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<font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="4"><b><font>The
last day to confirm plant/cutting orders to ship in 2026</font></b> <b><i>has
been extended</i> to this Saturday, October 3</b>: <br>
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<li><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="4">Please
confirm your orders via email by the end of Saturday,
payment should be postmarked the following week.</font></li>
<li><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="4">The <a
href="https://sacredsucculents.com/#specimen-plant-list"><b>Specimen
Plant List</b></a> September Sale prices remain active
for now.<br>
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<li><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="4">Plant
orders placed after 10/3 will be reserved to ship spring
2027.</font></li>
<li><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="4"><a
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href="https://sacredsucculents.com/#books">Book</a></b> orders
will continue to ship year round in intermittent batches.</font><font
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<li><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="4"><b><a
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href="https://sacredsucculents.com/andean-tuber-crops/">Andean
Tubers</a></b> will be available for very limited
shipping<i> starting in December</i>.</font><font
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<li><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="4">We now
have copies of <a
href="https://sacredsucculents.com/#books"><b>Microcosms:
Sacred Plants of the Americas</b></a>, a book to which
we contributed plants, photos & writing. Order yours
today!</font></li>
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<div class="moz-text-html" lang="x-unicode"><font
face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="4">We are currently
working to get all standing orders shipped this month while we
tackle renovations and scramble to prepare the nursery for the </font><font
face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="4">extreme El Niño
weather that is expected in the coming months...</font></div>
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<div class="moz-text-html" lang="x-unicode"><font
face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="4"><b><u>Update on
Nursery Renovations</u>:</b><br>
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="4">Crucial
renovations will dominate the rest of 2026 for us. Please bear
with us during our ongoing work to revitalize the nursery. </font><font
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<div class="moz-text-html" lang="x-unicode"><font
face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="4">Despite this
year's obstacle-course of challenges, we’ve made some lurching
progress with</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"
size="4"> the first phase of the nursery irrigation project</font><font
face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="4">. Still, we have
far to go, and </font><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"
size="4">like everything in 2026, the cost of materials has
skyrocketed, far beyond my estimates last year… damage to
several nursery structures last winter has added to this, as
well as fortifying for the </font><font
face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="4">El Niño</font><font
face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="4">.<br>
<i>We currently need to raise additional funds to continue... </i><br>
<font color="#008000">Please help spread the word and</font></font><font
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the fully Tax-Deductible donations coming</a> — whether it's
$5, $20, $100, or a legacy gift, every little bit helps! <br>
</font></b><i><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"
size="4">W</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"
size="4">e can’t do this without you! </font></i>
<p><b><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="4"
color="#008000">Later this autumn and winter we plan to hold
some special plant sales and an auction <i>exclusive</i> to
the those of you who have </font><font
face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="4"
color="#008000">generously contributed to fundraising.</font></b></p>
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<li><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="4">My
friend, the author John Crowley, passed away at 83 the
morning of August 8th. John was a writer capable of
astounding emotional acuity and imagination, he enriched the
world immeasurably with his uncanny speculative fiction and
insightful essays. John’s friendship the past quarter
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small, family-run organization, it is essential and
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