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Northern California Palm enthusiasts, Save the date, March 24, 1-5 pm, for our annual NCPS banquet. We are looking forward to an afternoon of food and conversation as well as a tour of the UC Berkeley botanical gardens led by UC horticultural staff member Dylan Ferreira. The UC Berkeley garden is a treasure trove of rare palms that include the genera Ceroxylon, Brahea, Ravenea and Parajubaea as well as many others. Details will be coming soon. Save the date!
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PACSOA 2012 Annual Show
by Walter John- 6 replies
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Palm and Cycad Societies of Australia 2012 Annual Show Weekend 3/4 March 9am - 3pm Mt Coot-tha Botanic Gardens Auditorium Brisbane Features :- Australia's largest selection of common and rare palms and cycads for sale, both plants and seeds. Displays of native and exotic palms and cycads. Bookstore - clearance sale of society books and magazines. Educational displays. Food and refreshments. Membership. Admission: Adults - $3.00 Pensioners - $2.00 Children - Free All members welcome to bring plants to sell. Set-up is is Friday afternoon March 2 between noon and 6:00 pm.
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South Florida Palm Society - Monday, Feb 6 meeting
by Linda Apriletti- 1 follower
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This Monday, February 6 at 7:30 pm, the SFPS will have a general meeting at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, 10901 Old Cutler Rd. Dr Larry Noblick, Palm Biologist at Montgomery Botanical Center will give a presentation entitled "Easy Ways to Identify Sabal Species" "They all look alike. Right? Come and learn some practical ways to identify the 15 currently recognized Sabal species. In an effort to verify the identification of the Sabal species at Montgomery Botanical Center, I finally had to get serious about the genus. I gleaned information from Scott Zona’s revision of Sabal, a Power Point Presentation on Sabal done by Tomas Font (Spain) at the 2010 IPS Biennia…
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SPS Winter Meeting and Plant Auction
by Turtile- 0 replies
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Southeastern Palm Society Winter Meeting and Plant Auction Saturday, February 25th @ 10AM Bamboo Farm and Coastal Gardens 2 Canebrake Rd Savannah, GA Jeff Stevens and Jimmy Martin will be the speakers and will regale members with accounts and photos of their travels to South America, including much new information on the genus Butia.
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Palm Meetings For Southern California Chapter
by Palm Daddy P- 0 replies
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Hey everyone, I need to find gardens in Orange County and Riverside County to have meetings at for the PSSC. If anyone lives in this area and is interested in having a meeting at their palm garden please let me know. Or if you know of any gardens also please tell me about them and I can try to contact the owners.. any input is appreciated thanks!
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Hawaii Island Palm Society Annual BBQ
by realarch- 1 follower
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Hawaii Island Palm Society Annual BBQ is February 3rd at the big pavilion in Wailoa State Park, Hilo. This is the Society's most popular annual event with good food and a great selection of palms in a 'silent auction' and a 'not so silent auction'. The deadline for registration has already passed, but you can call Grace to see if there is any room left. Go to hawaiiislandpalmsociety.com for contact info. Sign in is at 5:00 pm. We already have 90 registered, so it should be a festive evening of fun, friendship, and of course palms.
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Palm Society of Southern California Annual Banquet
by DoomsDave- 3 replies
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January 2012, Palm Society of Southern California Annual Banquet & Meeting. Catered Banquet, followed by PSSC meeting, lectures, and Auction/Raffle Visit The Huntington Botanical Gardens Saturday January 28, 2012 A world-class botanical garden For plant lovers of all types and stripes Our annual banquet is back again at the Huntington Botanical Gardens and Museum, in San Marino California. This is one of the world's premiere plant locations. If you have never been here, now is the chance to visit the gardens, and visit with fellow palm nuts. For those of you who have never seen the Huntington's New Botanical Conservatory, you are in for a real treat.…
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Plenty of Places at the PSSC Banquet
by DoomsDave- 0 replies
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Hello, everyone: There are still 50 places available at the Palm Society of Southern California Annual Banquet at the Huntington. More information here: LINK TO PSSC MEETING PAGE If you wish, you can shoot me a PM, and I'll tell you all about it! See you there, come to the auction, and schmooze with other palm lovers in So-Cal. Register, soon, space is limited . . . .
