Images from recent meetings.
Upcoming Events:
Feb. 4-5: 21st Gardenfest, Riverside Park, Vero Beach, sponsored by Garden Club of Indian River County. Tropiflora says it will be there. https://www.gardenclubofirc.org/
Feb. 11-12: Winter 2023 Plant-A-Palooza, Mounts Botanical Garden, West Palm Beach
https://www.mounts.org/series/winter-2023-plant-a-palooza/
Feb. 25-26: Orchid and Plant Festival, The Sawgrass Nature & Wildlife Hospital, Sunrise
March 4-5: Exotic Plant Festival and Bonsai Show, Flamingo Gardens, Davie
March 11-12: Orchids in Bloom, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Miami
April 1-2: International Orchid & Garden Festival, Bonnet House, Fort Lauderdale
April 8-9: 41st International Orchid & Bromeliad Show, Flamingo Gardens, Davie
April 29-30: Spring 2023 Plant-A-Palooza, Mounts Botanical Garden, West Palm Beach
April 30: Early registration discount deadline for 2023 Florida Council of Bromeliad Societies Extravaganza, July 28-29, West Palm Beach Marriott. Plant sale, banquet, rare plant auction, optional garden tour. Speakers include renown hybridizer Chester Skotak (billed as his last appearance), David Shiigi of Hawaii and Eloise Beach of Apopka. https://www.fcbsextravaganza.org/
May 19-21: Redland International Orchid Festival, Fruit & Spice Park, Homestead
Past Events:
Nov. 21st. 6:30 PM- FALL AUCTION! Join us at Jim Ward Community Center located at 301 NW 46th Ave. in Plantation, FL 33317 for our annual fall auction to get your chance at some amazing bromeliads!
Dec. 19th. 6:30 PM- Holiday Party- Members Only please
Oct. 17th. 6:30 PM- Monthly general meeting at Jim Ward Community Center located at 301 NW 46th Ave. in Plantation, FL 33317. Our guest speaker this month is Alex Bello
Sept. 19th. 6:30 PM- Return to monthly meetings. Join us at Jim Ward Community Center located at 301 NW 46th Ave. in Plantation, FL 33317. Our guest speaker this month is Dr. Terri Bert
Jun-Aug 2022- Summer Break. We take 3 months off from our monthly meetings during the summer months so that members can travel and vacation with friends and families without missing a key guest speaker. We do however, use these months to schedule group tours of local nurseries and botanical gardens so check in often to get the information should you want to join us!
May 16th, 6:30 PM - SPRING AUCTION! Come join us at Jim Ward Community Center at 301 NW 46th Ave. in Plantation, FL 33317 for our annual spring auction where you'll see some of the best plants grown by our members.
Feb. 24th, 6:30 PM- BSBC Monthly Meeting at Jim Ward Community Center
Nov. 15th 2021... Our Annual Fall Auction takes place at Jim Ward Community Center located at 301 NW 46th Ave. Plantation, FL 3317. Come join us and bid on spectacular bromeliads, driftwood creations, artwork, books, and much more! Doors open at 6:30 with bidding starting at 7:00 PM. Payments can be cash, check, or credit card.
Oct. 18th 2021... Monthly meeting at Jim Ward Community Center located at 301 NW 46th Ave. Plantation, FL 33317
Oct. 23rd & 24th... Plant Affair plant show at Heritage Park located at 1100 S. Fig Tree Lane Plantation, FL 33317
Feb 24th, 2020... February Meeting at Deicke 6:30 pm
Mar. 13-15, 2020... 18th Annual International Orchid Festival, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, 10901 Old Cutler Road Coral Gables, FL 33156
March 28-29, 2020... Annual BSSF Show, 10901 Old Cutler Road, Coral Gables, FL 33156
March 21-22, 2020... Garden Fest Plant Extravaganza, Sat. 9 am-5 pm; Sun. 9 am-4 pm
Volunteer Park Community Center, 12050 W. Sunrise Blvd. Plantation, FL 33323
Apr. 4-5, 2020... Hatsume Fair Celebrating Spring, Morikami Gardens & Museum 4000 Morikami Park Rd.
