Upcoming Activities
April 7: General Meeting at 7:00 pm at Fairchild Garden, Corbin building “A” with our guest speaker, Chip Jones, who will present, “Understanding Peru from a Palm Perspective.”
Chip will lead us through the natural habitat of Peru where many species of palms and other tropical plants thrive.
Meeting is open to the public, and we will have an auction of donated plants immediately after the presentation. Please bring a dish to share and we will provide refreshments.
Chip Jones is the owner of Jones Landscaping and Jones Landscaping Nursery located in Moore Haven, Florida by Lake Okeechobee. When he is not busy with his company, he explores the “hot spots” of the tropics, to observe palms, cycads and other plants in their natural settings. Seeing unique plants in habitat leads Chip to grow unusual specimens and use good plants to make gardens described as “good jungles.”
April 12: Please join us on Saturday, April 12 at 10:00 am for our Spring Garden Tour at Mike Harris’s exquisitely-landscaped 4-acre property in Cooper City. The drive from Miami takes around 30 to 45 minutes on Saturdays. Mike’s collection includes about 600 species of palms! Many other beautiful plants blend in nicely with the palms throughout the rolling grounds. And the dogs are friendly!
The tour is free for SFPS members. Others can participate by paying $15.00 each, which helps cover the cost of lunch. Another option is to join SFPS, using the link below. Please RSVP by April 7. Mike’s home address will be sent to you ahead of the tour date. Please no pets allowed.
To reserve, email us at: sfpsmiami@gmail.com . Please indicate whether you are a member or guest.
— Next general meeting is June 2, 2025. Upcoming meeting dates: Aug 4 and Oct 6. Holiday party in December. In planning stage are a fall garden tour and an awesome palm sale.
Past Events:
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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