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Date: Saturday, June 6th, 2026 Time:10am – 2pm Location: A Private Garden in Melbourne, FL Details: The tour will feature a new garden that contains over 50 species of both natives and exotics. The garden is planted on grade and has measures in place to control run-off to combat drought. Vendors are welcome. We will have a plant auction at the conclusion of the meeting. Please Bring: An Umbrella A chair for comfort A palm, cycad, or companion plant for the auction *** Please reply with an RSVP to cfpacs.membership@gmail.com if you plan on attending to receive the address. ***
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4th meeting of the Brazilian Palm Society
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This year the SBP ( Sociedade Brasileira de Palmeiras) will meet again on the 30 and 31th of oct and 1th of november. This time it will be in my region, the "Campos Gerais", 2nd tableland. One day the meeting will be held in my garden, in Carambeí, ( 1030 m altitude) state Paraná, southern Brazil. Another day in the "Parque Estadual de Vila Velha" to see a population of the endandered small Butia microspadix palm ( also Butia eriospatha, Geonoma schottiana, Allagoptera campestris and Syagrus romanzoffiana) in the impressive scenery of the rock formations of the Vila Velha Park. There is a lot to see in my state Paraná. For example the natural wonder of the Iguaçú Falls a…
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cfpacs CFPACS 2026 Spring Sale at SJBGNP
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All of the information needed should be supplied above. The flier is attached as a PDF as well. Please feel free to share far and wide. Please send questions/concerns to cfpacs.membership@gmail.com. 20260316_CFPACS_SJBGNP.pdf
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cfpacs Spring Fever 2026 - Winter Garden, FL
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We are pleased to announce that CFPACS will host a booth at the Spring Fever in the Garden Festival in Winter Garden, FL. More Information Below: Dates and Times: Saturday, April 11th, 2026 from 9AM to 5PM Sunday, April 12th, 2026 from 10AM to 4PM Location: Plant St. in Winter Garden Event Link: https://www.springfeverinthegarden.org/
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With the conclusion of Plantae-palooza, we're pleased to announce that we have our spring meeting in three short weeks. The itinerary for the meeting is shared below: Date: Saturday, March 21st, 2026 Time:10am – 4pm Location: Jones Landscaping Nursery, 9357 STATE ROAD 80, MOORE HAVEN, FL 33471-5795 Details: A BBQ lunch will be served at no charge. Note that the only vendor allowed to sell at this meeting is the host. We will not have a vendor sale for society vendors. We will have a plant auction at the conclusion of the meeting. Please Bring: Side or Dessert to share at lunch A chair for comfort A …
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Leu Gardens Spring Plant sale, this weekend, March 14-15, 2026
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Leu Gardens Spring Plant Sale March 14 & 15, 2026 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. (8-9am both days for Leu Garden members) FREE Admission all Weekend! Make sure you bring a wagon or plant cart for your purchases. Rain or shine. No pets. Over 50 vendors will be selling a variety of plants including: annuals, bamboo, bromeliads, butterfly plants, camellias, ferns, flowering shrubs and trees, fruit trees, gingers, heliconias, herbs, native plants, orchids, palms, plumerias, roses, succulents, vines and more! Plus, we will have some great outdoor garden accessories! There will be food and treats to purchase .Make sure you bring a wagon or plant cart for your purcha…
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The Central Florida Palm and Cycad Society is slated to host a booth at the Plantae–palooza Garden Festival. Enjoy the tropical landscaping, buy some plants, and enjoy some good food! Date: Saturday, February 28th, 2026 Time: 9:00AM - 3:00PM Location: Hollis Gardens in Downtown Lakeland, FL 702 E Orange St, Lakeland, FL 33801 CFPACS Events: https://cfpacs.com/org/events/ More information will be posted as it becomes available. We nearly sold out of plants at the sale in 2023 and 2025! 2023 Sale Thread: https://www.palmtalk.org/forum/topic/76607-plantae–palooza-garden-festival-formerly-plantopia-satu…
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South Florida Palm Society Spring 2026 Palm Sale
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South Florida 2026 Palm Sale, March 7 and 8, University of Miami, FL Incredible selection of palms and cycads. Garden tours: Saturday afternoon, and Sunday morning and afternoon. The South Florida Palm Society will hold its 2026 palm and cycad sale in on March 7 and 8 at the University of Miami, in the Faculty Parking lot adjacent to the Gifford Arboretum. The sale will be held on Saturday from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm, and on Sunday, from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm. We have posted to our website, the most recent species lists and we expect several more growers to submit their lists by February 27. To see the preliminary lists of palms and cycads for sale, c…
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Hey All! Letting you know that we will have a presence in Orchids at the Park on July 26-27 in the County Fair Building at the at the San Francisco Botanical Gardens. We hope to see you there. Orchids in the Park; https://www.orchidsanfrancisco.org/orchid-in-the-park-2025.html And, news on our most recent event on July 12:
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2025 CFPACS Holiday Meeting LOCATION: Rob Branch’s Private Garden, 1315 38th St., Sarasota, FL 34234 DATE: Saturday, December 6th, 2025 TIME: 10:00AM - 4:00PM NOTE: The main dish for lunch will be provided. We'll have lunch onsite. Plan on bringing: A side, salad, or desert to share A plant for the auction (Palms, Cycads, Companion plants) A chair for your own personal enjoyment! Please RSVP to cfpacs.membership@gmail.com so we can provide an accurate head count for our lunch order. For your enjoyment: Our meeting right before the pandemic stay-at-home orders: Central Florida Palm & Cycad Soci…
