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PBPCS 2023 Fall Sale
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Palm Beach Palm & Cycad Society annual Fall sale Saturday, October 7, 2023 9am-3pm No sales before 9am! Mounts Botanical Garden 531 N. Military Trail West Palm Beach, FL 33415 Hundreds species of Palms & Cycads in all shapes and sizes, palm special fertilizer, palm and cycad reference books, Palm Beach Palm & Cycad Society t-shirts and hats will be available for purchase Vendor list coming soon Mounts and Palm society members free entrance to the garden We hope to see you there!
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Meeting Itinerary: DATE: Saturday, March 25th, 2023 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM: Location: Algonquin Sports Complex Crespino Ct, Indian Harbour Beach, FL 32937 Please park your vehicle at this location and take the short walk to the garden. To get to Crespino Ct, you can turn right as soon as you pass the garden address. Please DO NOT park on the street in front of the house or on the median. 10:00 AM to Noon: Location: 211 Wimico Dr, Indian Harbour Beach, FL 32937 Tour three gardens packed with palms tolerant of salt and…
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A big WHOOP OF APPLAUSE for Palm Talker and new PSSC San Diego Chair @Josh-O for setting this up! And, our hosts, including @ellidro and @Matt in SDfor agreeing to share their gardening glory. The PSSC's September 16, 2023 meeting will be held at two gardens we've never been to before. This is going to be yin-yang and yang-yin; small and big, and too much and not enough. Two gardens, both full of wonderful palms, many of which I haven't seen in the ground in California before. At their peak in San Diego's glorious climate. Garden No. One: Nick Ordille, 1075 Guadajara Drive, Encinitas, CA 92024. The front yard has some very nice (A…
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Northern CA PS meeting
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August 19th, 2018 1330 Albina Ave, Berkeley, CA Scott and Cyndi Stanfield welcome you to their home and palm garden in North Berkeley. Their 80+ palms (and many cycads and tree ferns) were planted by the late Thomas Roe, also a member of the IPS, over the past 4 decades on a third of an acre. The house is a fully-restored grand Victorian built over 123 years ago. The Berkeley Architectural Heritage Association recently bestowed their top award to the house in 2012. Some of the palm highlights include:- Jubaea chilensis (nearly 40')- Rhopalostylis baueri (cluster of 7)- Howea belmoreanas (a pair of double-trunked)- Howea forsteriana (plenty)- Ceroxylon quidiuense…
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The CFPACS 2023 Fall Meeting will be held as part of the Grand Opening of St. Johns Botanical Garden and Nature Preserve. Date and Time: Sunday, October 1st, 2023 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM Location: St. Johns Botanical Garden and Nature Preserve Address: 8310 County Road 13, Hastings, FL 32145 Phone: (904) 373-6008 Link: https://www.stjohnsbotanicalgarden.org/event/grand-opening/ Admission: CFPACS will pick up the entry fee for any current CFPACS members. New membership and membership renewal before the meeting is available at the gate at the standard rates of $20/1-year or $55/3-year. CFPACS Onli…
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An informal tour with palm, cycad, and tropical plant lovers is scheduled for Saturday, September 2nd, 2023 beginning 9:00 AM at Kopsick Palm Arboretum. Below is the planned itinerary and some additional information: Site 1: Kopsick Palm Arboretum 605 11th Ave NE, St. Petersburg, FL 33701 Note the main entrance is at the intersection of 12th Ave NE and N Shore Dr NE for those using GPS 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM Arrive and tour Kopsick Palm Arboretum in the morning before the sun is overhead. There is no admission cost for this site. Lunch: Break for lunch from 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM Enjoy…
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Northern California Palm Society Meeting
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Dear Palm Lovers: We are extremely pleased to announce that we will be having our November 19, 2022 gathering at two gardens in northern San Diego county, one in Encinitas, and the other in Oceanside. Garden No. 1: The first garden will be at the home of Tracy & Dana Strahl at 1723 Eucalyptus Ave, Encinitas, CA 92024. The garden in the coastal Leucadia portion of Encinitas was started in 2010. While this is an older neighborhood, the quarter acre lot was stripped nearly bare of plantings after they purchased the home to make room for Tracy’s container collection of Palms and Cycads he accumulated after running out of space to plant in their…
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PSSC Meeting July 15, 2023 in "The OC"
