General Meeting, Monday August 4 at 7:00 pm, Fairchild Gardens
Our general meeting will feature Dr. Brett Jestrow, Director of Collections at Fairchild Gardens. Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden is an 83-acre botanic garden with extensive collections of rare tropical plants including palms, cycads, flowering trees, and vines. Their collection of palms is one of the largest and most diverse in the world. Dr. Jestrow has the awesome responsibility of overseeing the entire collection.
Images of the Palms of Fairchild
The meeting is potluck, so please bring a dish to share. Also, we plan to have a plant auction following the presentation. All plant donations are appreciated, and they don’t have to be palms! All meetings are open to the public, but only members can participate in the auction.
Upcoming Events
A meeting is also planned on Oct 6 at 7:00 pm at Fairchild, Corbin ‘A’ building. We will be announcing our guest speaker soon. A fall garden tour and an another awesome palm sale are being planned as well, likely in the months of October and November.
Recent Events
On June 14, a group of 13 volunteers from South Florida Palm Society, Treemendous and FIU, lead by Steve Pearson, planted 18 palms at the Palmetum located at campus of the University of Miami in Coral Gables. The palms were donated mainly by Montgomery Botanical Center and Redland Nursery. We are very grateful for the assistance of the volunteers and the palm donations. See link
Past Events:
June 14, 2025, UM Palm Planting Day. See link.
June 7, 2025, General Meeting, Laz Priegues presented his trip to Mauritius, including one of the most beautiful botanical gardens in the world.
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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