Palms for the Coffs Harbour botanical gardens

[happypalms]

Well it’s official the Coffs Harbour botanical garden conservation project is underway. With a donation of palms from Colin Wilson and Lyn Crehan. They have been more than generous in donating their time for the project with some amazing palms to start planting out in the gardens. I still have to go through them and find out exactly what I have got to plant. I look forward to the project getting underway for future generations to have such great rare beautiful plants. Iam the garden’s curator will be more than pleased  with what’s available in palms for the garden. I would like to personally thank Colin and Lyn for giving me this opportunity to be part of such a great project, along with pacsoa and the wonderful people behind such a great organisation. I will post a list of what palms  I have for now they can rest up with a good watering after such a long journey.

[peachy]

I saw some of the plants you scored for Coff's Harbour and will confess that larcenous thoughts briefly flittered through my silly little heard..

Peachy

 

[Harry’s Palms]

Good on you guys donating and planting for others to enjoy down the road . When I visit botanical gardens , I think about the dedicated folks who acquired and planted the various plants . The people who maintain them as well. Harry

[Tyrone]

That would be a great project to be part of. How big is the botanic garden site?

[gyuseppe]

Richard, did you also buy some species of chamaedorea?

[happypalms]

22 hours ago, peachy said:

I saw some of the plants you scored for Coff's Harbour and will confess that larcenous thoughts briefly flittered through my silly little heard..

Peachy

 

Yes a few where donated by Colin and Lyn, I have already donated a few to the gardens and will continue to do so. After I plant this batch of palms I will slowly add to the collection from my own plants. I think you might have a job as chief hose operator, we need someone to water them in after all. 
Richard 

[happypalms]

22 hours ago, Harry’s Palms said:

Good on you guys donating and planting for others to enjoy down the road . When I visit botanical gardens , I think about the dedicated folks who acquired and planted the various plants . The people who maintain them as well. Harry

It’s going to so much fun having another place to plant palms, while it will never be my garden it will give me great joy visiting them knowing the background behind certain palms. Colin and Lyn have donated some fantastic palms. And another batch of palms is being delivered tomorrow to the gardens I have not even seen those ones yet.

Richard 

[happypalms]

11 hours ago, Tyrone said:

That would be a great project to be part of. How big is the botanic garden site?

Not sure the exact size of the gardens, but let’s say a lot of Bismarck and Tahinas would fit in there along with a lot of understory palms that’s for sure. A bit of work for the poor old brain to work but iam confident in mapping it out in the brain department. Knowing what certain palms require and where to plant is not exactly guess work. Some thinking requirements will be needed. 

[happypalms]

5 hours ago, gyuseppe said:

Richard, did you also buy some species of chamaedorea?

Yes I did Cham nubians and a nice genoformis I had to but them.

[gyuseppe]

chamaedorea nubium are they big or small?

[happypalms]

12 minutes ago, gyuseppe said:

chamaedorea nubium are they big or small?

A nice small clumping Palm perfect for the understory. And perfect for my garden.

[happypalms]

The list of donated palms for the gardens in Coffs Harbour. Kindly donated by Lyn Crehan and Colin Wilson. 

[peachy]

Damn ! I hate Coff's Harbour but it looks like I will have to go there and dig up the Licuala mapu. 

Peachy

[happypalms]

21 hours ago, peachy said:

Damn ! I hate Coff's Harbour but it looks like I will have to go there and dig up the Licuala mapu. 

Peachy

At the moment it’s in my little cultivation hands. And iam entrusted to do as the palm gods have asked me to do. Plant it in the gardens it shall be. And we all know if you upset the palm gods what happens…..

Richard 

[peachy]

22 hours ago, happypalms said:

At the moment it’s in my little cultivation hands. And iam entrusted to do as the palm gods have asked me to do. Plant it in the gardens it shall be. And we all know if you upset the palm gods what happens…..

Richard 

We all get killed by Cyclone Andrew tomorrow ?

 

[peachy]

On 3/2/2025 at 8:58 PM, happypalms said:

Yes a few where donated by Colin and Lyn, I have already donated a few to the gardens and will continue to do so. After I plant this batch of palms I will slowly add to the collection from my own plants. I think you might have a job as chief hose operator, we need someone to water them in after all. 
Richard 

Too far for me to go, specially to a place I can't stand.

 

[happypalms]

40 minutes ago, peachy said:

Too far for me to go, specially to a place I can't stand.

 

Yer I don’t like Coffs lived there all my life, best move I ever made was  to halfway creek far enough away from Coffs. You could be in luck if the cyclone gets me remember my entire collection goes to you, hope you got room for all the rare collectors palms your going to need it, you can leave all the clumping palms behind if you like and send them to @tim_brissy_13 he has lots of room for them.