PHOTO OF THE MONTH: It's that time of year: cactus flowering season! Here's a photo of a "scarlet hedgehog cactus" (Echinocereus coccineus) flowering in a colorful talavera goat-shaped pot in a member's garden. Many cacti do very well in Chico if given a very fast-draining soil, or protection from winter rain. 🌸 🌵 🐐

Updated April 2026!

Get ready for our biggest event of the year: the Chico Horticultural Society's annual plant sale (and rummage sale)!

We'll have plants grown, bred, and propagated by our members. They all do well in Chico's climate and many are plants you'll be unable to find elsewhere. Rare variegated geraniums, aromatic scented geraniums, gorgeous peonies, pretty daylilies, several species of Echium, bearded iris, canna lilies, young trees, native plants, houseplants, cacti, succulents and more. In addition to member grown tomato and herb plants, we're partnering with the University Farm to provide heirloom and hybrid tomato, eggplant, herb, and pepper seedlings. Vining veggie plants too, like cucumbers, melons and squash. Come early for the best selection!

In addition to our AMAZING plant sale, we'll have our annual rummage sale too! Look for garden books, garden art, housewares, and vintage items too. You're sure to find something you love!

April 18th at 19th at the Chico Home and Garden Show at the Silver Dollar Fairgrounds. 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. both days.

Photo collage of beautiful downtown Chico, California.
Photo collage of beautiful downtown Chico, California.
Beautiful downtown Chico, California
A beautiful harvest of homegrown tomatoes from a club member's garden.
A beautiful harvest of homegrown tomatoes from a club member's garden.
Fresh tomatoes from a member's garden.
A Chico Horticultural Society member's flower-filled garden.
A Chico Horticultural Society member's flower-filled garden.
Butterfly bushes (Buddleia sp.), Rudbeckia, canna lilies and zinnias in a member's summer garden.
Club members at one of several "potting parties" to prepare plants for our fund-raising spring Plant Sale
Photo collage of 9 pink California poppy flowers from a member's garden
Photo collage of 9 pink California poppy flowers from a member's garden

Pink forms of our usually-orange state flower: the California poppy (Eschscholzia californica) in a club member's garden.

We are also known as the Chico Garden Club ✅