2010 CFPACS Spring Meeting

When: Saturday, March 27 from 9am - 4pm

Where: Andreas Daehnick's, Kimberly & Justin McSweeny's, Dave Martin's and Jay & Lee Rathbun's Gardens, Vero Beach (garden description & directions below)

Schedule:

• 10:00am - Board Meeting
• 10:30 - 12:00pm - Gardens open for touring
• 12:00 - 1:30pm - Lunch (on your own).
• 1:30pm - 4:00pm -Garden tour, auction and plant sale

Additional Information

Members are asked to consider donating a plant for the auction. The proceeds from the auction allow CFPACS to continue providing a quality quarterly newsletter & grants.

Any new member-vendors must obtain a number from Catherine Johnson, CFPACS treasurer.

As always, please note that no plants can be reserved, moved, bought, etc. prior to the official start of the vendor sale which will be announced by a CFPACS board member. Your cooperation in the above policy is greatly appreciated!

Directions and Garden Descriptions

Andreas Daehnick's & Kimberly and Justin McSweeny's gardens are located at:
2221 Potilla Ave
Vero Beach, FL 32960

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Our day will begin in McAnsh neighborhood just south of the airport where we will visit the gardens of Andreas Daehnick and Justin and Kimberly McSweeny. The gardens are adjacent to one another, two stops in one! Andreas' garden contain 106 species of palm and cycads. The McSweeny's garden has over 90 species of palms and cycads. Both gardens have been in development since the mid 1990's.

Dave Martin's garden is almost within walking distance of the above gardens and is located at:
2860 21st Lane
Vero Beach, FL 32950

From Daehnick's/McSweeny gardens to Dave's garden

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As an added bonus, Dave Martin has invited us to visit his garden that morning. Dave began planting young palms and cycads about 2003. According to Dave, his yard has some instructive examples of poor planning, very few unusual species (a mystery Dypsis might qualify), and some good examples of how rapidly small, cheap palms grow into landscape-sized specimens! Jay and Lee Rathbun's garden is located at:
#695 29th Ave.
Vero Beach, FL 32960

The garden and nursery of Jay and Lee Rathbun is situated on eight acres, the Rathbun's cultivate numerous varieties of plants including a good selection of exotic palms. Lee and his business partner Allan McCarthy have been installing landscapes in Vero for nearly thirty years. They are legends of the local plant scene. They run the Indian River County Rare Fruit Council.