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PALM SOCIETY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA MAY 2010 MEETING
by DoomsDave- 2 replies
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Hello, everyone! This Saturday, we're having our big meeting. The following Saturday, we're having our sale at the (former) Quail . . . +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The Robert Jenkins Garden Mr. Jenkins has one of the most mature palm gardens in Ventura on an extra-large lot at the end of a cul-de-sac. His garden features towering, canopy-sized Howeas and Archontophoenix alexandrae and tuckeri, plus all kinds of other cool tropical plants, including palms thriving under that glorious canopy. A stunning centerpiece is a mature Chambeyronea that is more than 20 feet tall, one of the biggest in Southern California. Other highlights include: …
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Palm & Cycad Society of New Zealand Annual Sale
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Plenty of Places at the PSSC Banquet
by DoomsDave- 0 replies
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Hello, everyone: There are still 50 places available at the Palm Society of Southern California Annual Banquet at the Huntington. More information here: LINK TO PSSC MEETING PAGE If you wish, you can shoot me a PM, and I'll tell you all about it! See you there, come to the auction, and schmooze with other palm lovers in So-Cal. Register, soon, space is limited . . . .
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cfpacs CFPACS Garden Tour in Sarasota, June 20th
by Mike Evans- 3 replies
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There are 2 great gardens to tour in Sarasota. Everyone is welcome. Bring a plant for the auction. YOU’RE INVITED!!! Central Florida Palm and Cycad Society’s Summer Meeting Saturday, June 20, 2015 10:00am – 3:00pm Tour of two private gardens plus PLANT AUCTION AND SALE Join fellow palm enthusiasts for a west coast tour of two private gardens in Sarasota! Agenda 10:00am – 11:30am – Tour of Rob Branch & Susie Dow’s 12:00pm – Lunch at Scott & Darlene Williams (Lunch & drinks provided by the Williams, bring a side or dessert to share and a chair) 12:30 – 1:30pm - Tour of Scott & Darlene’s 1:30pm –1:45pm - Membership Meeting …
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South Florida Palm Society Meeting, Monday 4/5
by Linda Apriletti- 2 replies
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The South Florida Palm Society meets this coming Monday, April 5, 7:30 pm at Fairchild Tropical Botanical Garden. Rick Johnson, Roadway Operations Manager for Miami-Dade Expressway Authority (MDX) will give a presentation and slideshow titled "Pavement to Palms; How the Miami-Dade Expressway Authority is Growing Gardens, Community Image and Quality of Life" about the palms and other plants being used in plantings on local expressways. The talk will be followed by an auction of palms. Get there early and ask questions about your palms at the answer desk. FTBG is located at 10901 Old Cutler Rd., Coral Gables, FL. info@southfloridapalmsociety.org
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Northern California chapter meeting
by Darold Petty- 0 replies
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The Northern California chapter of the IPS will meet on August 6, 2006 at the home of Ray Laub in Los Altos Hills. Please visit our website for further details at www.palmsnc.org. We invite all readers of this board to attend, member or not. (This means you, Adrian and Stan!) Our subsequent meeting is September 24 in San Jose.
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The Palm Society of Southern California had its November 15, 2015 meeting and all went very well. The first half was at the home and garden of Barry McElmurry, in Vista. He has about an acre there, and it's full of great palms.
