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The Brisbane Palm & Cycad Society comprises members living all around metro Brisbane, the Sunshine Coast, the Gold Coast and northern New South Wales.
In 2010 meeting dates are Tuesday evenings Feb 2, March 23, May 25, July 27, Sept 28 and Nov 23. Meetings are held at 7:30pm in the auditorium at the Mt. Coot-tha Botanic Gardens, in the Brisbane suburb of Toowong, about 4 km west of the city via Milton Road. (Ample free parking)
Members and guests are welcome to attend. At our meetings we usually have a guest speaker give a presentation on some aspect of cultivation, conservation or palms and cycads in the wild. Among our topics last year we heard Dr. Paul Forster present the magnificent Cycads of the Cape York peninsula; Philip Arrowsmith gave a slide show of palms in the wild on Mauritius and Reunion; and learned some valuable tips on container and garden cultivation from veteran nurseryman Will Kraa.
This year we will be having a swap/sales table - where members can bring in their surplus plants and seeds to sell or exchange with other members on the night. The society will also be occasionally purchasing seed of especially rare species which will be given away at meetings.
Each meeting concludes with our popular $1 plant raffle where you can win rare palms and cycads especially purchased as well as plants donated by members. Meetings run for approximately 2 hours and are a great place to share information and socialize with others who are fascinated by palms and cycads.
Field Trips are organized for February, April, June, August, October and December. Outings could be a visit to a national park to view palms or cycads in habitat; a tour of some of Queensland's best private gardens; or a trip to specialist nurseries where palms, cycads and other tropical plants can be purchased. Our destinations are not confined to Brisbane, we travel to locations all over South East Queensland and northern NSW.
Once a year some of our members organise a major field trip over a long weekend to places further a field in North Queensland or the Northern Territory. These trips are growing in popularity.
Members receive the monthly newsletter which is four A4 colour pages covering past and upcoming events. A year's membership is just $15. Join today (see PACSOA home page for subscription info).
In March 2008 David and Dorothy Dowd took posession of the
nursery and have
reopened for business, with a superb collection of Cordylines,
Palms and
Cycads. The garden has been tidied up and expanded and is now
ready for
Open Garden days. Meet at 10:30 am for a guided tour of the
gardens
followed by a visit to the sales area.
Address: 311 Petrie Creek Rd, Rosemount QLD (Sunshine Coast, approx 5km east of Nambour)
September meeting - TBA
Coming Events 2010
Sunday August 29 10:30am
Visit to PALM FASCINATIONS Garden and Nursery.
Tuesday September 28 7:30pm
PLEASE NOTE: CHANGE OF VENUE for BPACS meetings.
Due to unacceptable new
conditions imposed by BCC we will no longer be meeting at Mt.
Cooth-tha, and
a new meeting hall is being arranged. Watch this space or
your newsletter
for updates.
Executive President: Mark Wuschke Secretary/Treasurer: Carmen Forster Editor: Mark Wuschke
Address
Email:
cocos2001au@yahoo.com.au Postal: P. O. Box 376,
Ashgrove,
Qld 4060 Facebook: Brisbane Palm and Cycad Society
