The Society holds irregular meeting, typically the 4th Monday of March, May, September and November. In 2011 meetings are scheduled for March 28, May 30, Sepember 26 and November 28.
The meetings are held in the Cedar Room at VanDusen Garden at 37th Avenue and Oak Street in Vancouver.
John Brimacombe at 604-263-9642 or email President@hardypalm.com
please go to the club's webiste: www.hardypalm.com
Guest speakers at each meeting
May 21, 2011: Plant sale at Phoenix Perennials
Garden tours
Annual Barbeque
See our website for more inforamtion.
We have been around for 29 years. The Pacific Northwest Palm & Exotic Plant Society is based in the Pacific Northwest region of North American and includes British Columbia in Canada as well as the states of Washington and Oregon down to the Oregon/California state line. The coastal strip where most of our club's exotic gardening takes place is almost entirely USDA Zone 8, with a few small pockets of Zone 9. However, a growing number of our membership live in Zones 5-7, with a few members having success even in Zones 3-4.
As the name of our chapter implies, we grown plants other than just palms. The gardens of our members tend to look muchlike what your might find in Southern California.
Our club is administered by an executive board which is made up of an annually elected body of president and regional vice-presidents, as well as appointed board members. Society members are encouraged to participate in club functions such as barbecues, garden tours and plant sales, and to play an active role in guiding the club's future through attendance at meetings and elections.
Members are also encouraged to promote the art and science of exotic gardening in their own gardens and share their experience with others.