Delray Beach, FL 33446
June 6-9, 2020... BSI World Conference at the Hyatt Regency Sarasota, FL; Register online at BSI.org
Jan. 11, 2020- Garden Tour at the home of Brad & Tammy Beardsley in Boca Raton. Any non-members who are interested in attending can get the address and info by emailing bbtwest@msn.com
Jun. 6-9, 2020... BSI World Conference at the Hyatt Regency Sarasota, FL
Sat. Dec 14th... Learn How to "Start Your Own Butterfly Garden" at Butterfly World Tradewinds Park, 3600 W. Sample Rd. Coconut Creek, FL
Sun. Dec 15th, Starts at 11 am... Annual Botanical Bazaar at Miami Beach Botanical Garden 2000 Convention Center Dr, Miami Beach, FL 33139
Jan. 10-11-12, 2020... Fort Lauderdale Orchid Show, Broward County Convention Center, Fort Lauderdale
Jan. 17-18-19, 2020... Tamiami International Orchid Show, The Sunshine Pavilion at the Fair and Expo Center, 10901 S.W. 24th St., Miami, Fl.
Jan. 22-24, 2020... TPIE Tropical Plant International Expo, Broward County Convention Center, Fort Lauderdale
Oct. 26-27, 2019- Plantation Historical Society's Fall Plant Sale at Heritage Park, 1100 S. Fig Tree Lane, Plantation, FL 33317. Hours are 9-5 Saturday and 9-4 Sunday. There will be something for every type of gardener and plenty of bromeliads at our tent!
Nov. 2-3, 2019- Mounts Botanical Garden presents the Plant-A-Palooza 2019 fall plant sale featuring more than 80 vendors throughout the Garden and in the Exhibit Halls. Times are Sat. 9-4, Sun. 9-3. Admission: $10 for non-members; $5 for children (ages 5-12); FREE for Mounts members
Nov. 18, 2019- BSBC Fall Auction held at Diecke Auditorium in Plantation, FL. Preview starts at 6:00 pm with auction starting promptly at 6:30 pm. Come see why we have some of the best bromeliad growers in south Florida!
Oct. 4th-6th; 11th-13th 8-5 on Fri & Sat, 9-4 on Sun. Searle Brothers Nursery Annual Fall Plant Extravaganza, 6640 SW 172nd Ave, SW Ranches, FL 33331
Oct. 15, 2019- BSSF Fall Auction, 10901 Old Cutler Road, Coral Gables, FL 33156
Oct. 14th...Next BSBC meeting starting at 6:30 in the Deicke Auditorium in Plantation, FL. We've had to move our meeting day to the second Monday for this month only due to a scheduling conflict at Deicke. The guest speaker will be announced soon so check back and plan to attend!
Oct. 17-20, 2019... Golden Broms, Queensland, Austrailia
Sept. 20-21 2019...Bromeliad Extravaganza Conference and Sale held at the Marriott's Springhill and TownePlace Suites, Orlando, FL.
Sept. 16th... BSBC meeting featuring Inese Bunch from www.bunchfarms.com/Bunch Farms who produce a truly amazing honey from their own hives and flowering plants that they select and grow!
Aug. 19th...BSBC meeting starting at 6:30 in the Diecke Auditorium in Plantation, FL. Our guest speaker will be Dr. Terri Bert. Her presentation this month will be on “Bromeliad Ecology: Diversity in an Ecological
Wonderland Part I: Distribution and Abundance--Diversity Matters!”. Meeting starts at 6:30 pm.
Monday, May 20, 2019...BSBC General Meeting at Deicke Auditorium in Plantation, FL. Meeting starts at 6:30.
