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Tropical Fern & Exotic Plant Society Meeting Monday, January 28th 7:30 pm Corbin Bldg The Tropical Fern & Exotic Plant Society proudly presents: Dr. Scott Zona, who will speak on Sex in the Garden . Flowers are all about sex! This presentation explores the world of pollination, which is the transfer of pollen to the stigma and a necessary step in sexual reproduction. The marvelous ways in which this transfer is accomplished – birds, bats, wind, water, etc. are explored in depth. Dr. Zona, a tropical botanist, is curatorof the Wertheim Conservatory at Florida International University and faculty in the Dept. of Biological Sciences. Co-Editor of…
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New CFPACS President and more for 2013
by Bob Johnson- 5 replies
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I am pleased to announce that Lucinda McCartney will be the next CFPACS president, beginning January 1st, 2013. Lucinda has managed the seed bank for several years and has attended IPS Biennials. As seed bank manager, Lucinda has proven to be organized, persistent and resourceful - qualities that will serve all of us well in a new president. Lucinda is passionate about palms and CFPACS and is brimming with ideas to reinvigorate the society. I am also pleased to announce that Maryann Krisovitch will take over as CFPACS treasurer on January 1st. Maryann has been a member of CFPACS for several years and has assisted with treasurer duties at meetings. In addition, she ha…
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Still plenty of room at the PSSC banquet
by DoomsDave- 10 replies
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Howdyall: There's still plenty of space at the PSSC banquet. It's going to be held on January 19, 2013, at at the Sherman Library and Gardens, at 2647 East Coast Highway, in Corona del Mar, CA 92625. The fun begins at 11:00 a.m. You can mail payment in to: PSSC Banquet 36665 Butterfly Peak Rd. Mountain Center, CA 92561 Or, go to the PSSC's website: http://palmssc.org/ and scroll down the banquet and pay by Pay Pal. Jack and Lindsey Sayers will present photos from their trip to Thailand during the 2012 IPS biennial. Prior to the biennial they visited Khao Yai National Park, where they photographed several things that were not seen during the b…
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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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cfpacs Central Florida Palm and Cycad Society (CFPACS)
by Central Floridave- 33 replies
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CFPACS has been running a little low right now, but I've volunteered to run the club. I'm not the best organizer but am looking for a stronger year in 2012. We put out one newsletter in July and putting another out this Month. I would like to use the Dec.10th meeting to get better organized and plan out 2012 with dates with meetings/tours/sales. Our next meeting will be Dec.10th. Two gardens in Brevard County. Neil Y. in the morning and then mine in the afternoon. More details to follow. You can contact me through my email address. I'll post more later. David Reid damy5@juno.com
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Hi everyone, BPACS' annual Christmas gathering is on this Sunday at the home of David Tanswell. There will be a garden tour, BBQ and plant sale / raffle. 10:00am this Sunday. For further details please contact me via PM. Non BPACS members are welcome, that is all of you palmtalkers that are not BPACS members are welcome to come and join us. regards, Daryl
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Northern California Palm Society
by ghar41- 16 replies
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The Northern California Palm Society has scheduled three meetings so far for this year. Please check back for updates. Please contact me if you are interested in hosting a meeting at your garden. We hope to see you! April, May, June- Open Edith Bergstrom Garden- Atherton, Ca. -July 8th, 2012. Ian McDonald Garden- San Rafael, Ca.- August 26, 2012. Scott and Cynthia Sanfield Garden- Berkeley, Ca.- October 7th, 2012.
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Hawaii Island Palm Society Garden Tour
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Join us on November 18, 2012 for a tour of Jerry & Cindy Anderson's garden in Leilani Estates at 1:30 pm. HIPS will cater pupu's for this event, but extras are always welcome. Plan on 65-75 folks for this event. Directions to the garden are in the latest member newsletter, but guests can call Tim Brian for directions.
