<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><div style=""><p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"><span style="line-height: 150%;"></span></font></p><div><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"><font color="#38761d"><b style=""><u style="">The current PLANT MINI-AUCTION FUNDRAISER closes this evening at 6:00 pm PST, Sunday, April 30th</u></b><u style="">.</u></font><font color="#00ff00"> </font></font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><font size="3"><br></font></span></font><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: medium;">Due to the recent winter adversities and losses, <b>a </b></span><b><i style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: medium;">number of plants will only be available via auction this year, and many of the species/clones currently up for auction will <u>only be available this listing</u></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: medium;">. </span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; line-height: 21px;"><font size="3"><b>See partway down our homepage for the </b><b>auction terms and listings</b>: <span style="line-height: 24px;"><span style="line-height: 24px;"><span style="line-height: 24px;"><font color="#0000ff"><b><a href="http://www.sacredsucculents.com/">www.sacredsucculents.com</a><br></b></font></span></span></span></font></span><font size="3" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;"><span style="line-height: 24px;"><font color="#ff0000"><b>Please read the full terms before bidding.</b></font> <b><i><font color="#9900ff" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">All bids should be directed to our other email:</font></i></b> <b>benkamm@monitor.net </b></span></font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"><span style="line-height: 150%;">We honor the email bids <span style="line-height: 150%;">as first come first serve, </span>so
if we don’t respond right away—do not worry, we will honor your bid in
the order/time it was received. Towards the end of the auction can get hectic
and we may not be able to notify you in a timely manner if you’ve been
outbid during this last phase – so the last hour we recommend checking the website
periodically to see the current high bids. <i>After the auction closes you will be contacted by
email late evening or the following morning for the auction plants you
have won</i>. We ship a</span>uction plants within a few days of receiving payment.</font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3"> <br></font><span style="font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">Know
that auction purchases directly fund nursery repairs and renovations as
well as our continual research and conservation work.</span></div></div><div style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"><span style="line-height: 150%;">
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</span></p><div style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">Our <b><font color="#351c75">Specimen Plant List</font></b> is updated for April, see just below the auction on the homepage</span><span style="line-height: 150%;">.</span></div><div style=""><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 150%;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" style=""><span style="line-height: 150%;"><p align="left" style=""><font style=""><font style=""><font color="#ff0000" style=""><b style=""><u>Note:</u></b></font> New <i style="">retail</i>
orders (plants/seeds from our catalog PDFs) will not ship until later this summer. <i style="">See the top of our homepage for our 2023 retail shipping schedule. </i></font></font><b><font color="#ff0000">The exception</font></b><font color="#ff0000"><b> to this limited shipping schedule for the year is:</b></font> <b style=""><i style="">books, Specimen List Plants</i>, and <i style="">Auction Plants</i>—</b><b style="">these orders we will continue to ship throughout the year as they are received.</b></p><p align="left" style="">___</p></span></font></font><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" style="font-size: medium;"><p>
<b><font color="#008000"><u>Upcoming Event</u>:</font></b></p>
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<p>Our close compadre, Matt Magee, is teaching a one-day workshop at
The Alembic in Berkeley, CA, May 14: <a href="https://www.livingtheceremony.com/ancestral-conversations" class="moz-txt-link-freetext"><font color="#0000ff">https://www.livingtheceremony.com/ancestral-conversations</font><br>
</a>About the workshop: <br>
<i>For most of history, human beings lived immersed in the
elements. Our senses were stretched out in a vast open
landscape; every plant, animal, and insect served to link us
more directly to this spacious animated field. Living this way
produced qualities of alertness and awareness that unfortunately
do not easily translate into our lives today. Without these
ancient forms of awareness, we lose access to many of
the essential resources of guidance and connection that have
