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Past Southeastern Palm Society Meetings
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Who & What |
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1992 |
FALL Atlanta, Georgia |
A handful of enthusiasts meet at the Atlanta Botanical Garden and set the Southeastern Palm and Exotic Plant Society in motion. Its journal is called Rhapidophyllum, after the Southeastern native needle palm—the world's most cold-hardy palm.
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1993 |
WINTER Anniston, Alabama
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Host: Hayes Jackson. |
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SPRING
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No meeting. |
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SUMMER Augusta, Georgia
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Host: Joe LeVert. |
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FALL Dry Branch, Georgia
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Host: Mike Kirk. |
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| 1994 |
WINTER Savannah, Georgia
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Bamboo Farm and Coastal Gardens, professor and nurseryman Dr Kyle Brown, speaker |
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SPRING Madison, Georgia
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Hosts: George & Judy Phillips, at their home on Lake Oconee. |
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SUMMER Atlanta, Georgia
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Host: Will Roberds and the Atlanta Botanical Garden, with a garden tour by curator Ron Determann. |
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FALL Charleston, South Carolina
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Hosts: Alan Bills & Michael Keating, a tour of the gardens of the College of Charleston and of Dr George Del Porto. |
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| 1995 |
WINTER
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No meeting. |
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SPRING Glen St Mary, Florida
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Host: Dr Kyle Brown. |
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SUMMER Atlanta, Georgia
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Atlanta Botanical Garden, Joe LeVert, speaker. |
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FALL Thomson & Siloam, Georgia
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Hosts: Chuck & Barbara Mooney and Tom & Kay McClendon. |
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| 1996 |
WINTER Anniston, Alabama
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Hosts: Hayes Jackson and Gene Cooper. |
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SPRING Murrells Inlet, South Carolina
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Brookgreen Gardens. |
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SUMMER Raleigh, North Carolina
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Hosts: Tony & Michelle Avent of Plants Delight Nursery, with visits to Jaycee Park, the tropical aroid collection of Alan Galloway and Stan Barone, and a tour of the NCSU Arboretum by its late director, Dr JC Raulston. |
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FALL Tyrone, Georgia
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Host: Bill Huie, Joe LeVert, speaker. |
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| 1997 |
WINTER Atlanta, Georgia
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Atlanta Botanical Garden, Landon Lockett, Texas palm expert, speaker. |
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SPRING Gainesville & Glen St Mary, Florida
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Kanapana Botanical Garden, a joint meeting with the Florida First Coast chapter of the International Palm Society, visits to the Gainesville Tree Farm, Dr Kyle Brown's garden and nursery, and a boat trip into the Okeefenokee Swamp. |
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SUMMER Augusta, Georgia & Aiken, South Carolina
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Hosts: Joe LeVert and Bob McCartney of Woodlanders, visits to Joe LeVert's garden, Aquinas High School, Woodlanders Nursery and Rose Hill College. |
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FALL Savannah, Georgia
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Bamboo Farm and Coastal Gardens, Russell Adams of Gainesville Tree Farm, speaker. |
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| 1998 |
WINTER Atlanta, Georgia
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Atlanta Botanical Garden, Dr Scott Zona of Fairchild Tropical Garden, speaker. |
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SPRING Savannah, Georgia
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Bamboo Farm and Coastal Gardens, palm planting party for 16 species of palms, palm tour of Savannah. |
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SUMMER Columbia, South Carolina
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Riverbanks Zoo and Botanical Garden, with a tour by curators Melodie Scott-Leach, Jenks Farmer and staff, visits to the gardens of Alan Shoemaker, Jack Gary and Alfred Burnside. |
