<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 150%;"><div class="moz-text-html" lang="x-unicode"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><div style=""><div style="font-family: Arial;"><font size="3" color="#cc0000"><b style=""><u style="">The current <font style=""><a href="http://www.sacredsucculents.com/">PLANT MINI-AUCTION FUNDRAISER</a></font> closes this evening at 6:00 pm PST, Thursday, October 26th</u></b><u style="">.</u> </font></div><div style="font-family: Arial;"><font style="" size="3"><br></font><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><font style="" size="3"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><font style="" size="6"><font style="" size="4"><font style="" size="4"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 150%;"><font style="" size="3"><font style="" size="4"><font style="" face="times new roman, serif">.</font></font></font></span></font></font></font></span></font></span></span></div><div style=""><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><font style="font-family: Arial;" size="3"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><font size="6"><font size="4"><font size="4"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 150%;"><font size="3"><font size="4"><font face="times new roman, serif"><b style=""><font color="#990000">This is our second auction to list rare </font><font color="#ff0000">Seed</font><font color="#cc0000">--<i style="">which is open to international bidders</i>!</font></b> <b>Plants remain for US bidders only.</b> </font></font></font></span></font></font></font></span></font></span></span></div><div style=""><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><font style="" size="3"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><font face="times new roman, serif"><br></font></span></span></font><font style="font-family: Arial;" size="3"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><font size="4"><b>See partway down our homepage for the </b><b>auction terms and listings</b>: </font><font size="4"><font size="6"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 150%;"><font size="4"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 150%;"><font size="4"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 150%;"><font size="4"><font color="#0000ff"><b><a href="http://www.sacredsucculents.com/">www.sacredsucculents.com</a></b></font></font></span></font></span></font></span></font></font></span></font><span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 150%;"><font size="3">
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<div style="font-size: medium; font-family: Arial;"><font size="4"><font color="#ff0000"><b>Please read the full terms before bidding.</b></font> <b><i><font style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" color="#9900ff">All bids should be directed to our other email:</font></i></b> <b>benkamm@monitor.net </b><br></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; font-family: Arial;"><font size="4"><b><br></b></font></div></span></span></span><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">
<div style="font-size: medium; font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">We honor the email bids as first come first serve, so if we don’t respond right away—do not worry, <span style="color: #ff6600;">we will honor your bid in the order/time it was received<span style="color: #000000;">.</span><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span style="color: #000000;"> Note: <span style="color: #ff0000;">the</span></span>
last hour 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 final
phase</span></span> – <span style="color: #ff00ff;">so the last hour <i>we recommend checking the website periodically</i> to see the current high bids and respond accordingly.</span> <i>After the auction closes</i> <i>you will be contacted by email late evening</i> or<i> the following morning for the auction plants you have won</i>.
The winning bids should all be posted on the website no later than
7:30pm (PST), Oct. 26. We request payment (cash, check, or money order)
be mailed promptly on Friday, Oct. 27 (and any international winners of
seed contact us to arrange payment). We ship your plants <i>after</i> receiving payment.</span></div>
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that auction purchases directly fund essential nursery repairs in preparation for winter, as
well as our continual research and conservation work.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br></span></div>
<div style="font-family: Arial;"><font style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);" size="4">Our <b>Specimen Plant List</b> has just been further updated this morning, see below the auction on the homepage</font><font style="" size="4"><font color="#0000ff">.</font><br>___</font></div>
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<div style="font-size: xx-large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: large;">Kew Botanical Gardens has released their latest <i>State of the World's Plants & Fungi</i> report - <a href="https://www.kew.org/science/state-of-the-worlds-plants-and-fungi"><font color="#0000ff">https://www.kew.org/science/state-of-the-worlds-plants-and-fungi</font></a></span></div>
<div style="font-size: xx-large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: large;">Conservation is more more important than ever</span><font size="4"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;"> </span><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"><span style="color: rgb(30, 30, 30); font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;">-- according to the report 45% of all <i>known</i> flowering plant species are potentially threatened with extinction, and 3 in 4 unknown (undescribed) species risk extinction. </span></font></font><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><font size="3"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: large;">In
addition to in situ conservation, it is essential we all work to
recognize, understand and take responsibility for our own ecological
agency. Realize the power we each have to assist our vanishing flora,
acting as conservationists through a simple and joyful role as
gardeners, horticulturalists, admirers of plants.</span></span></font></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><font size="3"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: large;"></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></div>
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<div style="font-size: xx-large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: large;"><b>The PLEASURE: Animist Encounters with Poison Oak </b> <font color="#ff0000">~signed copies!~</font><br>
by Erik Davis, illustrations by David Y. D’Andrea<br>
Lessons from the Poison Path<br>
A lively and fascinating essay by our good friend Erik Davis, inspired
by a hike we took just downstream of Sacred Succulents the first summer
of the pandemic. Poison oak is a integral member of California’s
ecology, a plant that demands attention and prudence, yet little has be
written about this adaptable species and many mysteries still surround
the wily nature of <i>Toxicodendron diversilobum</i>. Scratching beneath
the surface of science and legend, Erik keenly discerns poison oak’s
anthropomorphic qualities, including that of a fierce and mercurial
guardian, a tricky teacher, and a vigorous ally to the endangered
“wilds”. A must read for all who’ve encountered the plant and it’s
troublesome effects—what some perversely describe as the pleasure. With a
gorgeous full color cover and interior black & white illustrations,
this informative chapbook is a lovely limited collector’s item. Our
copies are signed by the author.<br>
8 ~ Copies, Signed Chapbook, 24 pages $20 (8 oz)<br>
</span></div><div style="font-size: xx-large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: large;"><br></span></div><div style="font-size: xx-large;"><span style="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><span style="font-size: medium;"><font color="#008000"><u><b>BOOKS:</b></u></font> Even though our catalog offering of books is greatly reduced these days, </span><b><a href="http://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 of some of his long out-of-print books and several exciting new titles in the coming
years.)</span></div></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-size: xx-large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: large;">~~~~~~~~</span></div>
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<div style="font-size: xx-large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: large;">gratitude for your support! </span></div><div style="font-size: xx-large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br></span></div><div style="font-size: xx-large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><font face="times new roman, serif">regards,</font></span></div></span></font><font face="times new roman, serif">
<div><font size="4">Ben Kamm and family,</font></div></font></span><br></span><font face="Papyrus"><font size="4"><b>Sacred Succulents</b>:</font><font face="arial,sans-serif"> </font></font>Rare &
Endangered Beneficial Plants & Seeds<br class="">
<em class=""><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif" class="">Conservation of Resilient
Biodiversity through Propagation, Dissemination and
Education</span></em><br>
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