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Howdyall: It's that time again, and we're having our meeting in Orange County, the OC at two adjacent cheek-by-jowl gardens. The Palm Society of Southern California will be holding its November, 2012 meeting at the homes of John Boyer and Guy Young. They are next-door neighbors sharing a “friendly gate” at 21561 and 21551 Archer Cir., Huntington Beach, CA 92646 respectively. Please enter through John’s front door and continue straight through to the back yard. John decided in the mid-1990's, after a trip to Hawaii, that tropical landscape was what he wanted for his yard. In the meantime Guy, after visiting a palm specialist nursery, found a way to expand his …
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Sale at Veber's Jungle Homestead
by EllisB- 2 replies
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Leslie Veber is opening her gates to the public on Saturday Nov. 17. There will be other venders there and should be fun. So if you want to come by she's located at 24605 SW 197 ave. Later Ellis
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Announcing The South Florida Palm Society's Annual Holiday Party and Auctions!! HUGE Selection of Rare Palms and Specimen Plants. Save this Date: Monday, 12/03/12, 7:00 PM - Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, 10901 Old Cutler Road, Coral Gables, FL The South Florida Palm Society (1).pdf
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First, thanks to all of you Palmtalkers who participated in our back issue Palm Journal give away. Of course, we have an ulterior motive. We want you to join us! You don’t have to live in Southern California. All you have to do is love palms. The Palm Society of Southern California is dedicated to the enjoyment, research, education and conservation of or about palms. Our Palm Journal is our jewel. We’ve been putting it out for almost 30 years, and it just keeps getting better and better. I don’t think we’re bragging, but just stating the obvious. Those of you who have received sets of Journals will know this to be true. We are the only journal of a…
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Gulf Coast Chapter
by Don- 2 replies
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Sunday Oct. 28, 2012 12:00 noon Where; Mobile Botanical Gardens 5151 Museum Drive, Mobile, Alabama Plan to arrive around 11:30 for registration. There will be a pot luck lunch at noon. A business meeting and palm auction will follow. Members are encouraged to bring guests and newcomers are always welcome!
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The Palm Beach Palm & Cycad Society will be having its fall sale on Saturday Oct.20 and Sunday Oct.21. The sale will be at the Mounts Botanical Garden in West Palm Beach Fl. The Hrs. are 9am-4pm Sat. & 9am-3pm Sun. Admission is free during the sale. This is a small but really nice garden and is well worth the trip. There will be many great palms and cycads for sale, plus Fert., Books, etc, plus free advice.
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No Fall Fairchild Sale?
by Kailua_Krish- 8 replies
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Is there no sale at Fairchild this fall? I didnt see it on Fairchild's event list. -Krishna
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South Florida Palm Society - Meeting, Monday Oct 1
by Linda Apriletti- 0 replies
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There will be a SFPS general meeting on Monday, October 1, at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden (FTBG). FTBG is located at 10901 Old Cutler Road, Coral Gables, FL. We will be meeting in the Corbin Room. This will be a question and answer session with our distinguished guest panelist: Ellis Brown, Andrew Street and Dr. Jeff Chaite. Please feel free to ask any question regarding Palms; from growing issues, pests, pesticides, natural controls, etc. Food will be potluck. Drinks will be provided. After the program there will be a palm auction. Please bring some palms for the auction. We hope to see you there.
