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CFPACS Notices and Upcoming Events

CFPACS Fall Meeting, Indialantic/Merritt Island

When: Saturday, September 12
Where: Morning: Scott Ward's garden in Indalantic; Afternoon: Cindy & Steve Rael's in Merritt Island
Don't miss this East Coast double garden tour! More details to follow soon.

CFPAC's 2nd Annual Festival of Palms, FIT Botanical Garden, Melbourne

When: Saturday, October 24
More information to follow.

2009 CFPACS HomeTown Grant Recipient

CFPACS is pleased to announce that Dave Floyd has been awarded the 2009 HomeTown Grant. The site of Dave's project is the DeLaura Middle School in Satellite Beach, home to over 700 students. The school has started a garden club to involve students with the landscape, and is committed to revitalizing and maintaining the new plantings. Work has already begun to clear and prepare areas for the new palms.

One very interesting palm already resides on the campus - a two-headed Sabal palmetto (see photo on the right).
CFPACS is excited about this opportunity to show how palms can really beautify a landscape, especially in a setting that has so much exposure to the local community.

Congratulations, Dave on a well thought out project! We look forward to seeing your vision come to fruition.

It is not too early to begin thinking about the 2010 CFPACS HomeTown Grant. We will begin taking applications for the 2010 grant over the summer - perhaps you should apply!

Other Upcoming Events

Annual Fall Plant Festival at University of South Florida (USF) Botanical Garden, Tampa
When:
Saturday, October 10 10am - 4pm
Sunday, October 11 10am - 3pm
For additional info please visit: USF Garden website Directions to USF Garden.

Recent Events & Interesting Stories

Miami Meeting Recap (April 4)

21 CFPACS members made the trip down to Miami on April 4 to join with about 30 South Florida Palm Society members for a joint meeting at Montgomery Botanical Center and St. Thomas the Apostle Church.

The day began at MBC with members planting a population of Roystonea oleracea grown from seed collected during MBC fieldwork in Trinidad and Tobago in 2007 . After planting the palms, members took a tour of the MBC palm collection led by MBC executive director Dr. Patrick Griffith. The time at MBC concluded with a barbecue prepared by SFPS members.

After lunch, several members continued on to St. Thomas the Apostle Church. The 22-acre church campus has several acres of gardens landscaped with ponds, waterfalls and tropical plants, and populated with rare and exotic birds. Members of both societies enjoyed meeting together for this very full day. (BJ)