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PACSOWA
by Tyrone- 1 reply
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PACSOWA will be having there annual show and palm and cycad sale at Cannington Greyhounds Exhibition Hall on Albany Hwy Cannington on Sat 26th and Sun 27th of November. This is an opportunity for palm and cycad lovers and general members of the public in the Perth area to take a look at the plants on display and to pick up a bargain or rare palm or cycad. Everyone is welcome to attend. Best regards Tyrone
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South Florida Palm Society
by Moose- 1 reply
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The South Florida Palm Society will be hosting their Annual Holiday Party on Monday, December 5, 2011 at 7:30 p.m. The event will be held at Fairchild Tropical Botanical Garden. This is our big annual blowout party with an always interesting cornucopia of food, drinks and our infamous auction (both Silent & Live). A membership table will be available to sign up your friends and family. Free seedlings to all new visitors! You can contact Lou Sguros, Corresponding Secretary, at nickelsonk@bellsouth.net or call 954-797-2868 for further information.
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Brisbane Palm and Cycad Society
by Mark Wuschke- 27 replies
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Tuesday May 25 - Mike Foale, an enthusiastic promoter and researcher of the Coconut Palm will be our special guest speaker. He will give a talk on the Coconut, its natural history, and its products.
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PSSC: Is there a November meeting?
by Jon T- 2 replies
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I looked on our Southern Cal. Palm Society website, and find no mention of a November meeting. Will there be one, as usual? I know meetings are often announced at the preceding one, but that leaves those of us who weren't there out of the loop.
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Nov 5-6, Fall Palm Sale - South Florida Palm Society
by Linda Apriletti- 10 replies
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Get ready for next weekend... November 5 - 6, 2011. The South Florida Palm Society will host the Fall 2011 Palm Show and Sale featuring "The World's Largest Sale of rare and exotic palms." Hundreds of palms and cycads will be offered for sale. This sale will be held at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, 10901 Old Cutler Road, Coral Gables. Sale Hours are 9:30 am to 4:30 pm, Saturday and Sunday. FREE Palm seedlings to every guest while supplies last. Extensive selection of free palm seeds for attendees to choose from. Information about growing palms available. Palm art will also be on display.
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Mounts Fall Plant Sale
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The Mounts Botanical Garden Fall Plant Sale is this weekend - Saturday and Sunday, November 5 - 6. The hours are from 9-5 on Saturday and 9-4 on Sunday. Location - Mounts Botanical Garden 531 North Military Trail West Palm Beach, FL 33415 Betty and I will be there selling all sorts of palms and cycads. Two other local palm growers will be there. You will also be able to purchase lots of companion plants for your new palm additions. The weather should be beautiful so come out and see us! Please let me know if you have any questions.
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The November meeting of the Palm Beach Palm and Cycad Society will be held at Mounts Botanical Garden, 559 N Military Trail, West Palm Beach Fl. Wednesday November 2, 7:30 pm. Paul Craft will present the program for the November 2nd meeting is entitled “The Wonderful World of Palms”. Paul is well0known to palm enthusiasts in south Florida and beyond. Paul Craft trained as a chemist and was a director 1996 to 2010, president from 2004 to 2008 vice president 2000 to 2004 of the international Palm Society. A resident of Palm Beach County, he was the founding president of the Palm Beach Palm and Cycad Society and also a palm nurseryman. Paul is currently a Horticultural …
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Palm Beach Palm and Cycad Society Picnic
by pdleft- 19 replies
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The Palm Beach Palm and Cycad Society is inviting all palm & cycad enthusists to our annual picnic at Ruth's wonderful botanical homesite in Lantana. The picnic will be September 17. This would be a good time to get together with your fellow palmophiles and catch up on all of the news. We would like to invite all societies and since PACSOF doesn't seem to be planning anything soon, it would be a good time for us all to get together. The garden will open 9-10, lunch(covered dish) will be at 12:00 with our wonderful,amazing, gigantic auction around 1:00. We ask those who attend to bring a covered dish if possible and a donation for the auction, all types of plants …
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Jim Denz Garden (Jim in Los Altos)
by ghar41- 2 replies
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Jim sits in one of the mildest locations in all of Northern California! Don't miss this garden meeting! Bring your camera! Sunday, October 9, 2011 Jim Denz Garden Time: 1:00 PM Location: 1085 Highland Circle Los Altos, CA The Jim Denz Garden, on 1/4 acre property, was started in earnest soon after the "big freeze" of December 1990. Existing Trachycarpus, Washingtonia, and Phoenix palms were barely affected by the low to mid 20s temperatures that lasted a week so, during the following spring season, Jim planted a few queens and king palms (Archontophoenix cunninghamiana) that are very large and fruiting today. Over the years 90 additional species of palm…
