Welcome, Visitors!
The Cactus and Succulent Society of San Jose (CSSSJ) welcomes you to our website.
The CSSSJ is a diverse group of people with a mutual interest in and fascination for cacti and other succulent plants.
Succulent plants are among the most bizarre, beautiful, and varied in the entire plant kingdom. If you share our interest in these fascinating and unique plants, or just want to learn more, we invite you to join us at our meetings and have some fun.
If you’d like to become a member, you can do so for $15 a person, or $20 a couple. See the Membership Page for additional details.
Upcoming Events
Club Meeting: Sunday, March 1st
Making Small Terra Cotta Pots
You are invited to come to the March meeting and make your own small terracotta planter. Ian Jones will be leading the activity by bringing one-pound balls of clay and demonstrating a variety of pinch-pot techniques. The clay will be soft and pliable, and the instructions and demonstrations will be brief. Your hands will get dirty, so short nails and casual outfits are recommended. Feel free to bring a rock, a piece of canvas, or some other type of texture to decorate the exterior of the pot. Ian’s excited to see the creativity of the participants.
The pots will be low fired to cone 04 (standard for terracotta ware) and returned to the makers at the April meeting. The pots will not be glazed; they’ll remain bare porous clay, just like a traditional red terracotta pot.
Please sign up in advance if you’d like to take part in the workshop!
We expect to have space and supplies for approximately 40 people for this hands-on activity. If you would like to reserve a spot in this workshop, please sign up by Friday, 2/27, so that he knows how much material to prepare and bring to the meeting. You can sign up by emailing events@csssj.org and leaving your name and number of participants.
Please note that you don’t have to make a pot to attend the meeting: observers are welcome! We will still have a Mini Show for our CSSSJ members to enter as well. We hope that you will join us!
Meetings take place at the Ethel & William Prusch Multicultural Arts Center, on the northeastern edge of the Emma Prusch Farm Park.