cfpacs Central Florida Palm & Cycad Society - Spring 2024 Meeting

[CFPACS]

You're invited to the Central Florida Palm and Cycad Society's Spring 2024 meeting.  Tentative details are provided below:

• Date: Saturday, April 6th, 2024
• Time: 10:00AM - 3:00PM
• Location: The Langley Garden - Lutz, FL (additional information provided via email)
• Please plant to bring:
  • A chair
  • An auction plant
  • A side dish to share
• There will be a board meeting after the garden visit for those who wish to attend.
• Suggestions will be taken for potential sites to visit at future meetings as well.

 

[CFPACS]

A quick reminder that our Spring Meeting is about three weeks away. 

The itinerary is included below:

• Date: Saturday, April 6th, 2024
• Time: 10:00AM - 3:00PM
• Location: The Langley Garden - Lutz, FL
  • If you are a member, expect an email with the address in the next 48 hours.
  • If you are not currently a member, but would like to attend the meeting, please feel free to PM on PalmTalk or email us at cfpacs.membership@gmail.com
• Please plant to bring:
  • A chair
  • An auction plant
  • A side dish to share at lunch
• Background Info:
  • The Central Florida Palm and Cycad society last visited this garden for our Spring 2018 meeting.  The meeting was a few months after the advective freeze in January 2018.  
  • Get a quick recap of the meeting by reading the Spring 2018 issue of The Palmateer at the link below:
    • https://issuu.com/palmateer/docs/palmateer61march2018
• Additional Info:
  • Please RSVP so we have a headcount for lunch.  You can do so via email or PM/post here on PalmTalk.
  • There will be a board meeting after the garden visit for those who wish to attend.
  • Suggestions will be taken for potential sites to visit at future meetings as well.
    • If you will not be in attendance, but have suggestions for gardens to visit or are interested in hosting a meeting, please feel free to send your suggestions via email.

[kinzyjr]

One of my suggestions is going to be McCarty Hall up in Gainesville, FL:

https://www.palmtalk.org/forum/topic/41798-mccarty-hall-palm-garden-at-the-university-of-florida-update-2008-2014-some-before-and-after-pics/

If they continue to improve it, Carrollwood Village Park in Tampa might be worth a visit at some point as well.

A site in Sanford that might be worth a visit is the Central Florida Zoo and Botanical Gardens.  Haven't been there yet myself.

https://www.centralfloridazoo.org/

[CFPACS]

An update for the April 6^th CFPACS meeting from the hosts:

Lutz, Florida is north of Tampa in Pasco County.  It has been about 6 years since  we last met at the Langley Garden.

We have added some new planting beds with more cycads and other tropicals. The garden has over 300 palms and cycads to date and has been established for 35 years. 

We are planning on planting a Zamia variegata that we got from our late friend and longtime editor John Kennedy, in remembrance of him.  What a wonderful  person  he was.  

We are also going to be giving away at least 5 palms and cycads as door prizes.

A general meet and greet, followed by a partial tour of the garden, then lunch and a follow up tour to finish the garden.  Afterwards we will have the auction and general sale as usual. 

We really hope you are able to make it to the meeting.

- Ted and Nancy Langley

[Scott W]

Bummer...I'll be in Portugal.  Hopefully the next one. 🙏 

[D. Morrowii]

I tried to RSVP today but the emails keep getting kicked back. 

[kinzyjr]

5 minutes ago, D. Morrowii said:

I tried to RSVP today but the emails keep getting kicked back. 

I put you on the RSVP List.  We'll troubleshoot the email issue at the meeting.  See you there!

[D. Morrowii]

1 hour ago, kinzyjr said:

I put you on the RSVP List.  We'll troubleshoot the email issue at the meeting.  See you there!

Its been awhile, looking forward to it!

[SubTropicRay]

I haven't seen Ted's place since Palmfest in September 2001.  I'm really looking forward to it.