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Our July 15, 2023 meeting will be at two gardens in "the OC"; Jerry and Alma Cabeje and Michael and Susan McGuire; the former in Santa Ana and the latter in Costa Mesa. Garden One: The Home and Garden of Jerry and Alma Cabeje, 2701 Glenarbor Street, Santa Ana, CA 92704. Front garden features a Bismarckia flanked by Pritchardia and Trachycarpus. There are numerous companion plants such as bromeliads, succulents, cactus and more jam-packed around more than 80 palm species in a standard city lot. Current star of the show is a Wallichia disticha with a triple inflorescence. Jerry has been planting palms since the late 90’s, and loves to propagate. Gard…
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Save the date! As the logo suggests, this will be a joint meeting, primarily organized by SEPS, CFPACS, and FCPCS. If there are folks from other areas who would like to attend, please do. The current itinerary is shown below. More days, stops, and events may be added as more of the details are still in the works. Tentative Itinerary: Date: Saturday, June 3rd, 2023 Start Time: 10:00 AM Place: Coastal Georgia Botanical Gardens - 2 Canebrake Rd, Savannah, GA 31419 Description: Enter the gardens through the main entrance on Canebrake Rd Park in the main parking lot to the right of the Andrews Visitor and Education Ce…
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PSSC Meeting May 20, 2023 in Riverside
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OUR MAY 20, 2023 MEETING IN RIVERSIDE CALIFORNIA BACK IN THE SADDLE AGAIN We have not forgotten about you-all in the Inland Empire and Los Angeles Counties! During the Covid pandemic, LA and Riverside and San Bernardino Counties had difficulty managing protocols and it was evident that planning meetings in places like them was risky because there was no telling whether or not a county directive might have required us to call off the meeting at the last moment because of a spike in cases. Orange and San Diego had managed to avoid crises, at least most of the time. Our goal is to get back out with a vengeance. This is the start. If you have a …
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PBPCS 2023 Spring Sale
by rick- 3 replies
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It's that time of year again the Palm Beach Palm & Cycad Society annual Spring sale Saturday, April 1, 2022 9am-4pm Mounts Botanical Garden 531 N. Military Trail West Palm Beach, FL 33415 We hope to have around 10 vendors offering hundreds species of Palms & Cycads in all shapes and sizes, palm special fertilizer, palm and cycad reference books, Palm Beach Palm & Cycad Society t-shirts available for purchase Mounts and Palm society and garden members free entrance to the garden
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PSSC'S MARCH 18, 2023 MEETING IN FALLBROOK!
by DoomsDave- 6 replies
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Palm Lovers: The PSSC will have its March 18, 2023 meeting at two well-established gardens in Fallbrook, in northern San Diego County: Garden One is the home and garden of Gregg and Linda Opgenorth, 40787 Via De La Roca, Fallbrook, CA 92028; Garden Two is at the home and garden of John and Leland Otto, 1617 Prince Street. Fallbrook, CA 92028. Garden One: The Opgenorths have hosted PSSC meetings in the past, and this wonderful garden has only gotten better with time. This two-acre lot is one of the palmiest places you'll ever see. A big Parajubaea torallyi torallyi, plus Trithrinax, Phoenix, gorgeous Arenga engleri, New Caledonians, and arbor and path …
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Leu Gardens Spring Plant Sale March 11 & 12, 2023
by Eric in Orlando- 5 replies
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Plant Sale March 11 & 12, 2023 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. FREE Admission all Weekend! Plants, Plants & more Plants! Shop directly from the growers and best of all, Leu Gardens is free all weekend, donations are gratefully accepted at all entrances to help offset costs of this event. Make sure you bring a wagon or plant cart for your purchases. Rain or shine. No pets. Growers will be selling a variety of plants including: annuals, bamboo, bromeliads, butterfly plants, camellias, ferns, fruit trees, gingers, heliconias, herbs, native plants, orchids, palms, plumerias, roses, vines and more! Plus, we will have some great outdoor garden accessories! There wi…
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lakeland Plantae–palooza Garden Festival (Formerly Plantopia) - Saturday, February 25th, 2023
by kinzyjr- 1 follower
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Start spring early by coming to the Plantae–palooza Garden Festival. Enjoy the tropical landscaping, buy some plants, and enjoy some good food! Date: Saturday, February 25th, 2023 Time: 9AM -3PM Location: Hollis Gardens in Downtown Lakeland, FL 702 E Orange St, Lakeland, FL 33801 More information will be posted as it becomes available.
