Central Ohio Cactus and Succulent Society

Central Ohio Cactus and Succulent Society Our meetings are free and open to the public. Meetings -3rd Saturday of the month in Jan., Feb. ,Ma

01/13/2026

Club members, the meeting this Saturday, January 17th is cancelled. The presentation was to be by Mouse and Victoria but an emergency has come up and there is not enough time for other officers to try to pivot and hold the meeting. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Huge thank you to Highland Youth Garden for hosting a garden tour for us!!! Shout out to Shelly - Executive Director w...
10/18/2025

Huge thank you to Highland Youth Garden for hosting a garden tour for us!!!
Shout out to Shelly - Executive Director who helped arrange and lead the tour. Paul - Garden & Facilities Mgr who grows sooooo healthy plants and eagerly shared his knowledge. And Kris - Out of School and Family Programs who did a great job helping educate us on how the gardens educate the community.

05/15/2025

Grins and Giggles Exhibit Results! Please share your pictures if you have them; we got too busy with the sale and failed to get them. Thanks again to everyone who participated!

Favorite Group Planting: Hanging Rhipsalis by Rebecca O'Linn
Favorite Caudex: Dorstenia Gigas by Adam Hardy
Favorite Mother’s Day: Rabbit by Cathy Willis
Favorite Non-Prickly: Pitcher of Burro’s-tail by Jenny Florence
Favorite Most Prickly: Miss Updo Kitty by Jenny Florence
Favorite Bonsai: Ruby Tree by Jenny Florence

05/11/2025

Everyone!

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!***

We had such an amazing time today at our COCSS Sale & Exhibition!!

We heard nothing but happy positive feedback from the public.

"Gorgeous plants"
"The prices and quality were beyond expectations"
"Everyone was incredibly friendly and so knowledgeable"
"We've been coming since you were at Franklin Park Conservatory. Can't wait to come next year!"

Thank you to all our fantastic vendors!

Havel's Flowers & Greenhouses LLC (Jeff Havel)

Bill Hendricks

Angie Sagan

Missy's Mess (Melissa Barthel)

Bushel & Peck Plants (Patrick Serpico & Jennifer Serpico)

Dennis Eifel

Cortney White

Hardy Boys Nursery (Adam Hardy)

Heronwood Gardens (Melinda Hoffman)

Chasing North (Crystal Edelman)

Reaplenish

SPUD Potter (Dave Spudlee Palmieri)

Hands-on-art Barn (Matt Gilbert)

Todd Isler

Doug Sweet

Bruce Brethauer

Big thank you to our guest plant societies

Columbus Bonsai Society - Group

Central Ohio Orchid Society

Central Ohio American Begonia Society Branch

Columbus African Violet Society (CAVS)

Metropolitan Columbus Daylily Society

Ohio Association of Garden Clubs

Thank you to all of our awesome volunteers

Krissi Shaffer

Parker Arledge

Rachel Turner

Sean Cunningham

Zaren Wienclaw

Angela Reitter-Stella

Laura Hendricks Gill

Tommi Collins Borkan Potter

Jesse Neubauer

Jennie Hayes

Special shout outs

Leslie Floyd and her hubby Bill for going above and beyond to help set up, tear down, and support vendors.
Cathy Willis for donating wonderful plants for the club to sell. (one may have gone home with Mouse)
Debbie Meek for making the raffle a huge success!
Cara James-McEwan for being the face of the club at our Membership table
Barb House and Harry Gate for supporting out "Plant Info" table
Monica Swaagman for being the Volunteer Coordinator, Raffle & Exhibition Coordinator
Rebecca O'Linn (Mouse) for being the Vendor Coordinator and over all Event Coordinator

Without all of you we would not have had such an amazing year!!

***Deepest apologies if I have missed anyone. My brain is smoosh and like a sieve.

THANK YOU!!

COCSS

05/10/2025

Franklin County Fair-Hilliard, Ohio

Thank you so much for allowing us to utilize the Edwards Building for our annual Central Ohio Cactus and Succulent Society Sale & Exhibition!!

The facility was amazing and perfectly suited our needs and Amy was a pleasure to work with.

See you next year!!

04/11/2025

SFSU's greenhouse, home to 2,000 rare plants, seeks arboretum status to secure its future amid budget cuts to ensure student learning and contribution.

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