Sarasota Succulent Society

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We are a beautiful botanical garden with the mission of education and spreading succulent awareness.

The Sarasota Succulent Society is 100% volunteer-based and has a mission to provide awareness and education of succulents. With our succulent and cacti display houses, as well as the garden plots located across the property, we study the growth of succulents and strive to provide a variety of specimens to the public. Whether you are wanting to learn more about how succulents thrive in local conditions, understand how they can be used in landscaping, home gardening, or simply want to take a stroll through a beautiful and family-friendly garden, it can be found here. Open Garden Days are free to the public and occur each month during the following time and days:
• Mondays - 9am-12pm EST
• 3rd Saturdays - 9am-12pm EST

Beyond our display and garden collections, we have a small sale collection that helps fund garden upkeep. Sale items are available for purchase, in person, during any of our Open Garden Days.

10/16/2026

Back in April, the Sarasota Succulent Society participated in the Community Foundation of Sarasota County’s Giving Challenge to raise funds to renovate and restore the exterior of our historic cottage. Thanks to the generosity of our wonderful supporters and with giving strengthened by The Patterson Foundation, we’re excited to share the progress we’ve made!

Our cottage is looking refreshed, and we’re making great progress toward restoring and preserving this special piece of our Society’s history. While we still have a few finishing touches ahead of us — including a new front door and a replacement banister at the back entrance — we’re thrilled with how far we’ve come!

A heartfelt THANK YOU to our Giving Challenge donors and supporters. Your generosity helped make this project a reality!

We’d also like to extend our sincere appreciation to Allen Briceno of AB Renovation & Repair for the work completed so far and for helping bring this restoration project to life.

Thank you for being part of this journey and helping us preserve a special part of the Sarasota Succulent Society.

09/30/2026

Come see us Friday at Arlington Recreation Center’s First Friday Market!

Celebrate First Fridays Market-at-the-trail in Arlington Park!
Join us this Friday for local vendors, handmade goods, fresh treats, live music, and a great community vibe. It’s the perfect way to kick off your weekend—bring your friends, family, and enjoy a beautiful day at the park!
This Friday, October 2nd
⏰ 9AM–1 PM
📍 The Trail at Arlington Park
Come support local makers and discover something new. We can’t wait to see you Friday!

09/25/2026

Here's a few pictures from our Labor Day Sale. It was a great day in spite of the rain. Thank you to everyone that braved the weather to join us for a successful sale!

06/14/2026

June Blooms are gorgeous at Sarasota Succulent Society Garden!

05/11/2026

Our Annual Mother’s Day Weekend Sale and Workshop this last Saturday, May 9, 2026, was a complete success! The Garden was full of visitors and generous customers who came out to see us and to take part in the presentation by Connie Hodsdon from FLUTTERBY GARDENS, Bradenton, on Discovering the Magic of Butterfly Gardening in Florida.

05/10/2026

Congratulations to our two Scholarship Winners for 2026!

Alexander Colon is attending University of Florida for Landscape Architecture and received the Succulent Society Scholarship. Nathan De Souza received the Phyllis Turner Environmental Scholarship and will be attending Cornell University for Plant Biology

05/10/2026

Congratulations to Janise on winning our Mother's Day Sales Event - Dish Garden Raffle!!

04/21/2026

A HUGE thank you from all of us at the Sarasota Succulent Society to all who donated during the 2026 Giving Challenge. With the matching grant from The Patterson Foundation, we will come close to our goal!! Your generosity will help us achieve some key work in preserving our cottage meeting house this year and we will be able to continue our storm remediation and education efforts.

We also thank The Patterson Foundation and the Community Foundation of Sarasota County for their incredible community spirit and generosity in giving 700+ charities in the Sarasota area an opportunity to increase the impact of our donors. With their help and support over $16 million was raised from over 50,000 donors for over 700 charities. It’s amazing what happens when we come together to support each other!

Please come visit us at the Sarasota Succulent Society Garden and see what we’re up to. Who knows, you may want to join us and volunteer! The garden is open to the public Monday mornings, 9 am to noon, and the third Saturday of the month, 9 am to noon.

Thank you for your generosity!

04/20/2026

Our April 18th, 3rd Saturday Workshop: Cacti with Frank Vanderkraats, was a complete success! We had 25 people in attendance for the presentation and Frank did a wonderful job teaching, demonstrating and answering questions from the audience.
Here are a few photos to enjoy!

Address

1310 38th Street
Sarasota, FL
34234

Opening Hours

Monday

9am - 12pm

Website

https://sarasotasucculentsociety.org/

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