see you there!  

Archive of the 2023 microsite.