Louisiana Palm and Cycad Society

[Kathryn]

The spring meeting of the Louisiana Palm and Cycad Society will be on Sunday, March 25 at The Plant Gallery, located at 9401 Airline Highway in New Orleans.

The Plant Gallery, which began in 1980 as a single store in the heart of the French Quarter and expanded by adding two large nurseries in the New Orleans Area, is the premier specialty retailer of florals, plants, and home furnishings in the city. More information about The Plant Gallery can be found on their web site at www.ThePlantGallery.com.

The business meeting will begin at 11:00 am followed by a presentation on Cold Hardy Palms for Louisiana by Severn C. Doughty Sr. at 12:00 pm.

Severn received his BS in Plant Sciences from Southeastern University in Hammond and his MS in Extension Education and PhD in Horticulture from LSU in Baton Rouge. Severn was the New Orleans Area Agent in Horticulture from 1975 until 1992. While in this position, he developed the concept and organized the first Spring Garden Show in New Orleans in 1980. Severn is currently the Executive Secretary for the Louisiana Nursery and Landscape Association.

Severn lives in Mansfield, which is about 30 miles south of Shreveport and has 12 genera and 21 species of palms and 4 genera and 6 species of cycads growing in his yard, most of which have been growing since 1994 with temperatures as low as 16ºF.

The Plant Gallery will be providing lunch at 1:00, during which a silent auction of plants donated by society members will be held.

Contact Kathryn Ostadal at LaPalmAndCycad@Cox.net with any questions.

[Kathryn]

Correction on the above times.

Lunch will be at noon and Severn will begin his presentation at 1:00 pm.

Kathryn