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SPS 10th and 15th Anniversary Meeting Photos in 2002 and 2007
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Southeastern Palm Society meetings are held at
some of the most interesting private and public gardens in the Southeast,
and include the opportunity to meet and exchange experiences with fellow
enthusiasts. Meetings are held in various locations, and we try to hold at
least one per year within driving distance of most of our members. Our
winter meeting typically features an expert speaker and annual plant
auction. And SPS meetings are renowned for their plant sales, when nursery
owners and amateur enthusiasts alike sell and swap hardy palms and unusual
subtropical plants. Non-members are always welcome at SPS
meetings. Members who would like to host and organize a SPS meeting in future are welcome to submit proposals. A form and instructions are mailed each year with the spring issue of Southeastern Palms. |
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SPS Events for 2008 |
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Winter Meeting |
Saturday, February 23, 2008 Bamboo Farm and Coastal Garden, Savannah, Georgia |
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Spring Meeting |
Saturday, April 19, 2008 Just Fruits and Exotics Nursery and other sites, Tallahassee, Florida |
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Summer Meeting |
Saturday, August 2. 2008 Norfolk Botanical Garden, Norfolk, Virginia |
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Fall Meeting |
Saturday, October 11, 2008 The garden of Chuck and Barbara Mooney, Midville, Georgia |
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Southeastern Citrus Exposition |
Saturday, November 15, 2008 Conference Center, University of Georgia, Tifton, Georgia (Sponsored in part by the Southeastern Palm Society) |
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SPS Summer Meeting On Saturday, August 2, 2008, the Southeastern Palm Society will hold its first-ever meeting in Virginia at the Norfolk Botanical Garden in Norfolk. This warm coastal location puts a SPS meeting more easily within reach of our enthusiastic members and guests in the mid-Atlantic states. The NBG contains over 30 theme gardens displayed on 155 acres. The plantings make good use of Zone 7 and 8 material with attractive displays of palms and cycad specimens, shrubs, roses and other flowering plants, water features, a tropical house and garden, native plants, and much more. The meeting begins with our customary plant sale and everyone is invited to bring their treasures to sell and trade. The NBG will also offer for sale 1-gallon Butia capitata, Butia eriospatha, Nannorrhops ritchiana (green and silver forms), Sabal minor var. 'Louisiana', Sabal ‘x texensis’, Trachycarpus fortunei x wagnerianus, Trachycarpus takil and Trachycarpus wagnerianus. How’s that for the makings of a great sale?
Agenda 10:00 am Plant sale in the picnic area inside the garden [note: changed from the parking lot] 11.00 am General meeting at the picnic shelter 12.00 pm Lunch at the Garden Café (onsite, with a selection of sandwiches, wraps, salads, soups) Afternoon Tour the botanical garden at leisure.
NEW INFO ON ADMISSION TO THE GARDEN! The Norfolk Botanical Garden is generously providing free admission to Southeastern Palm Society members and their family and guests. (Family and guests must arrive in the same vehicle with the SPS member.) At the garden's admission desk, mention that you are attending the Southeastern Palm Society meeting and give your name. To receive the free admission, you MUST be a member of SPS for 2008 and on our roster by Monday, July 28, 2008. That is, we must receive your payment via PayPal or mail by that date. So if you've been putting off joining or renewing, the Norfolk Botanical Garden is offering a nice incentive! The NBG opens at 9:00 am. Members coming in for the weekend can meet for dinner on Friday evening at 7:00 pm at the China Garden Buffet at 854 N. Military Highway, Norfolk. The restaurant is located about four miles from the garden.
Directions The Norfolk Botanical Garden is located at 6700 Azalea Garden Road, Norfolk, Virginia 23518. Phone: 757-441-5830. From I-64, take Exit 279, Norview Avenue, toward the airport. Follow Norview Avenue for one mile and turn left onto Azalea Garden Road. The garden entrance is on the right. Visit the Norfolk Botanical Garden online at www.norfolkbotanicalgarden.org.
Board Meeting There will be a SPS board meeting at 8.00 am the day of the meeting at a location yet to be determined.
Austin Brown Memorial Garden
Friends of SPS member Austin Brown, who passed away on October 6, 2007, are installing a garden in his memory in his hometown of North Augusta, South Carolina. The plan is spearheaded by Joann McKie, Glen Daniel, and Larry Watts, and the garden is located on land donated by the city at Georgia Avenue and Clifton Avenue across from the new city hall. SPS member Mary Alice Woodrum is the garden’s designer. The master plan calls for a eleven species of hardy palms and cycads to serve as the evergreen structure of the garden, with color and accents provided by angel trumpets, heliconias, several banana species, clumping bamboo, elephant ears, and agaves. The city is donating sidewalks and an irrigation system, and past SPS president Joe LeVert donated a large Washingtonia palm that was rescued from the construction at Aquinas High School across the river in Augusta, Georgia. Contributions to the garden fund are welcome. Make out checks to The Austin Brown Memorial Garden Fund and mail them to first Citizens Bank, 1289 Knox Avenue, North Augusta, SC 29841. For more information, contact Robbie Bell of North Augusta at apalmforyou@bellsouth.net or 803-221-7227.
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