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Palm Beach Palm & Cycad Society will be holding it's annual fall sale on October 8 & 9. The sale will be held at the Mounts botanical Garden, located at 559 N. Military Trail, West Palm Beach, Fl. 33415. The hours will be Saturday Oct. 8, 9am to 4pm, Sunday Oct. 9, 9am to 3pm. There will be 100's of species of palms & cycads to choose from. Admission is free!There will also be fertilizers, books, t-shirts ,etc.Also plenty of free advise. This is a great time to see to see the garden for free. For more information call Tom Ramiccio at 561 386 7812 Dale
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South Florida Palm Society - Oct 3rd meeting
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The October meeting of SFPS will be held at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, 10901 Old Cutler Rd, Coral Gables. Monday, Oct. 3, 7:30 pm. Dr. Scott Zona will present the program for the October 3 meeting of the South Florida Palm Society at FTBG. It is entitled An Introduction to Palms (and a Peek into the Future). His presentation will consist of two parts. The first section will illustrate diversity in habitat, habit, leaves, flowers and fruits, and will introduce newcomers to the world of palms. The second will illustrate some of the upcoming changes to palm classification, including exciting new genera and species. Scott is well-known to palm enthusiasts…
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Palm Society of Southern California
by JEFF from Trabuco Canyon CA- 7 replies
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SEPTEMBER MEETING PSSC SATURDAY, SEPT. 17TH, VISTA and OCEANSIDE, CA TWO GARDENS AND A POTLUCK Our September Meeting of the PSSC will be on Saturday, September 17th, in northern San Diego county in the towns of Vista and east Oceanside. We will be visiting two gardens of members of our Society. This will be a potluck meeting, so bring a nice dish to share with others. A Board Meeting will proceed the meeting at the first garden at 9:00 AM. An auction and raffle will end the meeting at the second garden. As there will probably be lots of sun, remember to wear appropriate clothing and bring a hat for sun protection. 10:30 AM: ARRIVE McELMURRY GARDEN We will …
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I hope that everyone is making plans to join us at Ruth Sallenbach's fabulous garden in 2 weeks. The date will be September 17. Here are a few updates. The gate will be open at 8:30. Dale will lead a tour of the garden at 9:30. Lunch will be at 12:00 and the auction will start at 1:00. Bring a potluck dish and any type of plant for the auction. Plan on bringing a chair if you can. All members and non-members are welcome. The address is 6285 South Military Trail. (on the west side of Military Trail between Lantana Rd. and Hypoluxo Rd.) Call if you get lost. 561-722-8106 Come join us for the fun!
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Date: Sunday, September 11th, 2011 Time: TBA Location: 590 Rider Ridge Road, Scott’s Valley, CA. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- We are delighted to have an invitation to revisit one of the most beautiful gardens in the area. As you will remember, Ed and Janet’s large mountain property has wonderful panoramic views, including one of the Pacific Ocean. The garden is diverse, including many spectacular specimen palms, a state of the art vegetable garden, large orchard, protea area and many rare and unusual plants. The garden was not affected by the cold winter weather this year. This will be a potluck, no alcohol, ple…
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Mod Edit: Note that this is a duplicate notice, so I will close this thread instead of deleting it. If you wish to comment, you can do so in the original HERE Our September Meeting of the PSSC will be on Saturday, September 17th, in northern San Diego county in the towns of Vista and east Oceanside. We will be visiting two gardens of members of our Society. This will be a potluck meeting, so bring a nice dish to share with others. A Board Meeting will proceed the meeting at the first garden at 9:00 AM. An auction and raffle will end the meeting at the second garden. As there will probably be lots of sun, remember to wear appropriate clothing and bring a hat for sun pro…
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South Florida Palm Society - August 1, Meeting
by Linda Apriletti- 7 replies
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The South Florida Palm Society will be holding a general membership meeting tonight, Monday evening, August 1, 7:30 pm at Fairchild Tropical Botanical Garden. 10901 Old Cutler Road, Coral Gables. Tonight's meeting (7:30 pm) will feature Murray Corman The Plant Whisperer. He will give a presentation about Montgomery Botanical Center and the Seed Bank. We are trying something new at this meeting, pot-luck refreshments with participation by the members. SFPS will provide beverages. The talk will be followed by an auction of palms. Come early with questions about your palms for the answer desk. 305-667-1651
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The Palm Beach Palm Society will be having its annual "Spring Sale" on April 9 & 10. We will be at a new location. The Mounts Botanical Garden, at 559 N. Military Trail,West Palm Beach 33415. The hours are 9AM to 4PM on Saturday and 9AM to 3PM on Sunday. for Information 561-386-7812.
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