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Greetings fellow Palmtalkers! I am pleased to announce the annual palm sale for the South Florida Palm Society(SFPS) will be held at the world famous Montgomery Botanical Center(MBC) during the 9th and 10th of March 2013. Admission is $5.00 except for annual and lifetime SFPS members and MBC members. Parking will be held next door at Gulliver Academy. BBQ will be sold at the event. There will be free tours of the 120 acre MBC garden, throughout the day. In addition to palms and cycads, an artist( Linda Apriletti--fellow Palmtalker) will be selling her paintings. A list of available material will be posted on this page so stay tuned!!
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cfpacs Central Florida Palm and Cycad society call for F.I.T vendors Date: March 2, 2013
by Central Floridave- 4 replies
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Botanical Fest at Florida Tech is the eighth annual Botanical Fest Plant and Garden Sale. Garden vendors will be selling exotics, palms, accessories and more. Free guided tours of Florida Tech's Botanical Garden will take place hourly throughout the day. Date: March 2, 2013 Time: 8am-4pm Location: 150 W. University Blvd, Melbourne, FL 32901-6975 CFPACs is including in this sale. If you want to be a vendor contact me and I'll give you further information on how to be a vendor. email: damy5@juno.com Sale info: http://facilities.fit.edu/botanical_garden_fest.php
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Next Meeting, Monday, February 25 The Tropical Fern & Exotic Plant Society, is pleased to present Mr. Craig Morell at our February meeting, at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden (the Corbin Building), Monday, February 25 at 7:30 p.m. Tricks of the Gardening Trade--New Ways to Do Old Things and Rediscovering Old Ways for New Growers Pinecrest Gardens Horticulturist Craig Morell will lead a diverse discussion on some of the myriad tactics used to grow and repair tropical plants. He will cover some of the tried-and-true basics of propagating , recovering and growing some of the more exotic tropical plants we grow in this are…
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2013 PACSOA Annual Show and Sale
by Daryl- 1 reply
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Fun for young and old... I look forward to catching up with everyone over the weekend!
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BPACS February Meeting
by Daryl- 6 replies
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Hi Everyone, due to a double booking, the BPACS meeting this week will be on Wednesday evening, the 6th of February, 2013 at 7:30. Apologies for the change of date but it is a bit crazy at the moment due to the recent weather/floods etc Daryl
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Does anyone know if this show been cancelled for the first weekend in November at Fairchild? Haven't seen the update at their website or on the facebook page.
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Tropical Fern & Exotic Plant Society Meeting Monday, January 28th 7:30 pm Corbin Bldg The Tropical Fern & Exotic Plant Society proudly presents: Dr. Scott Zona, who will speak on Sex in the Garden . Flowers are all about sex! This presentation explores the world of pollination, which is the transfer of pollen to the stigma and a necessary step in sexual reproduction. The marvelous ways in which this transfer is accomplished – birds, bats, wind, water, etc. are explored in depth. Dr. Zona, a tropical botanist, is curatorof the Wertheim Conservatory at Florida International University and faculty in the Dept. of Biological Sciences. Co-Editor of…
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New CFPACS President and more for 2013
by Bob Johnson- 5 replies
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I am pleased to announce that Lucinda McCartney will be the next CFPACS president, beginning January 1st, 2013. Lucinda has managed the seed bank for several years and has attended IPS Biennials. As seed bank manager, Lucinda has proven to be organized, persistent and resourceful - qualities that will serve all of us well in a new president. Lucinda is passionate about palms and CFPACS and is brimming with ideas to reinvigorate the society. I am also pleased to announce that Maryann Krisovitch will take over as CFPACS treasurer on January 1st. Maryann has been a member of CFPACS for several years and has assisted with treasurer duties at meetings. In addition, she ha…
