A little day trip to Happypalms Nursery.

[peachy]

It didn't look far on the map ! Curiosity has been killing this cat for  quite some time so why not take a wee Sunday drive down to Halfway Creek ?  I took the dust covers off my Miracle of Swedish Engineering, put on my Souvenir of Oodnadatta pure Irish Linen apron (made in China) grabbed a wondercloth (as seen on TV) gave it wipe down,  chucked on some slap and hit the road.  Me who only drives to the supermarket (0.8 klms) once per week at a maximum speed of 40 klms per hour,  found her flustered little self facing 360 klms of freeway with a 110 kph speed limit. EEK. I am so glad I had a manicure the night before as my finger was very busy on that trip. All those Land Cruiser and Electric Buzzy Car drivers are so rude to sweet little matrons on the road and apparently quite envious of my stately Volvo. Of course I am too polite to mention the paupers who have to display their poverty by driving a Kia. (ugh)

So I finally arrived at my destination, drove carefully up the  little bush track (thanking providence that I have  AWD) and found myself among the palms. Oooh la la. Rather than vulgarly announcing my presence,  I took a little wander into the nearest greenhouse with my big handbag open in anticipation but was surprised by a nasty little camera hidden in there. Naturally it was all a mistake, I wasn't stealing any palms,  I just put them in my bag for safe keeping. Richard found it wiser to believe me than to prosecute.  He apologised for mistaking me for a common floraklept and I said sorry for pulling a switchblade,  (hey it's dangerous for ladies out there) and we embarked on tour of the most amazing palm collection I have ever seen.

I had to keep asking names as there were so many I have never seen before and a few I haven't even heard of. Even his Chamadoreas were huge. The he showed me another greenhouse the size of Grand Central Station, packed to the rafters with baby palms of every species know to man. Start  saving up people  as in a couple of years this part of the world will no longer retain the palm desert status it currently holds. But don't just wait till then,  it is well worth a visit with a well padded wallet for purchasing a plethora of rare and gorgeous palms. You too can say pooh Pooh at those palm privileged people in Far North Qld.

A big thank you to my host Richard for a better day out than any of my weddings, and thank you to those clever people in Gothenburg who thoughtfully included an enormous palm carrying area when designing their wonderful vehicles.  I did not shop for palms,  I pillaged !  What did I buy ? Well I will put up photos at a later date just to keep you hanging !

Peachy,  palm purchaser and recent convert to motoring the proper way.

[Harry’s Palms]

Lovely! I am glad you got to see something the rest of us in other continents could only imagine. I just hope you left a few for others that are lucky enough to make the journey😂. Looking forward to a follow up on your new acquisitions . Harry

[gyuseppe]

If I lived in Australia, I would definitely have bought plants from Richard, and I'm sure he would have given me a discount on the price.

[realarch]

I believe I saw this movie on Brit Box, it was terrific. 

Tim

[Kim]

Peachy visits all the nurserymen with huge Chamaedoreas. 😉

[happypalms]

With great joy it was my pleasure to have you visit happypalms, after all your our matriarch of palms, the grandmother within the Nan we all wanted. 
 I bet if we went nana peaches we got spoilt with ice cream got to do what we wanted never had to ask for biscuits and got to stay up late, there where no rules only our loving grandmother! 
It was a hot humid day and there was no stopping this lady she spotted the greenhouses and knew exactly where to go. 
Talk about an eagle eye for the good stuff, this lady knew her palms and  many a noneclature lesson was bestowed upon me, like the matriarch she was, I thought for a minute iam going to be writing a hundred times I must pronounce Caryota and licuala correctly, and won’t be catching the bus home until it was written out.

We both had a wonderful time, knowing that love of palms was boiling in our blood, the knowledge of palms known, the passion in her eyes for palms were like a child in a candy store. One could see the excitement the adventure of it all and best of all the love of palms.

Thanks for visiting @peachy it was a wonderful experience and a day etched in my memory!

Peace love and happiness 

Your friend Richard @happypalms

[happypalms]

12 hours ago, Harry’s Palms said:

Lovely! I am glad you got to see something the rest of us in other continents could only imagine. I just hope you left a few for others that are lucky enough to make the journey😂. Looking forward to a follow up on your new acquisitions . Harry

There was no stopping this lady of palms, driving 4 hours on a hot day one way, although that Volvo she takes pride in had the AC going flat out. 
All ips members have a pre booked appointment anytime!

Richard 

[happypalms]

12 hours ago, gyuseppe said:

If I lived in Australia, I would definitely have bought plants from Richard, and I'm sure he would have given me a discount on the price.

Gysuppe you would be my best customer iam sure. Wholesale prices for all ips members!

[happypalms]

11 hours ago, realarch said:

I believe I saw this movie on Brit Box, it was terrific. 

Tim

Wait for the sequel!

Richard 

[happypalms]

50 minutes ago, Kim said:

Peachy visits all the nurserymen with huge Chamaedoreas. 😉

A true gentleman never tells……….🤫