Past Events

2026

Video Recording:

Aug 3, 2026 General Meeting, International Palm Society 2026 Biennial Meeting Vietnam and Post Trip to Southern Thailand, by Horace Hobbs.

March 7 and 8, 2026. Our Annual Spring Palm Show and Sale at University of Miami, Coral Gables on Saturday March 7 and Sunday March 8. It was a great weekend, as we had nearly 300 species of palms and cycads for sale, plus 3 garden tours.

February 14, 2026, SFPS Spring Garden Tour at Montgomery Botanical Center.

February 2, 2026, General Meeting. Horace Hobbs presented his travels to Peru and and northern Amazon basin as part of an IPS trip.

2025

December 1, 2025 Holiday Party with Tropical Flowering Tree Society, with a holiday feast, raffle, silent auction and live auction. See link.

November 8 and 9, 2025 SFPS Annual Palm Show and Sale, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden.

November 1, 2025 Fall Garden Tour, Dr. Block’s Botanical Garden, Coral Gables, FL.

October 6, 2025 General Meeting: Dr. Patrick Griffith, Executive Director of Montgomery Botanical Center, presented “In Search of the World’s Largest Coconut on the Palmyra Atoll.” See link.

On June 14, 2025, a group of 13 volunteers from South Florida Palm Society, Treemendous and FIU, lead by Steve Pearson, planted 21 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

UM Palm Planting Day, June 14, 2025