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40th Annual Succulent Plants Symposium

Event
A color drawing of a red cacti with lush deep red leaves and deep green stalk.

Fri., Sept. 1, 2023, 9 a.m.–5 p.m.

Registration includes lunch

Rothenberg Hall

Tickets
The Huntington presents the 40th Annual Succulent Plants Symposium with notable speakers from around the world, diverse topics, a silent auction, and succulent plants for sale. 
Conferences
Gardens

Program

8:30 a.m.

Registration and Continental Breakfast

9 a.m.

Welcome
Nicole Cavender
The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

9:15 a.m.

“Assessing Climate Change Impacts on Cacti: Challenges and Opportunities”
Michiel Pillet
University of Arizona

10 a.m.

Break and Silent Auction Opens

10:15 a.m.

“Iconic Plants of the Ruth Bancroft Garden”
Brian Kemble
Ruth Bancroft Garden

11 a.m.

Break

11:15 a.m.

“Conservation of Agave Using Micropropagation”
María de Lourdes Delgado-Aceves
Centro de Investigación y Asistencia en Technología y Diseño del Estado de Jalisco (CIATEJ), Mexico

Noon

Lunch, Haaga Hall, and Desert Garden Opens

1:30 p.m.

Tributes and Desert Garden Update
John Trager
The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

1:45 p.m.

“On Global Conservation of Succulent Plants”
Bárbara Goettsch
IUCN Species Survival Commission, Cactus and Succulent Plants Specialist Group, Cuernavaca, México

2:30 p.m.

Break and Auction Closes (Last chance to place bids!)

2:45 p.m.

“A Succulent Life”
John Bleck
University of California, Santa Barbara

4 p.m.

Refreshments and Plant Sale in the Nursery (Open to symposium registrants only.)

For questions about this event, please contact Heather Allison at hallison@huntington.org or 626-405-3504.