2023 2023 Joint Summer Meeting and Tour - 06/03/2023

[CFPACS]

Save the date!  As the logo suggests, this will be a joint meeting, primarily organized by SEPS, CFPACS, and FCPCS.  If there are folks from other areas who would like to attend, please do.  The current itinerary is shown below.  More days, stops, and events may be added as more of the details are still in the works. 

Tentative Itinerary:

• Date: Saturday, June 3rd, 2023
• Start Time: 10:00 AM
• Place: Coastal Georgia Botanical Gardens - 2 Canebrake Rd, Savannah, GA 31419
• Description:
  • Enter the gardens through the main entrance on Canebrake Rd
  • Park in the main parking lot to the right of the Andrews Visitor and Education Center
  • Advise the front desk you are attending the palm society meeting
  • We'll have a short introduction and presentation followed by a tour of the gardens
  • Plant Auction/Sale/Exchange

Potential Add-on Sites:

• Georgia Southern University - Armstrong Campus - 11935 Abercorn St, Savannah, GA 31419
• Private Garden - Brunswick, GA
• ????

For attendees who plan on staying the weekend, it is likely there will be some additional activities/tours on Sunday.

This thread will be updated as details are finalized.

[CFPACS]

See the updated itinerary for the summer meeting below:

Saturday, June 3rd, 2023:

• Site 1: Coastal Georgia Botanical Gardens
  • Address: 2 Canebrake Rd, Savannah, GA 31419
  • Times: 10:00 AM - 12:00 Noon
  • Description:
    • Enter the gardens through the main entrance on Canebrake Rd
    • Park in the main parking lot to the right of the Andrews Visitor and Education Center
    • Advise the front desk you are attending the palm society meeting
    • We'll have a short introduction and presentation, followed by a garden tour
    • Plant sale/auction/exchange
    • Break for lunch
• Lunch:
  • For the folks not attending the additional portions of the tour, they can get a head start home.  
  • For those who are staying, use the long break to take auction/sale/exchange plants back to the hotel.  
  • Eat and then head to the second site.

• Site 2: Georgia Southern University - Armstrong Campus
  • Address: 11935 Abercorn St, Savannah, GA 31419
  • Times: 2:30 PM - 4:30 PM
  • Description:
    • Tour the garden.
    • Adjourn for the day.

Sunday, June 4th, 2023:

• Private Garden Tour:
  • Address: Full address and contact info given at the meeting or via RSVP to PM/email
  • Times:  1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
  • Description:
    • Tour a personal garden in Brunswick, GA
    • Adjourn.

[CFPACS]

We are pleased to announce that the Central Florida Palm and Cycad Society will be providing a hot lunch (Olive Garden) for the attendees.  If you plan on attending, please RSVP to the email or let us know on PalmTalk via post or PM so we can get a count.

8 days and counting.  Look forward to seeing you there!

[kinzyjr]

For those in the southern clay areas that like pinnate palms, I'm hoping to bring a few Jubaea chilensis seedlings to the meeting.

[kinzyjr]

A few photos from the tour:

Part I - Coastal Georgia Botanical Gardens at the Historic Bamboo Farm

An introduction and then on our way.

The lighthouse near some of the hybrids

The Sabal Garden

Various Hybrids

Chamaerops humilis

Chamaedorea microspadix hiding out

Silver Serenoa repens

Podocarpus works here too

A few Phoenix that took some damage from Christmas 2022

Trachycarpus fortunei

[kinzyjr]

Part II - Georgia Southern University

Chamaerops humilis

Sabal palmetto

Butia odorata

Zamia pumila

Ensente maurelii

Bird of paradise coming back

Camellia azalea

Large Pines

A cycad in the distance

Photos of the crew exploring the campus

Tiki Hut, Gazebo x 2, and the Amphitheater

 

[kinzyjr]

Part III - Private Garden in Brunswick, GA - Post I

This was a very well maintained landscape that included an incredible variety of plants.  The first post will go through some of the overall photos of the front, sides, and back of the property.

The front:

Up the right side:

Circling to the left side:

Similar to most houses here, the back was incredible:

[kinzyjr]

Part III - Private Garden in Brunswick, GA - Post II

It was impossible to grab photos of every single plant in any feasible amount of time, so here are a few that were easy to get.  Most of these are labeled from memory, so there may be a few mistakes:

Dypsis decipiens

Washingtonia robusta

Allagoptera arenaria

Bird of Paradise recovering

Citrus

Livistona saribus (I think)

Arenga engleri

Chamaedorea microspadix

Sabal palmetto

Flowering Aloe

Rhapis humilis

Bismarckia nobilis

Silver Serenoa repens

Hybrids

Sabal maritima

Butia odorata

Philodendron

[kinzyjr]

BONUS:

Brunswick Historic Courthouse - with very large CIDP in front

A recovering Ravenea rivularis (Majesty Palm) in Savannah.  Approximate low was 19F:

[CFPACS]

The Fall Meeting is tentatively slated for the Sarasota area in October.  Look for a thread with the exact dates, times, and location shortly.  Look for additional photos of the meeting and other news on our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/p/Central-Florida-Palm-Cycad-Society-100064719099155/