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South Florida Palm Society Fall Sale Nov. 3rd, 4th 1 2 3
by Palmarum- 100 replies
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South Florida Palm Society's Fall Sale November 3rd & 4th, 2007 Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden A quick notice to get it mentioned on the calendar. If you need information or will be attending the sale, please post away. If you are coming, please come visit all the booths and say hello to everyone. There should be quite a few Forum members there that weekend, both selling and visiting. Ryan
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NORCAL Members - Tree Assessment
by John Case- 1 reply
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All NorCall members, The Byron Hot Springs has a large number of palms (primarily Washingtonia and Phoenix species) that are over 120 years old. The owner/developer is interested in the health and well-being of all of these palms. Is anyone interested in working with me to do a complete assessment of trees on the property? Some of the items to deal with are: 1) GPS siting of each of the trees 2) Assessing the health of many of the older ones. Many have been torched/painted/etc. by vandals. We need to determine if there is a future of any kind for them. 3) Movability of the palms if possible 4) Finally, any value they may have. Some of them are very very …
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Louisiana Palm and Cycad Society
by Kathryn- 1 reply
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The Louisiana Palm and Cycad Society will have an educational and sales booth at the New Orleans Botanical Garden’s Fall Garden Show this weekend, October 20 and 21. The following plants will be for sale. Butia capitata – Pindo or Jelly Palm – 1 gallon for $15,3 gallon for $35 and 7 gallon for $65 Chamaedorea radicalis – Radicalis Palm – 3 gallon for $25 Chamaerops humilis – European or Mediterranean Fan Palm – 3 gallon for $35 Livistona chinensis – Chinese Fan Palm – 3 gallon for $30 Phoenix canariensis – Canary Island Date Palm – 3 gallon for $35 Phoenix dactylifera – 7 gallon for $80 Phoenix roebelenii – Pygmy Date Palm – 1 gallon for $15 and 5 gallon for $35,…
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Palmfest\PACSOF\PlantaPalm.com
by Sierra- 2 replies
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Looking for more details on Palmfest 2007 in Jacksonville this weekend. Why isn't there anything on the PACSOF website (www:plantapalm.com) ? I thought this was PACSOF's big event. Have anymore events or gardens been scheduled for Sunday ?
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PBPCS Fall Sale
by SCUBAKeith- 1 reply
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Hundreds of species available!!!
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Hawaii Island Palm Society
by Al in Kona- 5 replies
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HIPS (Hawaii Island Palm Society) will meet September 23, at 1 pm with a tour of two gardens, first the garden of Matt & Tiffany Rippa and then the garden of Jerry & Cindy Andersen (formerly Ken Foster's place). Expect to see some unusual palms. Any people interested in palms who might happen to be traveling in Hawaii at this time should definitely make an effort to come see these two unique gardens.
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Palm Society of Southern California
by MattyB- 34 replies
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Next meeting is Saturday, Sept. 22. More info to come soon, I just wanted to get it up on the board. Palm Society of Southern California, meeting page We'll be touring the garden of our very own epicure3, John Shearson. Hope to see ya'll there. You might even be priviledged enough to see the likes of these mugs!
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Palmfest 2007 Roll Call
by Tag- 0 replies
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I started a Roll Call thread in the main forum and wanted to link it here. If you plan on attending, please respond to the main thread below. http://palmtalk.org/cgi-bin/forum/ikonboar...t=ST;f=1;t=7423 We're looking forward to meeting everyone!
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NorCal meeting
by Darold Petty- 1 reply
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The Northern California chapter of the IPS will hold its final meeting of the year on October 7th at the home of Glenn Harris, in Modesto. Details and directions will be posted soon on our website at null I still don't get it with the hyperlinks, but the 'null' does work!
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PBPCS Picnic
by MAPU 1- 9 replies
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The Palm Beach Palm & Cycad Society will have it's annual picnic at Ruth Salenbach's garden on Saturday Sept. 8.This is always a great event attended by many.We always have an any kind of plant auction,which can take up to 2hrs.A tour of the garden will begin at 10 AM.Sandwich fixing and drinks will be provided.Donations plants and side dish salads will be accepted.Lunch is at noon and the auction starts at 1PM. The address is 6285 So. Military trail,Lake Worth Fl.33463.Starts at 9AM.
