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Palm Meetings For Southern California Chapter
by Palm Daddy P- 0 replies
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Hey everyone, I need to find gardens in Orange County and Riverside County to have meetings at for the PSSC. If anyone lives in this area and is interested in having a meeting at their palm garden please let me know. Or if you know of any gardens also please tell me about them and I can try to contact the owners.. any input is appreciated thanks!
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Who is going to the NCPS San Francisco Tour this Saturday?
by Mauna Kea Cloudforest- 1 follower
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Glenn posted this in the affiliate forum, I had no idea that forum even existed: http://www.palmtalk.org/forum/index.php?/topic/41725-ncps-tour-in-san-francisco/. This looks like a fun event. It will also be a great opportunity for some new photos of Cloudforest species on PalmTalk.
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PSSC - In Person Meeting AUGUST 14, 2021
by DoomsDave- 2 followers
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Everyone, I am pleased to announce an in person PSSC meeting in cool but sunny San Clemente, Orange County. Two long-time PSSC members, Rick Luna and Walt Frey have agreed to host at their homes and gardens on Saturday, August 14, 2021. The first garden will be that of the Luna family, at 114 W. Paseo de Cristobal, San Clemente, CA 92672. Ever wonder what some of those New Caledonians you get from Floribunda look like when mature? Come here and feast your eyes on towering Chambeyronia hookeri and macrocarpa, various Burretiokentias, plus a nice, large Pinanga javana, and a near-monumental Laccospadix australasica, that's now about 8 feet tall, plus a…
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The PBPCS spring sale will be held this weekend, March 24 & 25, at the Mounts Botanical Garden in West Palm Beach. Located at 531 N. Military Trail, WPB 33415. Saturday 9am to 4 pm, Sunday 9am to 3pm.There will be 9 vendors with a wide selection of choice Palms and Cycads.Lots of free advice.
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NEXT MEETING NOVEMBER 15, 2014 PALM SOCIETY SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PALM GARDEN IN VISTA - S.D. BOTANICAL GARDEN ENCINITAS - HUGE AUCTION GUEST SPEAKER DON HOLDEL ON PALMS OF SOUTHERN JAPAN AND TAIWAN Our next meeting of the Palm Society of Southern California will be on Saturday, November 15, 2014. Meeting starts in Vista and heads south to Encinitas. We will first visit the established palm garden of Barry and Donna McElmurry in Vista, CA. In one hour, members will head south to San Diego Botanical Garden and meet in Ecke Hall, just off the parking lot. There we are honored to have a presentation by Don Hodel, affiliated with UCLA. He will talk about two recent …
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Does anyone know if this show been cancelled for the first weekend in November at Fairchild? Haven't seen the update at their website or on the facebook page.
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South Florida Palm Society meeting, Monday 2/1
by Linda Apriletti- 1 reply
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SFPS Meeting - Monday Feb 1, 7:30 pm at Fairchild Tropical Garden, 10901 Old Cutler Road. We will have a general meeting Monday evening, February 1, 7:30 pm at Fairchild Tropical Botanical Garden, which is located at 10901 Old Cutler Road, Coral Gables, FL. Michael Ferraro, a well-known expert in tropical flora and former curator at Nong Nooch Tropical Botanical Garden in Thailand, the host venue for the International Palm Society's 1998 Biennial Meeting. He is in the midst of a visit to South Florida and recently spoke to the Flowering Tree Society about " Flowering Plants of Venezuela." Michael has graciously consented to present a program titled “Palms of Venezu…
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Gulf Coast Chapter
by Kathryn- 0 replies
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The Gulf Coast Chapter of the IPS aims to connect palm enthusiasts along the Florida Panhandle and Alabama Gulf Coast. The quarterly meetings are held at botanical gardens and members' homes in locations such as Mobile, Loxley, Panama City, and Pensacola. The next meeting for the Gulf Coast Chapter will be Sunday, May 6 at the home of Tom and Eileen Mignerey in Cantonment, Florida. The meeting begins at noon with a member provided lunch including Tom's famous lobster hors d'oeuvres followed by a presentation on a variety of palm issues including planting, pollination, and hybridization. After the presentation there will be a brief business meeting followed by the alway…
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Palm Sale October 12, 2019
by Tracy S- 1 follower
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The Palm Beach Palm and Cycad Society is hosting a one day sale. There are 9 vendors with a wide range of palms and cycads. Many are rare and lots are very cool. Join us for the sale if you can. Saturday October 12th 9am to 4pm Mounts Botanical Garden 531 N Military Trail Weat Palm Beach Florida
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PSSC's June 18, 2022 Meeting in Huntington Beach!
