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PSSC: Is there a November meeting?
by Jon T- 2 replies
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I looked on our Southern Cal. Palm Society website, and find no mention of a November meeting. Will there be one, as usual? I know meetings are often announced at the preceding one, but that leaves those of us who weren't there out of the loop.
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cfpacs CFPACS March 29th Meeting (2 Gardens on FL East Coast)
by Mike Evans- 13 replies
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It is time for the Spring Central Florida Palm & Cycad meeting. We are going to the East Coast at the end of the month. Another great year is lined up for the Palm enthusiast. You do not have to be a member to join in the fun, but it helps. YOU’RE INVITED!!! Central Florida Palm and Cycad Society’s Spring Tour Tours of One Public & OnePrivate Garden PLANT AUCTION AND SALE Saturday, March 29, 2014 10:00am- 3:00pm (Board meeting at 9:15am – everyone is welcome!) TOUR #1 – 150 W. University Blvd, Melbourne, FL – Florida Institute of Technology’s Botanical Garden – 10:00am-NOON – CFPACS has been to FIT a few times over the past sev…
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The South Florida Palm Society's next general meeting date is on Monday evening, October 5, 2009 at 7:30 P.M. at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, 10901 Old Cutler Road, Coral Gables, FL 33156. Our special guest speaker will be Dr. Patrick Griffith, Executive Director of Montgomery Botanical Center: The topic will be an overview of the best accessioned collections of palms and cycads in the world. At 7:00 P.M. there will be a light fare of food and back by demand, the answer desk, where you palm related questions are answered. This is usually is a well attended meeting so an early arrival should secure you a good seat. With the conclusion of Dr. Griffith's p…
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Northern Ca Palm Society
by ghar41- 5 replies
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Upcoming meetings- "Save the Dates!" August 4th- Union City- Nelson Kirk led tour Sept 14th- Wotus Garden in Los Gatos
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Gizella Kopsick Palm Arboretum Sale
by Kailua_Krish- 2 replies
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Does anyone have any information on this? I saw it was a CFPACS event and was interested in going. -Krishna
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Jeff Chemnick talk in Arizona
by mcrawford- 2 replies
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On Saturday afternoon, September 26th famous adventurer and ecotour leader Jeff Chemnick will be in the Phoenix area giving a presentation for the Arizona Palm and Cycad Society. His talk will summarize his most recent Mexican Botanical Ecotour featuring succulents, orchids, cycads, agaves, palms, beaucarneas, salvias, dahlias, cactus, dasylirions, etc. Jeff is a colorful character and his presentation will be lively and informative; particularly for those who have not yet been on one of his 2-week Oaxacan adventures. Refreshments and socializing will follow. More details will follow next month.
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Palm Society of Northern Calfornia
by Darold Petty- 1 reply
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The Northern California chapter of the IPS will hold its first meeting of the year, March 4th, at the UC Berkeley Botanic Garden. All readers are encouraged to attend, IPS member or not; ( although we hope you do join!). Please visit our website for further info, www.palmsnc.org.
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PSSC September, 2013 Meeting - POINT LOMA
by DoomsDave- 10 replies
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Hello, everyone: Our September 21, 2013 PSSC meeting is going to be in the Point Loma section of San Diego. Our next Society meeting will be in the Point Loma district of coastal San Diego. These two gardens are only a few minutes apart. Both are established gardens where many unusual and rare species will be seen. There will be an auction and raffle at the second garden. This will be a POTLUCK meeting, so bring a dish to share with others at garden #2, the Willoughby garden. There will be chairs for the general meeting. Water and soft drinks will be offered at a nominal charge. GARDEN NUMBER ONE: Home of John Collom at 4370 Santa monica Ave, San Diego…
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Brisbane Palm and Cycad Society
by Walter John- 0 replies
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Featuring a Lou talk and if time allows, a slide show on my Byron Bay trip entitled "Moments in Paradise". Feature raffle plants being the elusive New Caledonian palm, "Veillonia alba" . and the Stangeria cycad, you know what they say, If you plant a Stangeria alongside each corner of your house, your property will never be struck by lightning. Come along and be empalmed.
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Lucky Hawaiian Island Palm Society gets to see rare and beautiful palms without braving leeches or snakes. April 8, 2016 at UH Hilo rm UCB #100 at 7:00pm Even luckier folks get to take home some of these species if they are clever enough to win them as prizes during the lecture, so pay attention. A consolation prize for online palm enthusiasts is that a link to the lecture will be posted on Jeff's Floribunda website and Palmpedia shortly after the event.
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Please tentatively mark Saturday, December 7th, 2024 on your calendar for the Holiday meeting in Sarasota. More details to come as we approach the end of the year.
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Hello, everyone: It's time again to sign up for the annual banquet. On January 19, 2013, the Palm Society of Southern California will hold its annual banquet., at the Sherman Library and Gardens, at 2647 East Coast Highway, in Corona del Mar, CA 92625. Cafe Jardin will host our annual event in a fantastic garden complex that includes a conservatory of tropical plants, a desert garden of rare cacti, plus collections of ferns, succulents, bromeliads and orchids. The presentation will include pictures from the International Palm Society Biennial, in Thailand, among much else. Lunch will include a gourmet salad, roasted chicken, a fettucini entree, and Creme Ca…
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Northern California Palm enthusiasts, Save the date, March 24, 1-5 pm, for our annual NCPS banquet. We are looking forward to an afternoon of food and conversation as well as a tour of the UC Berkeley botanical gardens led by UC horticultural staff member Dylan Ferreira. The UC Berkeley garden is a treasure trove of rare palms that include the genera Ceroxylon, Brahea, Ravenea and Parajubaea as well as many others. Details will be coming soon. Save the date!