Guest speaker is Alex Bello
Friday & Saturday May 17 & 18...…. Redland International Orchid Festival at Fruit and Spice Park, Homestead, FL. Show runs 9-5 both days
Saturday June 1 & Sunday June 2, 2019......Tropical Fern and Exotic Plant Society Show and Sale at Fairchild Gardens, Coral Gables, FL. Show runs 9:30-4:30 both days
Saturday April 27, 2019... Field trip to Michael's Bromeliads in Venice, FL
Saturday and Sunday, March 16 & 17, 2019... Garden Fest Plant Extravaganza at Volunteer Park, Plantation
Sunday, March 17, 2019... Bromeliad Society of South Florida Bromeliad Show at Fairchild
Gardens
Monday, March 18, 2019... BSBC General Meeting at Deicke Auditorium
April ... Fund Raising Event at California Pizza Kitchen, more details to
follow
Monday, May 21, 2018... Guest speakers: Joe Libertucci and Jeff Hutchinson from Palm Beach
Bromeliad Society "Bromeliads 0 to 60. Everything You Wanted to
Know."
Monday, June 18, 2018... Guest speaker: Dr. Terrie Burt
“Sun, Sand and Sea —Bromeliads Arise to the Occasion”
Monday, July 16, 2018 ... Dennis Clark from The Bonsai Shop gave a demonstration on
how to create a bonsai tree. This new creation was raffled off
after the presentation.
Monday, August 20, 2018 ... Guest speaker: Dr. Kimberly Moore
"Home Irrigation Strategies to Conserve Water"
Monday, September 20, 2018... Guest speaker: Roxy Telliceia of Wonder Gardens. Roxy presented
"Unusual and Exotic Plants."
Monday, October 15, 2018... Guest Speaker: Dennis Cathcart of Tropiflora. The topic was "In the Wilderness with Bromeliads"
Saturday and Sunday, October 27 and 28... Broward County Plant Affair..... The BSBC had a terrific booth!
Plant Affair is an annual event at Heritage Park, Plantation, FL
Monday, November 19, 2018... Fall Plant Auction! Gorgeous plants were yours for the bidding.
Monday, December 17, 2018... Holiday Party
Monday, January 14, 2019... Presentation by Chip Jones......hands on demo and how to get your
plants ready for a show!
Monday, February 11, 2019 ... Scott Bryan presented on critters we find in our yards as we grow
bromeliads
Saturday, February 16, 2019... Club tour of Naples Botanical Garden !!!!
Copyright 2019 bromeliadsocietybc.com All rights reserved.
Feb. 4-5: 21st Gardenfest, Riverside Park, Vero Beach, sponsored by Garden Club of Indian River County. Tropiflora says it will be there. https://www.gardenclubofirc.org/
Feb. 11-12: Winter 2023 Plant-A-Palooza, Mounts Botanical Garden, West Palm Beach
https://www.mounts.org/series/winter-2023-plant-a-palooza/
Feb. 25-26: Orchid and Plant Festival, The Sawgrass Nature & Wildlife Hospital, Sunrise
March 4-5: Exotic Plant Festival and Bonsai Show, Flamingo Gardens, Davie
March 11-12: Orchids in Bloom, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Miami
April 1-2: International Orchid & Garden Festival, Bonnet House, Fort Lauderdale
April 8-9: 41st International Orchid & Bromeliad Show, Flamingo Gardens, Davie
April 29-30: Spring 2023 Plant-A-Palooza, Mounts Botanical Garden, West Palm Beach
April 30: Early registration discount deadline for 2023 Florida Council of Bromeliad Societies Extravaganza, July 28-29, West Palm Beach Marriott. Plant sale, banquet, rare plant auction, optional garden tour. Speakers include renown hybridizer Chester Skotak (billed as his last appearance), David Shiigi of Hawaii and Eloise Beach of Apopka. https://www.fcbsextravaganza.org/
May 19-21: Redland International Orchid Festival, Fruit & Spice Park, Homestead
Past Events:
Nov. 21st. 6:30 PM- FALL AUCTION! Join us at Jim Ward Community Center located at 301 NW 46th Ave. in Plantation, FL 33317 for our annual fall auction to get your chance at some amazing bromeliads!