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Still plenty of room at the PSSC banquet
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Howdyall: There's still plenty of space at the PSSC banquet. It's going to be held on January 19, 2013, at at the Sherman Library and Gardens, at 2647 East Coast Highway, in Corona del Mar, CA 92625. The fun begins at 11:00 a.m. You can mail payment in to: PSSC Banquet 36665 Butterfly Peak Rd. Mountain Center, CA 92561 Or, go to the PSSC's website: http://palmssc.org/ and scroll down the banquet and pay by Pay Pal. Jack and Lindsey Sayers will present photos from their trip to Thailand during the 2012 IPS biennial. Prior to the biennial they visited Khao Yai National Park, where they photographed several things that were not seen during the b…
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Hello, everyone: It's time again to sign up for the annual banquet. On January 19, 2013, the Palm Society of Southern California will hold its annual banquet., at the Sherman Library and Gardens, at 2647 East Coast Highway, in Corona del Mar, CA 92625. Cafe Jardin will host our annual event in a fantastic garden complex that includes a conservatory of tropical plants, a desert garden of rare cacti, plus collections of ferns, succulents, bromeliads and orchids. The presentation will include pictures from the International Palm Society Biennial, in Thailand, among much else. Lunch will include a gourmet salad, roasted chicken, a fettucini entree, and Creme Ca…
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You weren't hallucinating. It's new, it's improved, it's sleek, it's sophisticated, and all the links work. I think. New server, servin' well. Click on the link and see. Now, you can do PayPal for everything! http://palmssc.org/ If something's missing, or inaccurate, shoot me a PM. Thanks
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cfpacs Central Florida Palm and Cycad Society (CFPACS)
by Central Floridave- 33 replies
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CFPACS has been running a little low right now, but I've volunteered to run the club. I'm not the best organizer but am looking for a stronger year in 2012. We put out one newsletter in July and putting another out this Month. I would like to use the Dec.10th meeting to get better organized and plan out 2012 with dates with meetings/tours/sales. Our next meeting will be Dec.10th. Two gardens in Brevard County. Neil Y. in the morning and then mine in the afternoon. More details to follow. You can contact me through my email address. I'll post more later. David Reid damy5@juno.com
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Hi everyone, BPACS' annual Christmas gathering is on this Sunday at the home of David Tanswell. There will be a garden tour, BBQ and plant sale / raffle. 10:00am this Sunday. For further details please contact me via PM. Non BPACS members are welcome, that is all of you palmtalkers that are not BPACS members are welcome to come and join us. regards, Daryl
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Northern California Palm Society
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The Northern California Palm Society has scheduled three meetings so far for this year. Please check back for updates. Please contact me if you are interested in hosting a meeting at your garden. We hope to see you! April, May, June- Open Edith Bergstrom Garden- Atherton, Ca. -July 8th, 2012. Ian McDonald Garden- San Rafael, Ca.- August 26, 2012. Scott and Cynthia Sanfield Garden- Berkeley, Ca.- October 7th, 2012.
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Hawaii Island Palm Society Garden Tour
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Join us on November 18, 2012 for a tour of Jerry & Cindy Anderson's garden in Leilani Estates at 1:30 pm. HIPS will cater pupu's for this event, but extras are always welcome. Plan on 65-75 folks for this event. Directions to the garden are in the latest member newsletter, but guests can call Tim Brian for directions.