by DoomsDave- 7 replies
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Dear Palm Lovers: We at the PSSC are enormously pleased to announce that we will be holding our Saturday, June 18, 2022, PSSC meeting at the homes and gardens of John Boyer at 21561 Archer Circle, and Guy Young at 21551 Archer Circle, in Huntington Beach, CA 92646. We have visited both of these gardens in the past, and they are better than ever. Both John and Guy have engaged in remodels of their homes and gardens. You'll note the changes and love the things they kept, we promise! One thing they kept was their friendship gate in the backyard for easy access to each garden from the other. If that's not friendship, what is? John Boyer removed …
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palm & cycad sale Palm Beach Palm & Cycad Society - Annual Spring Sale - April 8th & 9th, 2017
by Palmarum- 4 replies
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Palm Beach Palm & Cycad Society Annual Spring Sale - April 8th & 9th, 2017 The society is having their Spring Sale this weekend. The fall sale from last year was cancelled due to Hurricane Matthew, so there is a heightened vibe surrounding this sale. Vendors and Society members are expecting a larger than usual crowd. Jeff and myself will be there along with a selection of vendors, the total number of which I do not know as of yet, but it is possibly more than usual. This might equal a larger than average selection of palm material, including one of the largest selections of cycads around. I know of a few familiar palm people that will be attendin…
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A big thank you
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On behalf of the Palm Beach Palm and Cycad Society, I want to say thanks so much for allowing us to use the Madagascar presentation from palmpedia.net as our program last night. It was a huge success and we are all waiting for the second half as our program next month. Jeff, thanks for sharing your adventures. It made us all want to visit Madagascar. Dean, thanks for all you work in putting the presentation together and making it available to us for a program. A truly awesome presentation. Kitty
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South Florida Palm Society - Meeting Feb 2, 2015
by Linda Apriletti- 1 reply
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Bruce McAlpin to Speak at February 2nd Meeting : We are happy to announce that The South Florida Palm Society's first meeting of 2015 will feature a program by Bruce McAlpin, longtime botany professor at Miami-Dade College. Bruce is well-regarded among tropical plant lovers all over southern Florida and, in fact, throughout the United States. Having become interested in plants at age 5, he has accumulated vast knowledge cutting across a number of families. He has given numerous programs to plant societies around the state, and the hallmark of his presentations is practicality -- he knows how to use everyday, affordable materials to produce high-quality plants. Bruc…
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Always a great beginning to our Society's new year, so mark your calendars! Good food, great auctions, both silent and not so silent, of rare or unusual palms. A chance to take home some great additions for your tropical garden. Please RSVP through the website or you can call: Tim Brian (808) 333-5626. Deadline is one week prior to the event. February 6, 5pm sharp, Aunty Sally's Hale, Hilo, Hawaii.
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Southeastern Palm Society Meeting
by JLeVert- 0 replies
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The Southeastern Palm Society will meet on 21 October, 2017 at Aquinas High School in Augusta, GA. The meeting will start at 10:00am. All are welcome to attend. The school has an extensive collection of mature palms, citrus, and hollies. There should be lots of seed to 'collect' on a variety of Sabals, Butias, Serenoa and Cycas.
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PACSONZ Annual Sale April 4 / 5 2009
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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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Cycad presentation in Phoenix
by mcrawford- 0 replies
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On Sunday November 22nd, Dr. Leo Martin will give a presentation on Cycads at the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix. Leo is a great speaker who has been to Dioon-Central in Oaxaca on two Jeff Chemnick trips, amongst many other botanical accomplishments. The talk is free, as is admission to DBG. At the entrance, mention that you are there for the talk only. See attached notice.