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Howdyall: The Palm Society of Southern California will have its September 22, 2012 meeting at a spectacular home and garden in Holmby Hills in Los Angeles – that belonging to Drew Zager. It’s located at 111 South Mapleton, Los Angeles, CA 90024. Mr. Zager is the son of Bud Zager, a PSSC Board Member. In addition to great taste in dads, he also has magnificent taste in home and garden. The garden is on 1 + acre in Holmby Hills, right up the street from Bel Air, UCLA, and a lot of other famous places, including the Playboy Mansion. And, best of all, it’s in one of the finest Sunset Garden ™ Zone 23 climates around, an air-drained slope, with ocean influence, but fa…
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The Palm Beach Palm & Cycad Society will be holding its annual picnic on Saturday Sept. 8 at Ruth Salenbach's garden.Attendees are asked to bring a covered dish and or desert. Please bring Misc. plants for our giant fund raiser auction.The gate will be open at 830am. I will be leading a tour at 10am. Lunch will be about 12 noon, followed by our famous auction.For those of you that have never attended, The address is 6285 S. Military Trail, Lake Worth, Fl. 33463. This is located between Hypaluxo Road and Lantana Road, on the west side of Military Trail. You do not have to be a member to attend. This is an opportunity to see Ruth wonderful garden which is about 6…
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BPACS August Outing
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Hi Everyone, There is a BPACS outing this coming Sunday, the 26th of August. This will be a great day with a visit to a very well established palm garden in the Tweed Valley (apparently with trunking Verschaffeltia splendidas), followed by a visit to Kris Kupsch’s (Burringbar Botanical Gardens Nursery). Kris has a native rainforest plant nursery stocking many treasures, including palms, plus several hectares of display gardens. Kris has also kindly offered to fire up the BBQ as well! We will all meet at Tumbulgum Tavern on the banks of the Tweed River at 10:00 am before heading off in convoy to Kieren’s garden at Condong. To get to Tumbulgum Tavern, head down the Pa…
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South Florida Palm Society - Meeting August 6, Monday
by Linda Apriletti- 0 replies
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Please join us at the SFPS Meeting this Monday, August 6, 7:30 pm at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, 10901 Old Cutler Road. Tim McKernan will be our guest speaker and will give a presentation about using palms in your landscape. Native Miamian Tim McKernan is a second generation landscape designer. His Father, Jack Kearns, was the ‘water feature’ pioneer for South Florida during the 70’s and ‘80’s and was also known for his unique Landscape design strategies. A chip off the old block, Tim founded and ran “Tropical Palm Gardens” for 10 years before deciding to go back to School and complete his Masters in Landscape Architecture. He was a previous SFPS Director and …
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The Palm Society of Southern California’s July, 2012 meeting will be held at the gardens of Greg Asbagh and Dean Ouer, in Encinitas, northern San Diego County, California on July 21, 2012. PSSC meeting, tours, potluck lunch, and Auction/Raffle Saturday July 21, 2012 ADDRESS: 817 Wood Dr., Encinitas, CA 92024 For about thirteen years, Greg and Maria Asbagh have put tremendous efforts into creating a garden paradise. It has been featured in garden magazines, books, television shows and is sought after for tours by nonprofit groups. It features unusual palm and cycad species as well as multiple decks, water features, a golf green and rare subtropical plants from…
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PSSC MEETING MAY OF 2012
by DoomsDave- 12 replies
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Okay As Pres of PSSC I was at the meeting, and many others of you were. And, for once, just ONCE [EXPLETIVE] I brought my camera and, was ambulatory 'nuff to take pictures So! Onward! The first Garden Was Ralph Velez's. WE NEED SOME MUSIC! Here it is, in my honest opinion . . . CLICK HERE FOR RUNNIN' WIHT THE DEVIL BY VH ooooh yeah! summer place, palmy place, if you like Here we come
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Palm Society of Southern California May 2012 Meeting
by DoomsDave- 15 replies
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The Palm Society of Southern California’s May, 2012 meeting will be held at the gardens of Ralph Velez and Larry Black, in Westminster and Fountain Valley, California on May 19, 2012. PSSC meeting, tours, potluck lunch, and Auction/Raffle Saturday May 19, 2012 ADDRESS # 1: 15461 Devonshire Circle, Westminster, CA 92683 Here we meet at one of the most-established gardens in Southern California, followed by a visit to a rising star. The first stop will be the Ralph Velez garden in Westminster. If you're an old-time member, you've likely been here before. Mr. Velez, a long-time board member of the PSSC, started his garden in the early 1960s. Here you can see w…
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cfpacs CFPACS Spring Meeting & Palm Sale in St Petersburg
by Mike Evans- 17 replies
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Central Florida Palm & Cycad Society will have its Spring meeting on March 31st. The first stop will be at Gizella Kopsick Palm Arboretum, located in downtown St. Petersburg. (901 North Shore Dr. St. Petersburg, FL 33713) Meeting will start at 10:00 with a tour of the garden. Info can be found at Gizella Kopsick. Everyone will have lunch on their own then visit the garden of Mike & Margie Evans, located at 6015 100th Way North, St Petersburg, 33708. Plan on arriving at the Evans garden ~ 1:00 - 1:30. There will be a tour of the 13 year old, 1.5 acre palm & cycad garden, with an auction, and sale afterwards. Attached are some maps of both areas. Note…
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