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The November meeting of the Palm Beach Palm and Cycad Society will be held at Mounts Botanical Garden, 559 N Military Trail, West Palm Beach Fl. Wednesday November 2, 7:30 pm. Paul Craft will present the program for the November 2nd meeting is entitled “The Wonderful World of Palms”. Paul is well0known to palm enthusiasts in south Florida and beyond. Paul Craft trained as a chemist and was a director 1996 to 2010, president from 2004 to 2008 vice president 2000 to 2004 of the international Palm Society. A resident of Palm Beach County, he was the founding president of the Palm Beach Palm and Cycad Society and also a palm nurseryman. Paul is currently a Horticultural …
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A Night of Palms, Hula, & BBQ
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Join us on February 7th at 5:00 PM at Aunty Sally's Luau Hale in Hilo, for the Annual Hawai'i Island Palm Society's annual BBQ and rare palm auction. This year HIPS celebrates it's 40th anniversary and plans to kick off 2014 with Hula, BBQ chicken teriyaki or vegetarian lasagna, Silent Auction, and a 'Not so Silent Auction.' There will be well over 100 unusual and rare palms to bid on, some come prepared for some spirited competition. Cost for members is $12 and for non members $15. We are also offering a one time anniversary T-shirt for sale. Halau Na Wahine A Na Kane Punahele 'O Ka Pu'uwai will perform during dinner. Kumu Hula: Iwalani Woo-O'brien. See …
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PSSC March 2014 meeting in Orange County
by DoomsDave- 5 replies
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The PSSC’s March 22, 2014 Meeting The PSSC’s March 22, 2014 meeting will be held in the heart of Orange County at two gardens: (a) the home and garden of Ralph Velez, in Westminster; and ( Palm Island in Mile Square Park, in nearby Fountain Valley. Garden one: 15461 Devonshire Circle, Fountain Valley, CA 92683. Ralph Velez is one of the founding members of the PSSC, and his garden in Westminster shows what you can do on a suburban sixth-acre lot. Ralph is one of the original, dyed-in-the-wool consummate palm nuts. There’s not a lot that’s not on his lot. His garden was started in the early 1960s. Got a seedling Livistna carinensis? Raph’s got one, at maturity, in…
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Remembering Robert Riffle
by Jana- 0 replies
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The Palm Society of South Texas will meet at the Mercer Arboretum in Humble, Texas, June 23rd, 2007, to commemorate the memorial bench we purchased in memory of Robert Lee Riffle. We will meet at La Cabana Restaurant at noon that day for lunch. At 2:00 we will gather at the bench, which is placed in the Mercer's tropical garden near Bob's favorite palm there, a Livistona saribus. The Mercer Society is accepting donations at this time to complete the memorial project. Additional components of the project include a plaque and a wind chime. Some Otatea acuminata, Mexican weeping bamboo, has already been acquired with donations collected so far. Visit PSST's Rob…
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FCPS Fall Meeting
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Jim Menge has offered to host our Fall Meeting at his home and garden. Jim is one of the many people that originally contributed to building/planting, the Palm & Cycad Garden at FCCJ South Campus, in 1988. He will be grilling marinated chicken for our meal, and if anyone would like, you may bring a vegetable, fruit, dessert or anything to add to the cookout. The meeting will be Sunday September 21st., starting at 4:00pm. Of course like always we will have an auction/sale at 5:30pm, so feel free to bring any palms, cycads and other plants, for the auction/sale, if you desire. Jim & Gaye Menge Address: 990 Hagler Drive Neptune Beach, FL. 32266 Please R.…
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Hawaii Island Palm Society Annual BBQ
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Hawaii Island Palm Society Annual BBQ is February 3rd at the big pavilion in Wailoa State Park, Hilo. This is the Society's most popular annual event with good food and a great selection of palms in a 'silent auction' and a 'not so silent auction'. The deadline for registration has already passed, but you can call Grace to see if there is any room left. Go to hawaiiislandpalmsociety.com for contact info. Sign in is at 5:00 pm. We already have 90 registered, so it should be a festive evening of fun, friendship, and of course palms.
