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Many thanks to everyone who helped out with our annual Plant and Rummage Sale this year (many not pictured). Thank you!!!

Updated late April 2026!

We are a group of gardeners and plant lovers who meet monthly to talk plants, share plants, seeds and cuttings, and learn from horticultural guest presenters. Nearly all of our meetings are free and open to the public--please join us!

Our next meeting will be held at the Chico Library (1108 Sherman Avenue) on May 18th. We'll have social time from 11:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m., then our guest presenter Gary Day who will speak about the BCCER (Big Chico Creek Ecological Reserve) from 12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m., then our Business Meeting from 1:00-2:00 p.m. Stay for whatever portions you'd like!

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. 🌸 🌵 🐐

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A note from our club president:

On behalf of the Chico Horticultural Society, I would like to thank our families, friends, and Chico community for coming to the Home & Garden Show and supporting our annual fundraising plant and rummage sale. Your generosity will allow us to increase our funding to our club's School Grants Program this coming fall. Thank you!

Steve Danehy, Chico Horticultural Society President

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 ✅

Got questions? e-mail us at chicogardenclub@gmail.com