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We're a family-run nursery specialized in growing rare and hard-to-find cacti and succulents from all over the world.
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Hi, I'm Echo. I'm a Texas A&M grad (BS in Nutritional Science) and former biochem lab researcher. My husband HK brings a mix of biology, chemistry, and mechanical and chemical engineering from several universities around the world, from undergrad to grad school. Together, we rarely talk about what we learned in school—instead, we've become obsessed with desert plants, nothing like what we grew up with. We chose to live in Houston for the educational opportunities a big city offers our kids. Although the humid climate makes growing cacti and succulents challenging, it's delightful to learn and discover the potential for growing them outside their natural climate. Studying how these plants survive in the wild, then finding smart ways to help them thrive in a less-than-friendly climate, has become our favorite adventure.
In 2022, HK and I decided to turn our passion into a family business. So Echo's Cacti & Succulents Garden was born in our backyard. The nursery has my name because we registered it on my birthday—a happy coincidence. We strive to offer healthy, home-raised cacti and succulents, plus fresh seeds from our own collection. No field-collected plants. No "fresh imports." Just sustainable, low-chemical care that respects each plant's natural rhythm.
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We're small. We're hands-on. And we hope you love the quality. 🌵
About US We love nature, plants and animals with a special place for cacti and succulents in our heart! My husband HK and I started to collect cacti and succulents in college. My passion grew very slowly just like the plants did until one day, my Mammillaria fragilis started to bloom in a November after living with me for nine years! I was very stoked by the delicate little white flowers, so I decided to get more cactus. The next spring, I have many flowers from the new cacti I bought. And the flowers got pollinated by nature somehow, they became seedpods. In summer, the seeds dropped into the soil at the base of the mother plant, and soon they became seedlings... I was fascinated… so my collection of these plants and books about them started to expand exponentially. By 2022, I had over 1000 potted cacti and succulents from America to Africa. HK suggests that we should turn our hobby into a business so that we can go further with our passion. HK and I started our nursery Echo's Cacti and Succulents in Houston, Texas, where we have a home for our two kids, a dog and a cat, two sulcata tortoises together with all the green babies. We face challenges growing desert plants in tropical Houston, where each year there are many hot summer nights, high humidity and unpredictable winter freezes, we always enjoy taking up these challenges. They motivate us to understand more about natural habitats and how plants grow in nature. We apply the knowledge from nature into practice by providing what is needed by the plants incorporating with our local climate. With our special love for cacti and succulents, we are growing thousands of species in our nursery, including many rare and hard-to-find species. We provide seeds, seedlings, matured specimens, and well-established propagations from cuttings to the market locally and nationwide. Customers love our excellent product quality, customer service, and our great advice provided on cultivation of cacti and succulents from all over the world.