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cfpacs CFPACS Spring Meeting and Sale
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Attention everyone! The spring CFPACS meeting will be held Saturday, March 17th, from 10:30 AM to 2pm or so here in sunny Venice, Florida. The event will start at a five acre property where I have my nursery running (known as The Hague) on the outskirts of Venice, then the members will come into town to meet at my place (Christian Faulkner) at 12:30 PM. It is recommended to bring a folding chair for each attending member, but I will try my best to accomodate with furniture. Larger, specimen palms and cycads will be seen at the The Hague, and smaller, less common plants will be present at my property. The sale and auction start at 1 PM for those just wishing to purchas…
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Gulf Coast Chapter of the IPS
by Kathryn- 1 reply
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Here is the meeting information from the newsletter I received: The fall meeting of the Gulf Coast Chapter will be co-hosted by Maxwell Stewart and Tony Naman at the Stewart's home in west Mobile, Alabama. As usual, plan to arrive around 11:30 for registration. Bring an appetizer, salad, main dish or dessert for the pot luck lunch that will begin at noon. Craig and I plan to attend and will bring several palms for the auction, including Arenga engleri, Sabal causiarum, Trithrinax campestris, Serenoa repens, Phoenix theophrasti, Copernicia alba, Trachycarpus latisectus, Dypsis decipiens, and whatever else I grab from behind the garage. Max's wonderful 10 acre gar…
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cfpacs Central Florida Palm and Cycad Society
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The Central Florida Palm and Cycad Society will be meeting at Bok Tower Sanctuary in Lake Wales on September 30th. For more details, check out the website. CFPACS
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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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BPACS in November
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Here's Colin ! Plus, if there's time, a presentation on our fantastic outing at Palm Fascinations in Nambour and those 2 fabulous PACSOA member gardens. I haven't checked with anybody, I'm just turning up with the DVD. Sue me
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South Florida Palm Society Meeting, Monday, Feb 7
by Linda Apriletti- 1 reply
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South Florida Palm Society: There will be a general meeting Monday evening, February 7, 7:30 pm at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden. Dr. Aaron Palmateer of TREC will give a presentation about the diagnosis of diseases and disorders affecting palms and how to manage them. The program will be followed by an auction of palms. Light refreshments will be served. Seeds available. Come early with questions about your palms for the answer desk. Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden is located at 10901 Old Cutler Rd. Coral Gables, FL. Phone 305-667-1651.
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Save the date for our next palm meeting on Sunday, July 16th for a double treat with Guest Speaker Dr. Sanchez from Cuba and a tour of the Edith Bergstrom gardens. Directions and Garden Info from Edith Bergstrom Directions to 149 Hawthorn Drive, Atherton From the San Francisco take the 101 freeway south toward San Jose. Leave the freeway at the Marsh Road. The city just north of Atherton is Redwood City and the street before Marsh Rd. is Woodside Road. You will go about a mile on Marsh. You are heading west toward the sun. The road will dead-end into Middlefield Rd. Turn left. Drive what will seem like a very long block until you see a large …
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Az Palm & Cycad Open Garden
by mcrawford- 3 replies
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Arizona Palm & Cycad Society Open garden, potluck and "swap meet" is firmly set now for May 21st noon until sunset and the home and garden of long time member OB Kingsby at 1901 E. Alta Vista Phoenix, 85042 OB has one of the most complete palm collections in town and last hosted an open house 10 yrs ago. I visited him last fall and has it ever grown! Since we no longer collect dues, we ask everyone to bring food or drink to contribute to the festivities. Also bring any seed, seedlings or potted plants to sell or swap. We hope to have Bob Clasigan and his great Phoenix hybrids there as well. Please pass this invit…
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Hawaii Island Palm Society Garden Tour
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On Sunday April 15, HIPS will be having a garden tour and pot luck at the Lundkvist garden in Leilani Estates. The tour is for members and their guests. Come join us to enjoy a Sunday afternoon at one of the most beautiful palm gardens anywhere. Please bring a dish to share and appropriate gear for Hilo weather. HIPS will supply dinner ware and water. The time is 1:30 pm. If you need directions, please call Tim Brian at (808) 333-5626.
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West Palm Beach, Fl Palm Society?
by dp0728- 1 reply
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I was wondering if there's a Palm Beach Palm Society? If so may I have some info on it. IE contact person, where and how often the meetings held, etc. etc. Thanks in advance for the help.
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South Florida Palm Society
by Moose- 1 reply
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The South Florida Palm Society will be hosting their Annual Holiday Party on Monday, December 5, 2011 at 7:30 p.m. The event will be held at Fairchild Tropical Botanical Garden. This is our big annual blowout party with an always interesting cornucopia of food, drinks and our infamous auction (both Silent & Live). A membership table will be available to sign up your friends and family. Free seedlings to all new visitors! You can contact Lou Sguros, Corresponding Secretary, at nickelsonk@bellsouth.net or call 954-797-2868 for further information.
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