SFPS Fall Show and Sale:
We are very excited to announce our Fall Palm Show and Sale at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, scheduled for November 2-3, 2024. A list of the vendors and the plants for sale will be made available about a week before the show and posted on this website.
We were very successful in our last sale, in April 2024. Over 300 species of palms and cycads were offered. Local vendors provided expert advice to our visitors on planting and maintaining their plants. We expect this sale to also be great, with a wide selection of common, uncommon and rare palms and cycads.
Sometimes, a bit of advice from a grower, can really help. Going from pot to ground a bit too early, or making too small a hole, can be terrible choices. But the right plant (perhaps a palm or cycad) in the right location, properly maintained, can be a real focal point to a landscape.
See the 2024 Spring Palm Report link below.
Regularly Scheduled Activities:
There are typically two garden tours each year, one in the spring and the other in the fall for SFPS members. The spring garden tour was on May 11, 2024. A fall tour is scheduled for October 12.
Meetings are held on the first Monday of the even numbered months- Feb, Apr, Jun, Aug and Oct at the Corbin building at Fairchild.
In addition, SFPS resumed its Spring Show and Sale, which this year took place at University of Miami, in the Gifford Arboretum, Coral Gables on April 27 to 28. We were very fortunate to have over 300 species of cycads and palms for sale. Tours were conducted on both days of the sale. A fall show and sale may also take place if a suitable venue can be found.
Also, a holiday pot luck dinner is held each December, with an extensive plant auction following the dinner. SFPS member have an opportunity to outbid others in the auction. It is a great way to celebrate the end of the year, with a new and unusual plant (not necessarily a palm). Other unusual donations are also put up for auction and we are very grateful for these donations.
SFPS is always looking for new ways to increase awareness and knowledge of palms in the landscape, botanical gardens and in the wild. We have supported efforts by the Kiem Foundation, Morningside park palmetum and MetroZoo collection of palms.
If you would like to join the SFPS please visit our Membership page.
https://southfloridapalmsociety.org/join
Any problems or incorrect information on this website, please contact the Webmaster at:
webmaster@southfloridapalmsociety.org
Past Events:
2024 SFPS SHOW & SALE
Common, Uncommon and Extremely Rare Palms and Cycads for sale!
The South Florida Palm Society conducted first Spring Show and Sale in eight years at the Gifford Arboretum at the University of Miami. The Palm Report consolidates all growers’ submissions.
If you would like to join the SFPS please visit our Membership page.
https://southfloridapalmsociety.org/join
