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!

We are a group of gardeners and plant lovers who meet monthly to talk plants, share plants, seeds and cuttings, and lawn 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 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 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 ✅