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FALL Charleston, South Carolina
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Hosts: Alan Bills & Michael Keating, Charleston palm tour, visit to the garden of Dr George DelPorto. (This meeting was originally planned for Mobile, Alabama, but Hurricane Georges intervened.) |
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| 1999 |
WINTER Savannah, Georgia
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Bamboo Farm and Coastal Gardens, Ted Stephens of Nurseries Caroliniana, speaker. |
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SPRING Tallahassee, Florida
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Host: Steve Gavigan, visits to Goodwood Plantation and local nurseries. |
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SUMMER Rock Hill, South Carolina
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Hosts: Jeffrey & Tamar Myers, visits to Glencairn Garden, the garden of Jim Buddin, and Pix Theater. |
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FALL Anniston, Alabama
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Host: Hayes Jackson, visits the garden of Davy Hill and to the Anniston Museum of Natural History gardens with a tour by Dan Spaulding. |
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| 2000 |
WINTER Atlanta, Georgia
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Atlanta Botanical Gardens, Gerry McKiness of Gerry's Jungle, speaker. |
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SPRING Savannah, Georgia
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Bamboo Farm and Coastal Gardens, palm planting party for five large Sabal palmetto, three large Washingtonia filifera and eight other palm species. |
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SUMMER Raleigh, North Carolina
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Hosts: Tony & Michelle Avent of Plant Delights Nursery, visits to Pullen Park, Jaycee Park, the gardens of Randy Salter and of Alan Galloway and Stan Barone. |
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FALL Athens & Apison, Tennessee
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Host: Will Taylor, Ken Willeford, speaker, visit to the garden of Jeff Stevens. |
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| 2001 |
WINTER Savannah, Georgia
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Bamboo Farm and Coastal Gardens, Joe LeVert and Tom McClendon, speakers. |
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SPRING Madison, Georgia
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Hosts: George and Judy Phillips. |
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SUMMER Orlando, Florida
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Leu Botanical Gardens, with a tour by Eric Schmidt, palm curator, visit to Bobbick's Nursery. |
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FALL Keysville & Midville (Burke County), Georgia
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Hosts: Don & Belinda Coleman and Chuck & Barbara Mooney, with a boat trip on the Ogeechee River to see native needle palms. |
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| 2002 |
WINTER Savannah, Georgia
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Bamboo Farm and Coastal Gardens, Dr Kyle Brown, speaker |
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SPRING Marietta, South Carolina
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Hosts: Mike & Keena Turner. |
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SUMMER New Bern, North Carolina
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Hosts: Gary & Missy Hollar of Gary's Nursery. |
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FALL Stockbridge, Georgia
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Host: Mr Bill Manley, Georgia's hardy palm pioneer. |
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| 2003 |
WINTER Savannah, Georgia
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Bamboo Farm and Coastal Gardens, Dr David Francko, author of Palms Won't Grow Here and Other Myths, speaker. |
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SPRING Columbia, South Carolina
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Riverbanks Zoo and Botanical Gardens, tour by Andy Cabe and Ethan Kauffman. |
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SUMMER Belmont, North Carolina
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Daniel Stowe Botanical Gardens, tour by Doug Rurhen. |
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FALL Birmingham, Alabama
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Birmingham Botanical Garden, tour by Fred Spicer, visit to the garden of Richard Bray. |
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SOUTHEASTERN CITRUS EXPOSITION Columbia, South Carolina (Sponsored in part by the Southeastern Palm Society)
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Riverbanks Zoo and Botanical Garden, with speakers Tom McClendon, Joe LeVert, Bob McCartney, Mike Barwald. |
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| 2004 |
WINTER Savannah, Georgia
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Bamboo Farm and Coastal Gardens, Carl Schoenfeld of YuccaDo Nursery, speaker. |
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SPRING Augusta, Georgia
