<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 150%;"><div>Summer greetings,</div><div><br></div><div>We hope this finds you flourishing. </div><div>A new Mini Auction Fundraiser has begun, it only runs until Sunday night. See below for more info.</div><div><br></div><div>The <i>Trichocereus</i> cacti are blooming and we are in the process of making unique new hybrids. We have seed of a dozen+ exciting, novel hybrids we produced last year, our plan right now is to list these, along with this year's new seed, sometime this winter. </div><div>We are now resigned to much of this year being given over to ongoing nursery renovations, irrigation installation and garden reclamation. This is progressing slow, but steady. Our hope is to have the bulk of the work completed by next year and return our focus to the plants themselves. We've had little time for propagation work this summer, a first in 26 years! We do have a few fascinating new plants that will be available soon via our website Specimen List, and more next year.</div><div><br></div><div><font color="#0b5394"><b style=""><i>We are only shipping</i> <i><u>retail</u> orders intermittently this year</i></b></font> as we continue to take time out for renovations and reconfigure aspects of our operation in light of our erratically changing climate. Much of spring we had poor to no internet connection, it took nearly 2 months to have new lines installed. This regretful situation delayed or derailed many of our plans for the spring and summer. <font color="#0b5394"><b>See our homepage for the current limited shipping schedule.</b></font></div><div><br></div><div><b style=""><font color="#351c75" size="3"><u>The Ninth Mini Auction Fundraiser</u></font></b> has begun! </div><div>See partway down our homepage for the terms and listings: <font color="#3d85c6"><u><b><a href="http://www.sacredsucculents.com">www.sacredsucculents.com</a></b></u></font></div><div><b style="font-family: Arial;"><font color="#38761d">Please read the full terms before bidding.</font></b><span style="color: rgb(0, 255, 0); font-family: Arial;"> </span><i style="font-family: Arial;"><b><font color="#990000">All bids should be directed to our other email:</font></b></i><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><b style="font-family: Arial;">benkamm@monitor.net</b><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span> </div><div>The auction closes this Sunday, July 24, at 6:30pm PST. <span style="font-family: Arial;">Auction plants should ship within a week of payment. </span> </div><div><br></div><div>Our <font color="#274e13"><b>Specimen Plant List</b></font> has also been updated today, this is posted just below the Plant Auction.</div><div>We've also updated the catalog PDFs—available for download at the top of the homepage.</div><div><font color="#20124d"><br></font></div><div><font color="#0b5394"><b>We <i>temporarily</i> resume retail shipping the week of August 8, if you placed an order during our several month hiatus it will soon ship in the order it was received. Shipping the current large number of such backorders will likely take us 6–8+ weeks after the 8th</b></font><font color="#20124d">. </font></div><div><b><font color="#990000">Please note</font>: <font color="#0b5394">new retail orders placed now will ship towards the end of that time, the exception being auction plants which we do our best to ship the same week payment arrives.</font> <font color="#990000">Also note</font>: <font color="#0b5394">due to the high volume of orders this year, some retail <i>Trichocereus</i> cuttings are on backorder and may cause further delay with your order. We greatly appreciate your patience.</font></b></div><div><font color="#0b5394"><b><i>We will continue to send out weekly orders from our Specimen Plant List and plant auctions throughout the coming year.</i></b></font></div><div><br></div><div>Make sure to check out the otherworldly images from the updated Microcosms website, a homage to the sacred plants of the Americas. We have contributed plants to this amazing intersection of science and art. <a href="https://www.microcosmssacredplants.org/">https://www.microcosmssacredplants.org/</a></div><div><br></div><div>Perpetual gratitude for your ongoing patience, understanding and support during these tumultuous times!</div><div><br></div><div>Ben Kamm and family</div><div><br></div>Sacred Succulents<br>
PO Box 781<br>
Sebastopol, CA 95473 USA<br>
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