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

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Published 2024-06-02
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:
centralarizonacactus.org/

Connect with me on Instagram: www.instagram.com/cookiescacti/

All Comments (21)
  • @CactusCaffeine
    Congratulations Jenny for all the ribbons you got! Well done. ๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŒต๐Ÿ‘ Thanks for showing us the show. So many great specimens.
  • @smokiesmom2
    Jenny, CONGRATULATIONS on your Airo win!!!!!!! So exciting ๐Ÿ™Œ ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿ™Œ
  • @kimmy6304
    Absolutely spectacular! Thank you so much for showing us around โ™ก And major congrats on your ribbons!!!
  • @wimhance6541
    This was all quite the journey. Thank you because I'm miles away and will never get there. Congratulations on all the ribbons, your plants are terrific. Boojum!
  • I extremely upset with myself for not going to this event ๐Ÿ˜ . Thanks to you I at least get a glimpse into what its like Thank you for doing what you do. BTW AZ cactus sales has a huge retusus for sale if u haven't been in awhile. I was there yesterday, it's pricy but Ty told me he was willing to work a deal for it in case u are interested.
  • Congrats on your wins! Nice job relating and showing us the cactus showโ€ฆ I also love the garden installation โค
  • @steeeebs7286
    Hey thank you for showing my tissue cultured plants! I was there Friday and Saturday (did a talk on Saturday). I wish I could have met you in person!
  • That was fun. Thank you and congratulations on the awards! I would have been a little more excited than Cookie though...
  • @JamesEndo1
    Wow! That was an amazing show and tour! Congrats on your wins and success. It's always fun and exciting to show your plants, and your show is huge compared to ours in San Jose, CA. Best to you and Cookie!
  • @smokiesmom2
    Jenny, CONGRATULATIONS on your astrophytum win!!!!!!!!!!!๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ‰๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘
  • @54Maria
    Congrats on all your ribbons ๐ŸŽ—๏ธ. I think Cookie was proud ๐Ÿ˜ธ. Thanks for showing us all the plants in detail. It was great. Thereโ€™s gonna be a show and sell here in Chicago next month and I want to go but itโ€™s pretty far. Maybe Iโ€™ll do the 2 hour train ride or pay for the expensive Uber lol. Also the pot at 13:45 looks like a dinasour head
  • @icebiker3
    I really like the your garden tours and the coverage of the cactus shows.