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First Coast Palm Society
by Tag- 0 replies
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Re-posted by permission from Matt Encinosa: "Mrs. Doris Smith has invited us to visit her late husband Dent Smith's palm garden in Daytona. For those who don't know, Dent Smith was the founder of the International Palm Society and was the first to plant a large number of tropical palms that far north. And since this is the 50th anniversary of the IPS many chapters are visiting. While Dent was successful in growing palms Doris tells me that since his death hurricanes and hard freezes have reduced the numbers quite a bit. Ed Brown in his nice article with photos in the March issue of "Palms--Journal of the International Palm Society" says there are still a good number …
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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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BPACS March Meeting
by Daryl- 2 replies
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Just a reminder for all in SEQ....election night...see ya there! Daryl
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South Florida Palm Society (SFPS) Miami Palm Sale @ Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden's PLANT CLUB DAY
by MameyDisco- 7 replies
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South Florida Palm Society (SFPS), Miami, Florida SEPTEMBER 19th, 2020 - 2 Ticketed Sessions - (10:00 AM - 1:00 PM) & (1:00 PM - 4:00 PM) SFPS Members have made some nice donations... at least 20+ genera will be available in limited quantities as this is a ticketed and time restricted / slotted event. Various other local societies will be there as well such as The Rare Fruit Council International (RFCI), Tropical Flowering Tree Society (TFTS), Tropical Fern & Exotic Plant Society (TFEPS) and various local orchid societies from Miami & Coral Gables. Fairchild Garden will also be selling plants... first event of its kind in a while which is…
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October 9 - Two Meetings in Concord starting at 11:00 AM through to 4:00 PM. Palms for sale from Dwight Ries Northern California Palm Society Meetings Potluck and Auction on Sunday, October 9th. Please note, the palmsnc.org web site is currently down. We are trying to get it reinstated as quickly as possible. Please forward this email to anyone who is interested in attending as they will not be able to get the information from the website. Dear Palm Friends, Here are the announcements for Sunday, 10/9/16, when we will visit two gardens in Concord – one in the morning and the other in the afternoon…
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Palm Society of South Texas May Mtg
by Tejastropicals- 3 replies
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The Palm Society of South Texas is having their May mtg at our nursery North of Houston on May 8th at noon. I want to invite everyone from the area to come to the meeting and enjoy the meal and the company. Email me for details or go to the PSST site. We will have a drawing with some nice palms.
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Affiliate News - June 2014
by mike in kurtistown- 2 replies
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Palm Society of Southern California MAY 2014 MEETING OF THE PSSC A grand new garden and a trip to the Plant Sale The PSSC’s May 2014 meeting was held on Saturday, May 31, 2014 in “North County” San Diego. The first stop was the home and garden of Bill Shafer in Cardiff-by-the-Sea; the second was the Plant Sale at the San Diego Botanical Garden (fka Quail Botanical Garden) in Encinitas. BILL SHAFER’S NEW GARDEN The Shafer garden at 1340 Belleview Ave., Cardiff-by-the Sea, California, made its debut on the PSSC scene with a bang. This wasn’t one of those gardens with a little slice of sea view in the distance you had to crane and squint and barely see; this pl…
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Earring Point on Orchid Island (Vero Beach) and Ron's Sanctuary on Goat Creek (Valkaria) will be open to Central Florida Palm and Cycad Society members and guests March 23rd 10:30 - noon - Lifetime member Anne Michael and her family will host the Society for the first time since 2001. Tour Guide: Jason Baker. The stunning waterfront Michael property features mature and unusual palms planted decades ago in the hope of inspiring others to include more interesting and rare palms in their own gardens. Address: 1 Earring Point, Vero Beach FL 32963. Noon- 1 o'clock - Lunch on your own in the Sebastian area 1 o'clock - 3 o'clock - Ron Eward will lead tours of his car…
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cfpacs CFPACS meeting on June 14
by SubTropicRay- 0 replies
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Here are the details CFPACS meeting June 14
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This Sunday, the 24th of June at 10:00am...Palm Grove Nat'l Park, Mt Tamborine. We will be walking the trails through this lovely piece of rainforest and will see some great palms and other rainforest plants. Hopefully it won't rain too much! After our walk, we will then head down the mountain towards the Gold Coast and visit Bamboo Downunder nursery. They have a spectacular display garden with bamboo and some palms as well. Their nursery stocks some great plants that have all been hardened off to local conditions, and some are unusual species such as Physokentia insolita. The bamboos for sale are good too... Daryl
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HIPS Garden tour
by bgl- 0 replies
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HIPS - Hawaii Island Palm Society - will have a garden tour at the Lundkvist Palm Garden on Sunday June 24th at 1:00 p.m. If someone is not a HIPS member yet and wants to attend, send me a PM, and I will send directions. You don't have to be a member to attend, but it's only $8 a year, and you can sign up at the meeting.
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PACSOWA
by Tyrone- 1 reply
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PACSOWA will be having there annual show and palm and cycad sale at Cannington Greyhounds Exhibition Hall on Albany Hwy Cannington on Sat 26th and Sun 27th of November. This is an opportunity for palm and cycad lovers and general members of the public in the Perth area to take a look at the plants on display and to pick up a bargain or rare palm or cycad. Everyone is welcome to attend. Best regards Tyrone
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