Dec. 19th. 6:30 PM- Holiday Party- Members Only please
Oct. 17th. 6:30 PM- Monthly general meeting at Jim Ward Community Center located at 301 NW 46th Ave. in Plantation, FL 33317. Our guest speaker this month is Alex Bello
Sept. 19th. 6:30 PM- Return to monthly meetings. Join us at Jim Ward Community Center located at 301 NW 46th Ave. in Plantation, FL 33317. Our guest speaker this month is Dr. Terri Bert
Jun-Aug 2022- Summer Break. We take 3 months off from our monthly meetings during the summer months so that members can travel and vacation with friends and families without missing a key guest speaker. We do however, use these months to schedule group tours of local nurseries and botanical gardens so check in often to get the information should you want to join us!
May 16th, 6:30 PM - SPRING AUCTION! Come join us at Jim Ward Community Center at 301 NW 46th Ave. in Plantation, FL 33317 for our annual spring auction where you'll see some of the best plants grown by our members.
Feb. 24th, 6:30 PM- BSBC Monthly Meeting at Jim Ward Community Center
Nov. 15th 2021... Our Annual Fall Auction takes place at Jim Ward Community Center located at 301 NW 46th Ave. Plantation, FL 3317. Come join us and bid on spectacular bromeliads, driftwood creations, artwork, books, and much more! Doors open at 6:30 with bidding starting at 7:00 PM. Payments can be cash, check, or credit card.
Oct. 18th 2021... Monthly meeting at Jim Ward Community Center located at 301 NW 46th Ave. Plantation, FL 33317
Oct. 23rd & 24th... Plant Affair plant show at Heritage Park located at 1100 S. Fig Tree Lane Plantation, FL 33317
Feb 24th, 2020... February Meeting at Deicke 6:30 pm
Mar. 13-15, 2020... 18th Annual International Orchid Festival, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, 10901 Old Cutler Road Coral Gables, FL 33156
March 28-29, 2020... Annual BSSF Show, 10901 Old Cutler Road, Coral Gables, FL 33156
March 21-22, 2020... Garden Fest Plant Extravaganza, Sat. 9 am-5 pm; Sun. 9 am-4 pm
Volunteer Park Community Center, 12050 W. Sunrise Blvd. Plantation, FL 33323
Apr. 4-5, 2020... Hatsume Fair Celebrating Spring, Morikami Gardens & Museum 4000 Morikami Park Rd.
Delray Beach, FL 33446
June 6-9, 2020... BSI World Conference at the Hyatt Regency Sarasota, FL; Register online at BSI.org
Jan. 11, 2020- Garden Tour at the home of Brad & Tammy Beardsley in Boca Raton. Any non-members who are interested in attending can get the address and info by emailing bbtwest@msn.com
Jun. 6-9, 2020... BSI World Conference at the Hyatt Regency Sarasota, FL
Sat. Dec 14th... Learn How to "Start Your Own Butterfly Garden" at Butterfly World Tradewinds Park, 3600 W. Sample Rd. Coconut Creek, FL
Sun. Dec 15th, Starts at 11 am... Annual Botanical Bazaar at Miami Beach Botanical Garden 2000 Convention Center Dr, Miami Beach, FL 33139
Jan. 10-11-12, 2020... Fort Lauderdale Orchid Show, Broward County Convention Center, Fort Lauderdale
Jan. 17-18-19, 2020... Tamiami International Orchid Show, The Sunshine Pavilion at the Fair and Expo Center, 10901 S.W. 24th St., Miami, Fl.
Jan. 22-24, 2020... TPIE Tropical Plant International Expo, Broward County Convention Center, Fort Lauderdale
Oct. 26-27, 2019- Plantation Historical Society's Fall Plant Sale at Heritage Park, 1100 S. Fig Tree Lane, Plantation, FL 33317. Hours are 9-5 Saturday and 9-4 Sunday. There will be something for every type of gardener and plenty of bromeliads at our tent!
Nov. 2-3, 2019- Mounts Botanical Garden presents the Plant-A-Palooza 2019 fall plant sale featuring more than 80 vendors throughout the Garden and in the Exhibit Halls. Times are Sat. 9-4, Sun. 9-3. Admission: $10 for non-members; $5 for children (ages 5-12); FREE for Mounts members
Nov. 18, 2019- BSBC Fall Auction held at Diecke Auditorium in Plantation, FL. Preview starts at 6:00 pm with auction starting promptly at 6:30 pm. Come see why we have some of the best bromeliad growers in south Florida!