shaped our health, spirit, and well-being for millennia. </i><i><span style="color: rgb(89, 89, 89); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font color="#000000">This day-long
intensive is an invitation to rejoin these ancient
conversations. Participants will learn simple</font></span></i><i><span style="color: rgb(89, 89, 89); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font color="#000000"> techniques
to </font></span></i><i><span style="color: rgb(89, 89, 89); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font color="#000000"><span style="color: rgb(89, 89, 89);"><font color="#000000">cultivate
</font></span> their senses and reclaim ancestral forms of
heightened awareness, </font></span></i><i><span style="color: rgb(89, 89, 89); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font color="#000000">connection,
and nourishment. </font></span></i><br>
Matt has devoted his life to studying curanderismo, the immanent
wisdom of the natural world and the ecology of the sacred. Author
of the seminal book <i>Peruvian Shamanism: The Pachakuti Mesa,</i>
Matt has been a key member of our Andean expeditions and
co-teacher of our ethnobiology field courses. One of his many
gifts as a teacher is his capacity to share ‘spiritual’ concepts
in an accessible and practical manner; building cultural bridges
and facilitating the integration of traditional knowledge and
practices into modern life. <br>
Matt has created a series of fascinating and useful online
courses: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.livingtheceremony.com/courses"><font color="#0000ff">https://www.livingtheceremony.com/courses</font></a>
He is also available for private sessions (in-person & online)
to personally offer his uniquely diverse knowledge, mentorship,
and guidance: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.livingtheceremony.com/private-sessions"><font color="#0000ff">https://www.livingtheceremony.com/private-sessions</font></a><br>
</p>
<p><span style="line-height: 150%;"></span></p><p>____</p>
</span><p style="font-size: medium;"></p>
<span style="font-size: medium; line-height: 150%;"><font color="#134f5c"><b>New book available for order:</b></font></span>
<div style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><b>GROWING
PLANT MEDICINE: Volume 1</b><br>
by Richo Cech illustrations by Sena Cech<br>
Brand new book from master plantsman Richo Cech, a
much-expanded version of the his classic <i>The Medicinal
Herb Grower</i>. Draws on the author’s lifetime of
cultivating and living with an amazing diversity of medicinal
plants. Pretty much everything you need to know about natural
organic gardening techniques, from seed to harvest, for a
great majority of healing herbs. Newly augmented with
bioregional medicinal plant recommendations, garden plans and
materia medica. Arranged by plant families, alphabetically by
kinship and common name—covers families A through H. Volume 2,
which is in production, will cover the rest of the alphabet.
This is hands down the best reference for medicinal plant
cultivation there is. Delightfully illustrated by Richo’s
daughter Sena, full of personal anecdotes and life stories—not
only useful, this book is a joy to read!<br>
Softcover, 354 pages $29.95 (2 lbs)<br>
</span></div>
<div style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><br>
</span></div>
<div style=""><span style="font-size: medium;">Even though our catalog offering of books is greatly reduced these days, </span><b><a href="https://sacredsucculents.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/SS-books-products-22.pdf"><font color="#0000ff">we still have a few excellent titles available</font></a></b><span style="font-size: medium;">, and we remain the US distributor for Jonathan Ott's work</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> (we are currently working
with Jonathan to publish reprints and several exciting new titles in the coming
years.)</span></div></font><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" style=""><div><span style="line-height: 150%;"><br>
</span></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">Regards,</span></div>
<div style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><br>
</span></div>
<div style="font-size: medium;">Ben Kamm and family,<br>
</div><div style="font-size: medium;"><br></div><font size="3">
Sacred Succulents</font><br><font size="3">
PO Box 781</font><br><font size="3">
Sebastopol, CA 95473 USA</font><br>
<a href="http://www.sacredsucculents.com/" class="moz-txt-link-freetext" style="font-size: medium;">http://www.sacredsucculents.com</a>
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<div style="font-size: medium;"><b>Shipping for Books</b>
<div>
<div>To determine shipping costs, add up the
number of lbs in parentheses ( ) that is listed after the
price.</div>
<div>Priority Mail- add $8.50 for the first lb,
$2.25 for each additional lb. When ordered with plants just
add $2.25 for each lb</div>
<div>Books only sent Media Mail – add $4 for the
first lb, $0.75 for each additional lb</div>
<div>Please email us for international shipping
costs</div>
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