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We are pleased to announce that CFPACS will have a table at St. Johns Botanical Garden and Nature Preserve for their celebration of their first full year after the grand opening. If you are a CFPACS member and wear your CFPACS shirt, the admission fee is waived. There will be food and live entertainment in similar fashion to last year's event, and hopefully without the heavy rain the night before the event. The garden boasts palms nearly unheard of in Florida such as Chrysalidocarpus decipiens and Rhopalostylis baueri. LOCATION: 8310 County Road 13 South, Hastings, FL, 32145 DATES and TIMES: Saturday, October 19th, 2024 + Sunday, October 20th, 2024 Open…
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South Florida Palm Society Meeting, October 4, Monday
by Linda Apriletti- 0 replies
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South Florida Palm Society: There will be a general meeting Monday evening, October 4, 7:30 pm at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden. Carl E. Lewis, Ph.D., Director of Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, will give a presentation titled "The Palms of David Fairchild's Cheng Ho Expedition". Seventy years have passed since Dr. David Fairchild explored remote islands of the Philippines and Indonesia on his famous Cheng Ho expedition. Volunteers in the archives of Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden recently uncovered and digitized the original expedition diaries and photos. They found new information on the unusual and rare palms Dr. Fairchild encountered before the exped…
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PSSC MARCH 21, 2020 MEETING, LUNCH AND AUCTION
by DoomsDave- 1 follower
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Dear PSSC members: I am greatly pleased to announce that our March 21, 2020 meeting, luncheon and auction will be at the homes and gardens of Carl Hartman and Alex Kutas in Huntington Beach, Orange County. (You know this is California, right?) The first garden will be Carl's garden at 18722 Jockey Circle, Huntington Beach, CA 92648. The PSSC Board meeting will be held here, along with garden tours. Lunch will be served, and the auction will be conducted at Alex's garden, at 6761 Corral Circle. Both gardens are in walking distance of each other, so parking between the two is recommended. There is plenty of on-street parking and Saddleback Lane is perfect as it …
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HELLO EVERYONE! SORRY TO BE SO LAST MINUTE, BUT I HOPE YOU MARKED YOUR CALENDARS FOR THIS MEETING The July meeting will be on Saturday the 20th featuring two mature gardens that have not been visited in a long time. 1st Garden, Home of Bill and Shayla Taylor. 309 W. Paseo de Cristobal, San Clemente Ca. 92672. Bill’s garden will be a delight for both Palm and Cycad enthusiasts. Bill has a large collection of Cycads, and still maintains a number of mature Palms including Howeas, Braheas, Livistonas, Chamaerhops, Rhapis, Ptychospermas, Jubeae, Accoeloerraphe, Chamaedoreas, Phoenix, Sabals, Butias, Latania, and some assorted exotics. This garden is no…
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PSSC November 2013 meeting in Whittier
by DoomsDave- 5 replies
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THE PSSC’s November 16, 2013 Meeting David Bleistein Your PSSC President We are greatly pleased to announce that the PSSC is having its meeting in Whittier at two gardens that have never been visited before. Garden one: Herb and Connie Johnson, at 10513 Messina Dr Whittier, CA 90603-2425. Garden two: Sergio and Maria Burciaga, 13811 Philadelphia Street, Whittier, CA 90601-3803. 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 Burciaga garden…
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This year we are excited to have our annual PSSC Banquet at the San Diego Botanical Garden (fromerly Quail Garden) in Encinitas, San Diego. Today the renamed San Diego Botanic Garden is designated one of the “Top 10 North American Gardens Worth Traveling For” by the American Gardens Association. Four miles of trails wind through its 29 uniquely themed gardens, among them a tropical rain forest, a bamboo garden, and regional desert landscapes. There is plenty of free parking, handicapped access and relatively easy access by pretty much everyone in Southern California. Special Guest speaker, Don Hodel from University of California Cooperative Extension. …
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It has been three years since our last visit. You can view photos from the meeting in June 2019 here: https://www.palmtalk.org/forum/index.php?/topic/60319-central-florida-palm-cycad-society-flash-summer-meeting-sat-06082019/ Please RSVP to the email going out if you plan to attend so we have a count for lunch.
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