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I'm pleased to announce that we will be visiting two gardens in Huntington Beach, Orange County on September 17, 2022. GARDEN NO. 1: The home and garden of Gary Wild at 20551 Montauk Cir. Huntington Beach. He started his garden about 20 years ago. His yard is full of mostly mature palms including a 12’ tall bottle palm, several Dypsis, Clinostigma savoryanum, and a large Kentiopsis oliviformis and many others, most nice and tall (give yourself something to look forward to if you have a new garden). GARDEN NO. 2: The home and garden of Darrin and Holly Aldridge, at 518 15th Street, Huntington Beach. This is a first time visit of this garden for the Palm S…
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South Florida Palm Society Meeting
by Cindy Adair- 1 follower
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South Florida Palm Society Welcome Palm Enthusiasts, A reminder that Rory Antolak will present a program titled, "A Photo Tour of Neotropical Palms in Situ" at the SFPS meeting tomorrow. …
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Chip Jones has invited us to a joint event with the Palm Beach County Palm and Cycad Society at his nursery. The event will include a guided tour, potluck lunch, and a plant auction. Chip's nursery plants will be available for purchase. Meeting Itinerary: Date: Saturday, December 3rd, 2022 Time: 10:00AM to 2:00PM Address: 9357 STATE ROAD 80, MOORE HAVEN, FL 33471-5795 Bring: Chair Potluck Dish to share $ for Plants Chip relocated his nursery from the Davie area of Broward County, FL and has been investing in the infrastructure ever since. You will see an incredible collection of cycads, palms, crotons, and…
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SFPS - 38th Fall Palm Show & Sale - 265+ species & varieties - South Florida Palm Society
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Show was listed in the Palm Talk community calendar, thanks! https://www.palmtalk.org/forum/calendar/1-community-calendar The Palm Report is now posted on the SFPS website. PDF is available there... https://southfloridapalmsociety.org/palm-sale The South Florida Palm Society's 38th Fall Palm Show & Sale... November 19th & 20th, 2022 at Pinecrest Gardens 10am – 5pm (SAT - SUN) 265+ species & varieties of palms & cycads from 10 vendors Featuring Hundreds of Species of Rare, Native, & Exotic Palms Download species list at our website SFPSMiami.org SPECIES LIST https:/…
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NCPS - Oakland Lakeside Palmetum clean-up November 12th
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Bring your work gloves and join members of the Northern California Palm Society anytime between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. this coming Saturday, November 12th for this monthly gathering. There is plenty to do this month, from cleaning up autumn leaves on the pathways, sprucing up the understory plantings, removing dead palm leaves from trees and on the ground, and fertilizing palms with Lutz spikes. We may have a few new palms to plant this month as well, so come join the fun! And as usual, there will be free coffee and scones to enjoy. For those not familiar with the Lakeside Palmetum, it is located at 666 Bellevue Ave, Oakland CA within the Gardens at Lake …
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To give everyone the maximum amount of notice, the Fall 2022 meeting will be held in Lakeland. Here is the current itinerary. There may be some modification to this as Bonnet Springs Park is scheduled to have their grand opening the same day. CFPACS 2022 Fall Meeting Tentative Itinerary Saturday, October 22nd, 2022 Time Location Description 10AM - 12PM Hollis Garden 702 E Orange St Lakeland, FL 33801 …
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PBPCS 2022 Fall Sale
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Saturday, October 1, 2022 9am-4pm Mounts Botanical Garden 531 N. Military Trail West Palm Beach, FL 33415 10+ vendors offering hundreds species of Palms & Cycads in all shapes and sizes, palm and cycad reference books, Palm Beach Palm & Cycad Society t-shirts available for purchase Mounts and Palm society and garden members free entrance to the garden
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Oakland Lakeside Palmetum monthly clean-up meetings
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Members of the Northern California Palm Society, as well as anyone else interested, are invited to participate in monthly, year round clean-up work meetings at the Lakeside Palmetum on the second Saturday of each month (unless otherwise posted). For those not familiar with the Lakeside Palmetum, it is located at 666 Bellevue Ave, Oakland CA within the Gardens at Lake Merritt https://gardensatlakemerritt.org/gardens-map/ Parking is free along Bellevue Avenue if you tell the parking attendant at the entrance that you are volunteering in the gardens. We will be doing general garden work, including raking leaves off of pathways, weeding, watering, remo…
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Oakland Palmetum clean-up day August 13th
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Members of the Northern California Palm Society, as well as anyone else interested, are invited to participate in a palm garden clean-up day this coming Saturday, August 13th from 9 a.m. to noon. For those not familiar with the Oakland Palmetum, it is located at 666 Bellevue Ave within the Gardens at Lake Merritt https://gardensatlakemerritt.org/gardens-map/ Parking is free along Bellevue Avenue if you tell the parking attendant at the entrance that you are volunteering in the gardens. We will be doing general garden work, including raking leaves off of pathways, weeding, watering, removing fallen palm leaves, and trimming off dead palm leaves. Please bring…
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PSSC'S JULY 2022 IN PERSON MEETING IN SANDY EGO
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Hello, everyone: The PSSC's July 16, 2022 PSSC meeting is going to be in the Point Loma section of San Diego at two gardens which are only a few minutes apart. There will be a PSSC Board meeting at the first garden, followed by a potluck lunch, auction and raffle at the second garden. Most importantly, the ocean is nearby, so you can take a break from that torrid inland heat and enjoy a palmy day near the beach. GARDEN NUMBER ONE: Home and garden of Burt Repine at 4575 Orchard, San Diego 92107. A garden filled with rare palms, including Roystoneas, Archontophoenix, etc. On a hillside with an incomparable view of the ocean. GARDEN NUMBER TWO: Home of…
