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CLS: Southwest — Desert and Glass

Date & Time

June 23, 2026

10:30 am - 12:00 pm

This event is included with your Daily, Weekly or Season Chautauqua Pass.
Do you enjoy cacti and succulents and appreciate the masterful artwork of Dale Chihuly? You will enjoy both as presented at the Desert Botanic Garden in Phoenix.
  
Bill Hendricks is the past President of Klyn Nurseries and is now an advisor for Petitti Farms. He is a member of many professional horticultural organizations, past President of Lake County Nurserymen’s Association and has served on review boards for publications including Handbook of Landscape Tree Cultivars by Willet Wandell, Street Tree Fact Sheets edited by Penn State University and Landscape Plants for Ohio published by Ohio Nursery & Landscape Association.
 
Recipient of ONLA Distinguished Contribution Award, Named “2014 Grower of the Year” by Nursery Management Magazine, Horticultural Industries Leadership Award 2011 from Nursery Management, Magazine (GIE Media’s Horticultural Group) Recipient of Ohio Landscape Association Lifetime Dedication and Outstanding, Contributions to the Landscape Industry Award March 2010. Lastly, he has a cactus and succulent collection of over 4,000 species which he started at age 7 and is a continuing hobby.