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Aquinas High School and the garden of Joe LeVert. |
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SUMMER Jacksonville, Florida
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Joint meeting with the Florida First Coast Chapter at the Jacksonville Zoo and the Palm and Cycad Arboretum at the Florida Community College Jacksonville. |
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FALL Mt Pleasant, Charleston & Hanahan, South Carolina
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The gardens of Tamar and Jeffrey Myers, Dr George Del Porto, and Brian and Rebecca Mielke. |
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SOUTHEASTERN CITRUS EXPOSITION Columbia, South Carolina (Sponsored in part by the Southeastern Palm Society)
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Riverbanks Zoo and Botanical Garden with speakers Dr Chris Inhulsen, Ned Rahn and John Neighbors. |
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| 2005 |
WINTER Athens, Georgia
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State Botanical Garden of Georgia, Paul Craft, president of the International Palm Society, speaker. | |
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SPRING Anniston, Alabama
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The Anniston Museum of Natural History and the garden of Hayes Jackson. | ||
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SUMMER Orlando, Florida
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Henry P. Leu Gardens, with tour by Eric Schmidt, botanical records specialist; and the garden of Dave Witt, former president of the Central Florida Palm and Cycad Society. | ||
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FALL Savannah, Georgia
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Bamboo Farm and Coastal Gardens, with a historical review of the palm plantings by Tom McClendon. | ||
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SOUTHEASTERN CITRUS EXPOSITION Moncks Corner, South Carolina (Sponsored in part by the Southeastern Palm Society)
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Cypress Gardens, with speakers Mike Barwald, Dr Wayne Hanna, Ned Rahn. | ||
| 2006 |
WINTER Atlanta, Georgia
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Atlanta Botanical Garden, Hayes Jackson, speaker, tour by Ron Determann. | |
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SPRING Savannah, Georgia
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Bamboo Farm and Coastal Garden, palm and citrus planting party. | ||
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SUMMER Chattanooga and Athens, Tennessee
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The business garden and home garden of David and Trish Cox (Chattanooga and Hixson), the Bonny Oaks Arboretum (Chattanooga), and the garden of Will Taylor (Athens). | ||
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FALL Bald Head Island, North Carolina
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Golf-cart tour of Bald Head Island, maritime forest and home of the northern-most native Sabal palmetto. | ||
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SOUTHEASTERN CITRUS EXPOSITION Virginia Beach, Virginia (Sponsored in part by the Southeastern Palm Society)
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Virginia Marine Science Museum, the garden of Dr Robert Motyca, and Ralph and Kathy Denton's Pungo Palms Nursery, with speakers Bob Koch, Stan McKenzie and Ned Rahn. | ||
| 2007 |
WINTER St Marys and Cumberland Island, Georgia
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The garden of Tom & Kay McClendon in St. Marys, Georgia, and Cumberland Island National Seashore, Georgia. | |
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SPRING Beaufort and Port Royal, South Carolina
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Plant sale at Technical College of the Lowcountry, the private gardens of Dave and Barb Farrior, Rick and Mary Wightman, and Frances and Milton Parker, Linda and Fred Peters garden and animal menagerie of Bobcats and bees, Ned and Faye Rahn's Plant Connections Nursery, and Hunting Island State Park.
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SUMMER Raleigh, North Carolina
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Plant Delights, Pullen Park and Jaycee Park, and the gardens of the North Carolina State Fairgrounds. LINK TO THE 15th ANNIVERSARY PHOTO
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FALL Anniston and Oxford, Alabama
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The gardens of the Anniston Museum of Natural History and the Berman Museum, and of Hayes Jackson, Anniston, Alabama, and Connie Mack and Linda Dobbs, Oxford, Alabama. | ||
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SOUTHEASTERN CITRUS EXPOSITION Aiken, South Carolina (Sponsored in part by the Southeastern Palm Society) |
Hosted by Bob McCartney of Woodlanders Nursery
at the University of South Carolina Aiken, Rose Hill Estate, Hopelands
Gardens, Woodlanders Nursery, with speakers Richard Croxton and Carl
Heatwole, and Q&A panel consisting of Joe LeVert, Tom McClendon, Keith
Endres, Bob McCartney and Stan McKenzie.
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