2025 Rose Show: “A Rainbow of Roses”

“A Rainbow of Roses” will be held on Saturday May 17, 2025 at the Albuquerque Garden Center.  Anyone can enter! Membership in the Albuquerque Rose Society is not required.  There are three divisions:  Horticulture, Arrangements, and Photography. Entries will be accepted on Saturday, May 17 from 7:30 AM until 10:00 AM. The show will be open to the public from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM.

Please review the rules prior to the show! You can find the rules and helpful videos at this link: https://www.albuquerquerose.com/virtual-exhibition/

2025 African Violet Show & Sale

The Albuquerque African Violet Club invites you to “Celebrate the USA” with us.  Come and see our beautiful African violets, as well as different cousins of African violets.

African violets will be available for sale, and this year, we will also have Streptocarpus!

There will be African violet demos and growing tips so bring your questions! And don’t forget the drawing!

2025 Cactus & Succulent Show and Sale

The Cactus and Succulent Society of New Mexico will be holding its annual spring plant show and sale on Saturday, April 12 and Sunday, April 13, 2025 Location: the Albuquerque Garden Center at 10120 Lomas Blvd., NE We are open from 10 am until 4 pm on Saturday and 10 am to 3 pm on Sunday. There is no admission charge.

The show will display several hundred plants, including some of the finest specimens from many different private collections in our region, including our society's members. You do not need to be a member to exhibit plants. Please bring your very best cacti and succulents to be exhibited at this show. Entries are accepted at the Albuquerque Garden Center on Friday, April 12, from 1 pm to 6 pm. Helpful information on entering your own plants can be found at a link at the society's main website, accessed via: https://www.new-mexico.cactus-society.org/cdocs/SpringShow/Presenting Plants for Show--Rev 1113.pdf or contact us at cssofnm@gmail.com If you desire, you may download entry tags for your use before you arrive from the following website location: https://www.new-mexico.cactus-society.org/cdocs/SpringShow/CSSNMShowEntryTagsRev042406.pdf Remember that you may not retrieve the plants you entered until the show closes, at 3 pm on Sunday.

In addition to the judged show, the society's annual sale brings in vendors, from various places, that provide a wide variety of cacti and other succulent plants available for purchase; they range from bargain starter plants to spectacular specimens. Some excellent specimen plants will be sold via a silent auction which will be done on Saturday. Bidders are urged to be present at the close of bidding to purchase the plants, and take them home. An additional special feature of the sale is a selection of some locally grown, hardy species for the yard---at least in Albuquerque, and, sometimes, further north.

We will have 3 checkout lines for sale items, instead of the traditional 2 lines. We will accept cash, checks and credit cards.

Further information about the Cactus & Succulent Society of New Mexico may be found at http://www.new-mexico.cactus-society.org/ For information concerning the venue, you may visit the Albuquerque Garden Center's website at http://www.albuquerquegardencenter.org or call (505) 296-6020.