Oct. 4th-6th; 11th-13th 8-5 on Fri & Sat, 9-4 on Sun. Searle Brothers Nursery Annual Fall Plant Extravaganza, 6640 SW 172nd Ave, SW Ranches, FL 33331
Oct. 15, 2019- BSSF Fall Auction, 10901 Old Cutler Road, Coral Gables, FL 33156
Oct. 14th...Next BSBC meeting starting at 6:30 in the Deicke Auditorium in Plantation, FL. We've had to move our meeting day to the second Monday for this month only due to a scheduling conflict at Deicke. The guest speaker will be announced soon so check back and plan to attend!
Oct. 17-20, 2019... Golden Broms, Queensland, Austrailia
Sept. 20-21 2019...Bromeliad Extravaganza Conference and Sale held at the Marriott's Springhill and TownePlace Suites, Orlando, FL.
Sept. 16th... BSBC meeting featuring Inese Bunch from www.bunchfarms.com/Bunch Farms who produce a truly amazing honey from their own hives and flowering plants that they select and grow!
Aug. 19th...BSBC meeting starting at 6:30 in the Diecke Auditorium in Plantation, FL. Our guest speaker will be Dr. Terri Bert. Her presentation this month will be on “Bromeliad Ecology: Diversity in an Ecological
Wonderland Part I: Distribution and Abundance--Diversity Matters!”. Meeting starts at 6:30 pm.
Monday, May 20, 2019...BSBC General Meeting at Deicke Auditorium in Plantation, FL. Meeting starts at 6:30.
Guest speaker is Alex Bello
Friday & Saturday May 17 & 18...…. Redland International Orchid Festival at Fruit and Spice Park, Homestead, FL. Show runs 9-5 both days
Saturday June 1 & Sunday June 2, 2019......Tropical Fern and Exotic Plant Society Show and Sale at Fairchild Gardens, Coral Gables, FL. Show runs 9:30-4:30 both days
Saturday April 27, 2019... Field trip to Michael's Bromeliads in Venice, FL
Saturday and Sunday, March 16 & 17, 2019... Garden Fest Plant Extravaganza at Volunteer Park, Plantation
Sunday, March 17, 2019... Bromeliad Society of South Florida Bromeliad Show at Fairchild
Gardens
Monday, March 18, 2019... BSBC General Meeting at Deicke Auditorium
April ... Fund Raising Event at California Pizza Kitchen, more details to
follow
Monday, May 21, 2018... Guest speakers: Joe Libertucci and Jeff Hutchinson from Palm Beach
Bromeliad Society "Bromeliads 0 to 60. Everything You Wanted to
Know."
Monday, June 18, 2018... Guest speaker: Dr. Terrie Burt
“Sun, Sand and Sea —Bromeliads Arise to the Occasion”
Monday, July 16, 2018 ... Dennis Clark from The Bonsai Shop gave a demonstration on
how to create a bonsai tree. This new creation was raffled off
after the presentation.
Monday, August 20, 2018 ... Guest speaker: Dr. Kimberly Moore
"Home Irrigation Strategies to Conserve Water"
Monday, September 20, 2018... Guest speaker: Roxy Telliceia of Wonder Gardens. Roxy presented
"Unusual and Exotic Plants."
Monday, October 15, 2018... Guest Speaker: Dennis Cathcart of Tropiflora. The topic was "In the Wilderness with Bromeliads"
Saturday and Sunday, October 27 and 28... Broward County Plant Affair..... The BSBC had a terrific booth!
Plant Affair is an annual event at Heritage Park, Plantation, FL
Monday, November 19, 2018... Fall Plant Auction! Gorgeous plants were yours for the bidding.
Monday, December 17, 2018... Holiday Party
Monday, January 14, 2019... Presentation by Chip Jones......hands on demo and how to get your
plants ready for a show!
Monday, February 11, 2019 ... Scott Bryan presented on critters we find in our yards as we grow
bromeliads
Saturday, February 16, 2019... Club tour of Naples Botanical Garden !!!!
Copyright 2019 bromeliadsocietybc.com All rights reserved.