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cfpacs CFPACS Website Update
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Those who receive our emails were notified of multiple updates to our website. These were shared last evening: The tagline under the title has been changed to Preservation, Education, and Commitment. The itinerary for the 2024 Holiday meeting is now on the Home page. https://cfpacs.com/org/ The About Us section has a new look more consistent with what used to be published in The Palmateer. https://cfpacs.com/org/about-us/ The previous Palmateer section has been set to open without a password and contains links to a plethora of web resources and our previous publications. h…
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Nov 8 and 9, 2025, South Florida Palm Society Palm Show and Sale, Fairchild Garden, Coral Gables, FL
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Palms, Cycads and Paintings at Fairchild. And Palm Tours! We invite you to the SFPS Fall Sale, Nov 8 and 9, between the hours of 10:00 am to 5:00 PM at Fairchild Garden in Coral Gables. The sale will feature hard-to-find palms and cycads. We expect that over 300 species of palms will be for sale. Our local growers will be on hand to offer expert advice. The sale will be held in the palmetum, where many of garden's rare palms are growing, so we will have palm tours on both Saturday and Sunday. In addition, a local artist, Linda Apriletti, will join us, offering with her beautiful "plein air" style of oil based paintings. Many scenes will seem very familiar to Florid…
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It has been confirmed that CFPACS will have a booth at this event. Please stop by and enjoy the celebration after two years in operation. In years past, it was standard practice that CFPACS members get in free of charge if they wear their shirt. We can confirm and update this post, either way. Our West VP is the start of the show at 9:30AM for the fertilizer talk. If you're a member planning on hanging out for a while, bring a chair and hang out at our booth if your legs get tired.
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CFPACS Fall Meeting The meeting is scheduled to start on Saturday, October 4th, 2025, at 10:00 AM in the Longwood area south of Wekiva Springs. Please send an RSVP to cfpacs.membership@gmail.com. The itinerary is included below: Site 1: Private Garden in Longwood Time: 10:00AM - 12:00PM Address: Given to those who RSVP Description: This garden is the "Wekiva Wonder", as coined by the Orlando Sentinel 2002 full page spread. The garden was also featured in and filmed for HGTV "Look What I Did". Matilde and I moved here in 1989 and I keep creating themed areas with architectural features and garden plantings. The yard is 1.5 ac…
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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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Garden and Croton Party April 26
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PSSC BANQUET FREE TO PSSC MEMBERS AND ONE GUEST
by DoomsDave- 0 replies
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Hawaii Island Palm Society - Sept, 20, 2025 tour at the garden of George and Lynn Peavy
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If you live on or are visiting the Big Island, consider joining the Hawaii Island Palm Society as we tour the garden of George and Lynn Peavy on Sept, 20. This west side garden tour is being offered for the first time. Their garden includes over 300 individual palms representing 124 species, including all 4 species of Johannesteijsmannia, 3 species of Raphia (regalia, hookerii, and mambillensis), Geonoma atrovirens, Sclerosperma mannii, Schippa concolor, Voaniola gerardii, and 3 of the 5 species of Pritchardia native to the Big Island. To learn more about the Hawaii Island Palm Society or about this garden tour, click here. From George and Lynn: …
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Save the Date! September 6th in the East Bay Hello Palm Friends! Please register for our next meeting which will be held on: DATE: Saturday, September 6, 2…
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Southeastern Palm Society meeting in Brunswick, GA on Feb 24th
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Greetings, I will be hosting the February 24th meeting for the Southeastern Palm Society in Brunswick, GA, if anyone would be interested in attending. We will enjoy a walking tour around 10 am of my 1/2 acre downtown yard landscaped with 45+ palm varieties, 20 varieties of cycads, and various citrus, bromeliads and other subtropicals which are thriving unprotected in a warm 9a coastal Georgia climate. If interested, email me for details. Or you can join our society for free (below link) and begin to receive our quarterly newsletter and information/details regarding our future meetings. Best regards, Jim https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd…
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CFPACS 2025 Summer Meeting Date: Saturday, June 7th, 2025 Please RSVP to cfpacs.membership@gmail.com prior to the meeting. We will only email the addresses for the sites to members who have sent an RSVP. Site 1: A Private Garden in Saint Augustine South Time: 10:00AM – 11:00AM Site Address: Will be given to those who RSVP. Description: We have lived here for 42 years and our garden has 22 different species of palms and has a tropical look for this far north. We also have a large mango tree, two starfruit trees, and many flowering plants. The front yard is very sunny and the backyard is a shady, coastal live oak hammock with palms in the understory. …
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CFPACS 2025 Spring Meeting Date: Saturday, March 15th, 2025 Please RSVP to cfpacs.membership@gmail.com prior to the meeting. First Site: A Private Garden in Merritt Island Time: 10:00AM – 12:00PM Address: will be given to those who RSVP. Information about the garden from the owners: We are on a small 10,000 sf lot located in Merritt Island on a canal that leads to the Banana River, USDA zone 10a. We have lived in this house for about 6 years now. I have always held an interest in gardening but rarely have I been actively engaged in it. After picking some Christmas Palm seeds up off the gr…
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