[kinzyjr]

This will be my first time there since I missed the meeting 6 years ago.  Judging by the number of RSVPs, both familiar faces and new ones, this is going to be a really good meeting.  Can't wait.

[CFPACS]

It was great to see so many people at a very well attended meeting with great food and a wonderful tour.  The sales, raffles, and auction gave everyone ample opportunity to fill out their gardens with palms, cycads, orchids, and bromeliads.   

A special shout out to PalmTalk members @Plantking165 @Satakentian @howfam @SW_FL_Palms @SubTropicRay @cycadjungle @Keith N Tampa (ex SoJax) @chuckg @D. Morrowii @Reeverse @PalmJuan @Phil Stager and @kinzyjr for making the meeting fun, entertaining, and informative.  If we missed you, feel free to chime in.

The Summer meeting is being planned now.  As the details get nailed down, we'll send out an email communication to the membership.

[kinzyjr]

A few photos from the meeting:

Folks on tour:

Plant dedication to John D. Kennedy:

Auction Time:

A few others:

[floridaPalmMan]

Whoa, what is that?

[kinzyjr]

8 minutes ago, floridaPalmMan said:

Whoa, what is that?

Arenga pinnata if I recall correctly.

[D. Morrowii]

Very cool garden and people! Heres a few photos I took. 

[Looking Glass]

Awesome pics.  This is my favorite.  A monster…  

1 hour ago, D. Morrowii said:

Very cool garden and people! Heres a few photos I took. 

This particular Aechmea is a PIA to get to root to trees like that, for me….

1 hour ago, D. Morrowii said:

 

 

[CFPACS]

It has taken a while to get things changed/posted on the website, and that process is still ongoing.  These forums and our Facebook page provide us with avenues to communicate with our members and potential members without intervention from a webmaster or concerns over hosting.  Some of the documents our members look forward to reading have not been posted due to web hosting changes, decisions about what to do with our quarterly publication (The Palmateer), and our general direction forward in regard to our digital presence and member communication. 

Unfortunately, it has been a calendar year of searching for an individual to take the helm of Editor, but our candidate search has proven unsuccessful.  Our current board members are stretched to the max in terms of their responsibilities and obligations.  As such, our quarterly will, in all probability, cease publication in terms of being a dedicated quarterly.  Our best path forward under the circumstances involves continuing to publish information online, with a focus more inline with the age of social media and cloud computing.

As such, our Secretary wrote a recap of this meeting that had not been communicated to members.  You can read the recap and photos in PDF form using this link:

2024 Spring Meeting Recap

A special thank you for all of our members, Facebook followers, and contributors as we move forward.  Look for an opportunity to help preserve our past in the near future.

[Scott W]

4 hours ago, CFPACS said:

It has taken a while to get things changed/posted on the website, and that process is still ongoing.  These forums and our Facebook page provide us with avenues to communicate with our members and potential members without intervention from a webmaster or concerns over hosting.  Some of the documents our members look forward to reading have not been posted due to web hosting changes, decisions about what to do with our quarterly publication (The Palmateer), and our general direction forward in regard to our digital presence and member communication. 

Unfortunately, it has been a calendar year of searching for an individual to take the helm of Editor, but our candidate search has proven unsuccessful.  Our current board members are stretched to the max in terms of their responsibilities and obligations.  As such, our quarterly will, in all probability, cease publication in terms of being a dedicated quarterly.  Our best path forward under the circumstances involves continuing to publish information online, with a focus more inline with the age of social media and cloud computing.

As such, our Secretary wrote a recap of this meeting that had not been communicated to members.  You can read the recap and photos in PDF form using this link:

2024 Spring Meeting Recap

A special thank you for all of our members, Facebook followers, and contributors as we move forward.  Look for an opportunity to help preserve our past in the near future.

Shifting over to a content management system, such as WordPress,  is one solution that can allow multiple contributors without using a webmaster.  If this is something you'd like to discuss further message me or give me a call.  I also have hosting available as I host my own and websites for other businesses and one not for profit.