Current SFPS Project
University of Miami Palmetum
The Palmetum at the University of Miami has an extensive collection of palms from around the world. SFPS assistance to UM began in 2025 with adding plant tags and planting 21 new palms. Our work will continue in 2026.
Past Community Service Projects:
Morningside Park Palmetum
Morningside Park has featured this Palmetum since it opened in 1953. SFPS members engage in planting, irrigating, fertilizing, weeding, mulching and general maintenance of the palmetum, at no cost to the City. Rare palms were donated by Fairchild Tropical Botanical Garden, Montgomery Botanical Center, various commercial nurseries operated by SFPS members, and individual donations. The SFPS has also donated the identification signs for each palm, and gives educational tours of the Palmetum. For more details, See link.
Historic Virginia Key Park
Historic Virginia Key Beach is not just a beautiful subtropical island and significant flyway for many bird species; it also has played a major role in the social history of Miami-Dade County since 1945.
The Board of Directors of the South Florida Palm Society voted to donate $3,320 to TREEmendous Miami for the acquisition and planting of the Sabal palms, and the results are very gratifying. For details, See link.
In July 2017, SFPS funded moving 4 very large Coccothrinax palms from a private residence in Miami Beach to the Kiem Foundation. The palms would have been cut down, if SFPS had not stepped in to help. For more details, See link.