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Howdyall: It's that time again, and we're having our meeting in Orange County, the OC at two adjacent cheek-by-jowl gardens. The Palm Society of Southern California will be holding its November, 2012 meeting at the homes of John Boyer and Guy Young. They are next-door neighbors sharing a “friendly gate” at 21561 and 21551 Archer Cir., Huntington Beach, CA 92646 respectively. Please enter through John’s front door and continue straight through to the back yard. John decided in the mid-1990's, after a trip to Hawaii, that tropical landscape was what he wanted for his yard. In the meantime Guy, after visiting a palm specialist nursery, found a way to expand his …
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Sale at Veber's Jungle Homestead
by EllisB- 2 replies
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Leslie Veber is opening her gates to the public on Saturday Nov. 17. There will be other venders there and should be fun. So if you want to come by she's located at 24605 SW 197 ave. Later Ellis
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Announcing The South Florida Palm Society's Annual Holiday Party and Auctions!! HUGE Selection of Rare Palms and Specimen Plants. Save this Date: Monday, 12/03/12, 7:00 PM - Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, 10901 Old Cutler Road, Coral Gables, FL The South Florida Palm Society (1).pdf
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First, thanks to all of you Palmtalkers who participated in our back issue Palm Journal give away. Of course, we have an ulterior motive. We want you to join us! You don’t have to live in Southern California. All you have to do is love palms. The Palm Society of Southern California is dedicated to the enjoyment, research, education and conservation of or about palms. Our Palm Journal is our jewel. We’ve been putting it out for almost 30 years, and it just keeps getting better and better. I don’t think we’re bragging, but just stating the obvious. Those of you who have received sets of Journals will know this to be true. We are the only journal of a…
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Gulf Coast Chapter
by Don- 2 replies
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Sunday Oct. 28, 2012 12:00 noon Where; Mobile Botanical Gardens 5151 Museum Drive, Mobile, Alabama Plan to arrive around 11:30 for registration. There will be a pot luck lunch at noon. A business meeting and palm auction will follow. Members are encouraged to bring guests and newcomers are always welcome!
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The Palm Beach Palm & Cycad Society will be having its fall sale on Saturday Oct.20 and Sunday Oct.21. The sale will be at the Mounts Botanical Garden in West Palm Beach Fl. The Hrs. are 9am-4pm Sat. & 9am-3pm Sun. Admission is free during the sale. This is a small but really nice garden and is well worth the trip. There will be many great palms and cycads for sale, plus Fert., Books, etc, plus free advice.
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No Fall Fairchild Sale?
by Kailua_Krish- 8 replies
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Is there no sale at Fairchild this fall? I didnt see it on Fairchild's event list. -Krishna
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South Florida Palm Society - Meeting, Monday Oct 1
by Linda Apriletti- 0 replies
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There will be a SFPS general meeting on Monday, October 1, at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden (FTBG). FTBG is located at 10901 Old Cutler Road, Coral Gables, FL. We will be meeting in the Corbin Room. This will be a question and answer session with our distinguished guest panelist: Ellis Brown, Andrew Street and Dr. Jeff Chaite. Please feel free to ask any question regarding Palms; from growing issues, pests, pesticides, natural controls, etc. Food will be potluck. Drinks will be provided. After the program there will be a palm auction. Please bring some palms for the auction. We hope to see you there.
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Howdyall: The Palm Society of Southern California will have its September 22, 2012 meeting at a spectacular home and garden in Holmby Hills in Los Angeles – that belonging to Drew Zager. It’s located at 111 South Mapleton, Los Angeles, CA 90024. Mr. Zager is the son of Bud Zager, a PSSC Board Member. In addition to great taste in dads, he also has magnificent taste in home and garden. The garden is on 1 + acre in Holmby Hills, right up the street from Bel Air, UCLA, and a lot of other famous places, including the Playboy Mansion. And, best of all, it’s in one of the finest Sunset Garden ™ Zone 23 climates around, an air-drained slope, with ocean influence, but fa…
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The Palm Beach Palm & Cycad Society will be holding its annual picnic on Saturday Sept. 8 at Ruth Salenbach's garden.Attendees are asked to bring a covered dish and or desert. Please bring Misc. plants for our giant fund raiser auction.The gate will be open at 830am. I will be leading a tour at 10am. Lunch will be about 12 noon, followed by our famous auction.For those of you that have never attended, The address is 6285 S. Military Trail, Lake Worth, Fl. 33463. This is located between Hypaluxo Road and Lantana Road, on the west side of Military Trail. You do not have to be a member to attend. This is an opportunity to see Ruth wonderful garden which is about 6…
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