cfpacs CFPACS Spring Meeting March 23

[Bob Johnson]

The CFPACS spring meeting will be on Saturday, March 23 in Wabasso and Valkaria. We will visit the gardens of Anne Michael and Ron Eward and Fiona Pearce. The Michael garden was started by Joe and Anne in the mid 1950s and features mature specimens of Attalea, Bismarckia, Borassus, Copernicia and Corypha among others. Ron Eward and Fiona Pearce’s garden was started in the late 1990s and features a large variety of exotic palms and crotons. In addition to the garden tours, auction and plant sale, Rob Branch will give a talk on combating spiraling whitefly.

Meeting Schedule

9:30-10:30am - Board Meeting, home of Janice Broda, north Vero Beach

10:30am-12:15pm - Visit to Earring Point, Wabasso, home of Anne Michael

12:15-1:15pm - Lunch on your own in Sebastian

1:15-3:15pm - Visit to Ron’s Sanctuary, Valkaria, home of Ron Eward & Fiona Pearce. Auction and plant sale.

All CFPACS members, former members and never-been members are welcome! These are two spectacular gardens, you will not want to miss this meeting! Stay tuned for directions and further details.

Edited February 26, 2013 by Bob Johnson

[Shirleypalmpaws]

We're brand spanking new members, and I'd really like to go to the meeting, and hoping my husband can make it too. He loves learning about palms as much as I do. Is there a pre-meeting spot or how do these meetings work? Is it via email notification...if that's the case then I'll sit back and wait for directions....thanks either way!

[Lucinda]

Here you go, ThreepointtwoWhites -- and everyone else who wants to attend Central Florida Palm And Cycad Society's fabulous Spring meeting/palm tour on March 23rd

Meeting Schedule

10:30-12:15 Visit to Earring Point on Diamond Island - Wabasso, home of Anne Michael

12:15-1:15 Lunch in Sebastian

1:15-3:15 Visit to Ron’s Sanctuary, Valkaria, home of Ron Eward & Fiona Pearce

Directions on page 3.

Hip, hip, hooray!!

We meet once more on the east coast in Wabasso and in Valkaria. In the morning, we visit the iconic Michael property on the Indian River side of the barrier island. We visited Earring Point before in March 1999 and March 2004. The mature palms there date back to the mid- to late-1950s and have been the steady source of seed for the CFPACS Seed Bank. Come to gawk at mature

Corypha umbraculifera, Bismarckia nobilis, Copernicia macroglossa,

and

Attalea specios

. In 2005, chapter volunteers planted young palms on the 5-acre property, one of the most favorable spots in which to grow palms in Central Florida. Time there: 10:30-12:15.

Back across

the Wabasso Bridge to the mainland and U. S.#1 north a few miles to Sebastian and lunch on your own before traveling farther north on U. S.#1 to Valkaria and our second stop, Ron Eward and Fiona Pearce’s property, 3 acres, “Ron’s Sanctuary.” This is a newer garden, beginning at the end of the 1990s. We’ve been here before, too. Most recently 3½ years ago, time enough to see how the palms and cycads have grown through the two bad winters here on Goat Creek, a mile back from the Indian River. Rob Branch will discuss the latest menace, spiraling whitefly (and what to do about it). And there will be a plant auction and a sale. Time there: 1:15-3:15.

Directions to Earring Point (Michael), Wabasso

:

From I-95, exit 156 (Fellsmere-Sebastian), CR512.

Drive east on CR512 for 2.4 miles to CR510 (3

rd

traffic light). Turn right on CR510 and continue on 510, past U. S.#1 to the bridge over the Indian River, 8.1 miles. Jungle Trail is the dirt road on the right, just beyond the fire station, about 200 yards from the east end of the bridge (Michael property visible to south from the bridge). Turn right (south) on Jungle Trail for 100 yards. Earring Point is on the right, two concrete posts with the name on each. Drive about 50 yards back through a gate onto the Michael property. Continue all the way back to park near the third (last) house.

Directions from Earring Point to Ron’s Sanctuary

:

Back over bridge to U. S.#1.

Turn right (north) on U. S. #1 to Valkaria Road (16.7 miles). Left (west) on Valkaria Road across the railroad tracks to Tadlock. Right (north) on Tadlock. First left, Ann Street; left again on Williams, the right on Lynn Street.

Once through Sebastian and into Brevard County, traffic moves very fast. Driving time, depending on traffic in Sebastian, should be 30 minutes or less.

Directions to Ron’s Sanctuary (Eward & Pearce), Valkaria

:

From I-95, exit 173(Palm Bay-Malabar), SR514.

Drive east on SR514 for4.2 miles to U. S.#1. Turn right (south) 3.2 miles to Valkaria Road. Turn right (west) on Valkaria Road, over the railroad tracks, about 100 feet, then almost immediately right (north) on Tadlock Avenue. First left to Ann Street, which deadens in Williams Avenue. Left 50 feet on Williams Avenue. Right on Lynn Street: 3625 is on the left, as it bends into Duane Street. Park on Lynn or Duane. This is not as difficult as it sounds. Once you turn into Tadlock, it’s a cul-de-sac of very short streets.

Welcome to CFPACS. PM me if you have any other questions.

Lucinda

[Shirleypalmpaws]

Thanks times infinity, Lucinda!

[Central Floridave]

CFPACS newsletter The Palmateer is online now. I'm looking forward to the meeting March 23rd. Reading the newsletter has me in Spring-Fever mode....!!! I think I'll go outside and plant a palm...

http://www.cfpacs.net/palmateer/