Upcoming Activities
URGENT On June 14 at 9:00 am, we need volunteers to help us plant donated palms at University of Miami to help expand their collection. A light lunch will follow the planting. Send an email to palms@southfloridapalmsociey.org and we’ll send you more information. You may call David Lord at 786 769-2833 for more details. Even if you can only volunteer for one hour, your help is really appreciated.
Upcoming meeting dates:
Aug 4 and Oct 6 at 7:00 pm at Fairchild, Corbin ‘A’ building. Holiday party in December. A fall garden tour and an another awesome palm sale. are being planned as well.
The meeting will be potluck. We will have an auction following the presentation, and all plant donations are welcomed. The donated plants do not have to be palms.
Tropical Flowering Tree Society – Royal Poinciana Fiesta (June 7 to 15)
While this is not a SFPS activity, we certainly have a lot in common including a love for plants and many members who belong to both Societies. For this reason, we are this link below to their Fiesta:
Past Events:
April 12, 2025, Spring Garden Tour, Mike Harris incredible backyard landscape in Cooper City.
April 7, 2025, General Meeting, Understanding Peru from a Palm Perspective, by Chip Jones, Jones Landscaping. See Posting.
March 8-9, 2025 Spring Palm Sale, University of MIami Gifford Arboretum, See posting.
Feb 3, 2025, General Meeting, MBC Palm Expedition to Acre, Brazil by Dr. Joanna Tucker LIma, Living Collections Manager and Botanist, Montgomery Botanical Center. See posting.
Regular SFPS Activities
There are typically two garden tours each year, one in the spring and the other in the fall for SFPS members. In 2024, the spring garden tour was on May 11, 2024 and fall tour was on October 12.
Meetings are held on the first Monday of the even-numbered months- February, April, June, August and October in the Corbin building at Fairchild Gardens. Meetings are open to non-members.
The December meeting is the Holiday Party and annual auction. It is open to members only. SFPS member have an opportunity to outbid each other and compete for a prized palm (not necessarily a palm).
You may join the Society by clicking on the link below.
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. We have plans to help expand the palm collection at University of Miami,
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