On Sunday, August 14, the IPS, in partnership with the Hawaii Island Palm Society (HIPS), hosted a webinar where HIPS President, Rick Kelley, and former HIPS President, Mary Lock, answered your questions about the biennial and visiting Hawaii in general. Along the way, we played video clips from some of the hosts of great places […]
Written by: Mary Lock, HIPS Five decades ago Donn Carlsmith began planting palms from all over the world just up the hill from Onomea Bay on the lush Hamakua coast just north of Hilo, Hawaii. Carlsmith was born in 1929 into the prominent Hilo family for whom beautiful Carlsmith beach is named. An avid plantsman, […]
While welcoming HIPS members to his garden on May 21, 2022, Jeff Marcus described coming to Hawaii knowing little about palms and starting up Floribunda Palms and Exotics over 30 years ago. Jeff acknowledged mentors and growers in both the international and local palm societies for sharing their knowledge of palms and horticulture when he […]
You never know what will spark the fire of inspiration. For Jerry Welch, a chance encounter with a stranger on the street of uncertain character during a random trip to Florida led him to a lifetime passion for palms, culminating in a glorious two-acre collector’s garden on Maui. Ignoring the advice of friends, Jerry took […]
The Andersen Garden – Over Two Decades in Leilani Estates Buying a garden from a well-known global plant hunter is sure to lead to surprising discoveries, and that was definitely the case when Jerry and Cindy Andersen came to own the last garden of Ken Foster. Ken Foster was one of the earliest IPS members, […]
This article is used, with permission, from the Hawaii Island Palm Society Moani-Lundkvist Garden In 2005, Andy Pesce and Bob Carrere bought a six-acre property on Pohoiki Road and over the next 13 years designed and built their home and tropical garden. They remember adding Pinangas and Keriodoxa to their garden after falling in love […]
Love, Beauty, and Struggle in the Palm Family: Three short genetic tales recounted by Dr Sidonie Bellot Dr Sidonie Bellot is a researcher at the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew in London, where she arrived in 2016, barely able to tell a palm from a cycad… except if presented with their DNA! Indeed, it is not […]
While shopping recently in Costco, I notice a set of gray bed sheets whose package sported a palm leaf logo underneath which was the extraordinary statement, “dyes made from saw palmetto.” The same company offered olive green sheets with the claim “dyes made from saw palmetto fruits.” Saw palmetto (Serenoa repens) is a dye plant? […]
PACIFIC ISLAND PALMS with Don R. Hodel Donald Hodel has traveled extensively in the Pacific for over 45 years in his pursuit of palms as a research interest as well as a hobby. He will discuss and illustrate some of his most memorable and favorite palms in habitat on islands from Hawaii in the northeast […]
Silent auction It’s hard to believe that it’s been 65 years since our founder, Dent Smith, distributed the very first Bulletin—what is now known as the Palms Journal. In celebration of this momentous occasion, we are holding a silent auction during the entire month of May for friends of the International Palms Society! Now through […]