A little more progress in the Coffs Harbour botanical gardens palm conservation project

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A little more progress was made today with the palms that have been donated by Colin Wilson Lyn Crehan and myself. With a great amount of palms being planted today for the future conservation project, with Toby the senior horticulturalists and Lyn the volunteer who is recording all the plants going in for a data base Hortis that is linked to Kew gardens. Along with Rick and myself planted some palms. It was fun I got to place hopefully all the palms in the right position. This part of the collection will be for education purposes on rare and endangered species and exotic palms. A long time vision of the garden curator Rick ackland it’s great to be part of this project for all generations to come and enjoy the wonderful world of palms! 

[Harry’s Palms]

It is so cool to see the beginning of a botanical garden collection. When I visit older gardens I often try to imagine this stage , when the plants were first put in . I mean …..it had to start somewhere . This is the beginning of a valuable educational experience for all ages. You folks are providing a vital resource. Harry

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26 minutes ago, Harry’s Palms said:

It is so cool to see the beginning of a botanical garden collection. When I visit older gardens I often try to imagine this stage , when the plants were first put in . I mean …..it had to start somewhere . This is the beginning of a valuable educational experience for all ages. You folks are providing a vital resource. Harry

It was so fun just grabbing palms and going right plant there. I did try to keep the chamaedorea varieties separated to prevent cross pollination. Choosing shade and sun palms along with how big does it get. Having some experience with palms I hope to create a jungle of palms. From canopy to understory I know how to create and to be able to leave such a garden behind in a public space for all to see is a milestone as gardener. To know it’s in a botanical garden even better and gives me great joy as palm lover! 
Richard 

[palmtreesforpleasure]

Many more to come over the next 5 years. ....it will some collection and with Richards local support it will definetly happen.

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7 hours ago, palmtreesforpleasure said:

Many more to come over the next 5 years. ....it will some collection and with Richards local support it will definetly happen.

Oh yes I was not trying to double up with palms already in there. Leaving space for some new ones to come. There’s still plenty of real estate in there and a lot of understory room. It won’t happen overnight but it will happen!

[JohnAndSancho]

No dogs? Sancho loves palms and doesn't chew or pee on them. 

 

But seriously, it's gotta feel cool to be a part of that and have the resources to just grab stuff out of your greenhouse and plant it out in a botanical garden. 

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6 hours ago, JohnAndSancho said:

No dogs? Sancho loves palms and doesn't chew or pee on them. 

 

But seriously, it's gotta feel cool to be a part of that and have the resources to just grab stuff out of your greenhouse and plant it out in a botanical garden. 

Yer pretty lucky I get to create another garden for future generations. And I don’t have to look after it or water it. I think no dogs due to the native animals in there mainly koalas. 

[JohnAndSancho]

10 minutes ago, happypalms said:

Yer pretty lucky I get to create another garden for future generations. And I don’t have to look after it or water it. I think no dogs due to the native animals in there mainly koalas. 

That is fair. I forgot that the entire animal population of Australia is stuff that tries to kill you. 

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4 hours ago, JohnAndSancho said:

That is fair. I forgot that the entire animal population of Australia is stuff that tries to kill you. 

If it bites, stings or kills you we have it in Australia!