ABOUT

The South Florida Palm Society (SFPS) is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to disseminate information about and encourage interest in palms. The South Florida Palm Society uses its funds to help support local botanical gardens, individual scientific research expeditions or projects, conservation, planting projects and educational efforts. The horticultural society was reincorporated in 1982, but dates back to 1955.

General Meetings:

We invite you to attend our society meetings held throughout the year, as well as our seasonal field trips to interesting palm gardens and habitats. The meetings are free and open to the public.

Our regular meetings are held in Room A of the Corbin Educational Building at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, 10901 Old Cutler Road, Coral Gables, FL 33156 at 7:00 pm on the first Monday of every even-numbered month. (February, April, June, August and October). The meetings include a guest speaker and an auction of donated plants, which are not exclusively palms or cycads.

Information about our meetings and other events can also be received free of charge. To be added to our email list please fill out this form. To join the SFPS click here.

Other Activities:

We have a spring and fall garden tours. Members can participate without charge. Non-members must pay $15.00 to participate. Prior garden tours have included nurseries, public gardens and private homes.

We generally hold a spring and fall palm sale. We allow only palms and cycads to be sold. The sales offer a very diverse selection of species, and it is probably the largest sale of palms and cycads in South Florida. The last two sales have been at University of Miami (Spring sale) and Fairchild Garden (Fall sale).

The year ends with a post luck Holiday party, followed by an auction of donated palms. In past years, the Tropical Flowering Tree Society has joined us in our Holiday party.

We have special projects, to further increase awareness of palms in public spaces. In 2025, a group of volunteers planted 21 palms at the University of Miami in their Palmetum. Volunteers also added new plant tags to the palms. Other special projects are listed under Projects.

Privacy:

The SFPS cares about the information you provide us, and we respect and protect your online privacy. Absolutely no personal information is ever collected or maintained on this website. Separate from this website, the SFPS Secretary maintains an email mailing list for communicating with our members. This information is not shared with any third parties.