Event - Chip Jones Q & A and free entrance & tour of the Ann Norton palms & PBPCS volunteer fertilization of collection.
Location: Ann Norton Historical Palmetum & Sculpture Gardens
Address: 253 Barcelona Road, West Palm Beach 33401
When: Saturday August 10 at 10 am
Parking: Park behind the garden by turning east on Flamingo Drive off of South Olive Avenue.
Bring: Your palm & cycad questions for Chip. (No potluck)
August Bonus Ramble
Event - Tour of Larry Dietrich's private garden & nursery, now maintained by Catherine "Cat" Estes. Rare palms & tropical plants will be for sale.
Address: 2874 162nd Drive North, Loxahatchee 33470
When: Sunday August 18 at 10 am
Bring: Cash or check for plants purchases. (No potluck)
September Ramble
Event: Guided Tour of Paradise Palms Botanical & Sculpture Gardens, Mark Ford's beautiful 10 acre palmetum designed by Paul Craft. Potluck to follow.
When: September 7 at 10 am
Address: 15792 Half Mile Road, Delray Beach 33446
Bring: Potluck dish of your choice to share.
Fall Picnic & Auction
Host: Adam Pollack's White Fences Equestrian Center
When: Saturday October 19th at 10am
Location: 3978 Hanover Circle, Loxahatchee 33470
Navigation: Use Seminole Pratt Rd to Sycamore Drive West, NOT the Lion Country Drive entrance.
Bring: A potluck dish to share, plant donation of any kind for the auction. Bring your friends!
November Ramble
Take advantage of this rare opportunity to visit and take a biologist guided tour of the Montgomery palms & cycads. This year's tour will focus on the cycad collection. Located on 120 historic acres, this is a scientific, educational and conservation collection of over 400 palm and 200 cycad species. As a scientific research facility, the garden is not generally open to the public. Potluck lunch in the education facility to follow the tour.
Location: Montgomery Botanical Center
11901 Old Cutler Rd, Coral Gables 33156
When: Saturday November 9th at 9am
Bring: Potluck dish to share
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2024 Special Events and Plant Sales:
Palm Beach Palm & Cycad Society
Annual Fall
Palm & Cycad Sale
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
When:
Saturday, October 12, 2024 - 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM,
Where:
Mounts Botanical Garden
531 N. Military Trail
West Palm Beach, FL 33415
Sale:
Hundred species of Palms & Cycads in all shapes and sizes, a limited
supply of a top-rated fertilizer, palm and cycad reference books, Palm
Beach Palm & Cycad Society t-shirts and hats available for purchase.
AND FREE KNOWLEDGEABLE ADVICE
ADMISSION: Mounts and Palm Beach Palm & Cycad Society Members are FREE Non-members $15
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