2024 Central Arizona Cactus & Succulent Society Show & Sale | Desert Botanical Garden | Phoenix, AZ

May 29th marked the two year anniversary of Cookie's Cacti on YouTube. And what better way to celebrate than to share the 2024 Central Arizona Cactus & Succulent Society Show & Sale with you all. This is my longest video to date beating out last year's show and sale video by just over a minute LOL! This video follows the entire experience of being a plant exhibitor from plant drop-off day, to seeing the show, and then returning on the last day to pick up the plants at the show's closing. I hope you enjoy the journey! I had a blast. (I also hope you don't mind over an hour of sentences that end in question marks as I attempt to read hundreds of plant labels.)

0:00:00 Wednesday: Exhibitor plant drop-off day
0:00:38 Saturday: Show day!
0:01:14 Getting distracted on the way to Dorrance Hall in the DBG
0:03:28 Seeing the show!
1:12:24 Plant shopping at the mini-sale
1:25:42 Getting distracted leaving the show
1:28:15 Sunday: Last day of the show
1:28:50 Lunch on the DBG Patio Cafe
1:29:44 Getting distracted on the way to Dorrance Hall again
1:31:09 Conservation exhibits
1:35:50 Random stuff on the last day of the show
1:36:32 That's a wrap! Retrieving my plants
1:39:14 Closing montage
1:40:40 Cookie's Cacti's winnings
1:41:04 Presenting the winnings to Cookie

This year's show and sale occurred in late May due to venue availability at the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix, Arizona. It has already reached 100F degree highs which is why the entire show AND sale is indoors this year - for the safety of all participants. Since indoor space is limited, the DBG was the sole plant vendor. Next year the show will take place in late March, so we will be back to our usual program of multiple vendors outdoors.

Check out the Central Arizona Cactus and Succulent Society:
https://centralarizonacactus.org

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