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PalmFest 2007
by Tag- 4 replies
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The Florida First Coast Palm Society invites you to see just what will grow in the “Far North”. You may be surprised to find so many palm and cycad species thriving in spite of the conditions. Friday and Saturday October 5th and 6th. Three gardens with very different climates less than 50 miles apart: Garden of Dr. Kyle & Jeanette Brown – This garden includes approximately 150 species, varieties and forms of palms including numerous variegated and dwarf forms. Not all are in the ground, but all are available for viewing. The Encinosa Jungle – is located in one of the warmer areas of the First Coast. An acre or so of palms, cycads, bromeliads, and ginger…
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Palm and Cycad society of Brisbane
by Walter John- 5 replies
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Guest speaker is Hugh Kunze, giving a presentation on the native palms of Florida as well as talks on Fairchild and Montgomery gardens. If there's time, a photo slide show on our recent Tamborine visit. Don't miss this one.
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Autumn palm sale at Fairchild?
by Creekside- 26 replies
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Does anyone know if there is going to be a South Florida Palm Society-sponsored palm sale at Fairchild (or elsewhere) again this fall? I didn't see it in their list of upcoming events. Cheers, Catherine Presley
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Palm Beach Palm and Cycad Society
by www.dadluvsu.com- 8 replies
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Since the meeting is usually on the first Wednesday of each month, and the first Wed. of this month is tommorrow the 4th of July, will the meeting be rescheduled? Thanks! :cool:
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PALM SOCIETY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
by JEFF from Trabuco Canyon CA- 15 replies
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Join us for our next Orange County meeting on Saturday, July 21st 2007. You won’t want to miss this wonderful opportunity to see these three incredible landscapes that have never before been seen by The Palm Society of Southern CA. Schedule: 10:00 AM to 12:00 Noon Two self-guided tours, viewing in either order. Parking is only available at Lorraine’s and there is a .3 mile walk to Pat’s. Lorraine Ferguson (2 acres with bromeliads, plumeria, palms, cycads, cactus & succulents) 233 South Peralta Way, Anaheim, CA 92807-3618, phone 714 998-1719. Pat Mahoney (1 ¾ acres with boulders, waterfalls, misters, palms, cycads, and tropicals) 191 South Cobblestone La…
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Louisiana Palm and Cycad Society
by Kathryn- 0 replies
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The next society meeting will be at Parkway Partners’ greenhouse on Baronne Street in New Orleans in conjunction with their Second Saturday program, which fosters the beautification through education and provision of needed planting material. The July Second Saturday sale will feature palms and will begin with a sale from 9:00 am to 11:00 am. Following the sale, Kathryn Ostadal will lead a workshop on Growing Palms in the New Orleans Area. The potluck lunch will begin at 12:00 pm followed by an auction and brief business discussion. Please bring any plants you would like to donate for the sale or auction. Parkway Partners is a non-profit organization whose missio…
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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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See other post... Daryl
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Coming Out
by Bilbo- 5 replies
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I have been instructed by UGL of England that we are all supposed to make the Craft less "secret" . Oh well I have been a member for many years and I loved the ceremonials and those fantastic dinners. Thats where I learned my public speaking. Us guys are NOT in a Great Conspiracy for World Domination. Mores the pity! We raise millions for heart and cancer charities and are bringing up and educating orphans. If there is a great conspiracy please let me know! (its usually Masons, Jews, Communists, and Gays who are responsible apparently) - sure we have Jewish and Gay Guys on the forum -some of top members - tho I doubt if we have any Commies here! Regardez brethren …
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Don Hodel Palm Presentation
by tropicalb- 0 replies
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Posting this at the request of Jeff Chemnick folks...this is his post on the cycad group board: Hello Group, Dry your crying eyes! Though Cycad Day at the Huntington has just sold out, here is an equally entertaining opportunity for a botanically-fascintating Saturday, June 16...at Lotusland in Santa Barbara! Don Hodel, noted palm authority, will be visiting Lotusland and making a presentation on...palm trees (large group of derived monocotyledonous angiosperms superficially evocative of and splendid examples of convergent evolution with cycads). The program begins in the afternoon and will feature not only a riveting talk and garden tour but wine, cheese, etc. …
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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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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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Cycad Day 2007
by Fred Zone 10A- 7 replies
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In connection with this year’s Board of Directors meeting, The Cycad Society will hold Cycad Day 2007 on Saturday, June 16 at the world-renowned Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens in San Marino, California. Society members will be treated to a day of activities at the Huntington, including: • Stimulating talks by cycad experts • A tour of the Huntington’s cycad collections • An auction of donated cycads to benefit the Society The $35 ticket price includes admission to the Huntington (a $15 value) and a delicious catered lunch (a $25 value). This is the Society’s only event planned for this year, so you’ll want to be included. You’ll meet …
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Central Florida Palm and Cycad Society 1 2
by SubTropicRay- 65 replies
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The next meeting of the Central Florida Palm and Cycad Society will be on June 23 in Valkaria, Florida (near Melbourne). See the attached link for more details. CFPACS homepage
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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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