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Welcome to the Bromeliad Society of San Francisco. We are dedicated to the growth and spread of horticultural and scientific knowledge of the Bromeliad Family (Bromeliaceae) and enthusiasm for the preservation of its species and habitats. For cultural information about Bromeliads go to BSI SlideShows What are your Hardiest Bromeliads for the Bay Area? Check out the latest entries on our Links page |
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| Meetings held at:
S. F. County Fair Building, Recreation Room |
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| BSSF Welcomes Guests and New Members. |
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Annual Garden Tour - July 15 2012, The East Bay. The itinerary for this year's tour will be posted July 1, 2012. Membership is $15US per person or $20US per household annually. Membership includes a Monthly Newsletter sent via email or snail mail. Checks may be payable to BSSF and sent to |
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| Meetings:
Day: 3rd Thursday of the Month Meetings include a featured speaker, program or discussion topic along with members Show and Tell, refreshments and the very popular plant raffle table and silent bid plant auction. See Programs and Dates. (Note: this year we are having our annual tour in July in lieu of a meeting.) Our meetings are also listed in the events calendar of the San Francisco Botanical Garden. |
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| Programs 2012: Speakers and programs for 2012 subject to change please check for changes monthly.
July 15, No Meeting, Annual Garden Tour, East Bay August 16, Betty Patterson will discuss the late John Anderson and his extensive Aechmea collection. September 20, Terrie Bert. Topic to be announced October 18, Kelly Griffin of Xeric World will be up from SoCal to talk to the group about tillandsias in another diverse region, Oaxaca, Mexico. On Tuesday the 16th he will speak to San Francisco Succulent and Cactus Society about Oaxaca and its flora in that category. November 15, Keith Smith will be here from the Sacramento Area to give a presentation on Dyckias. December 20, Holiday Potluck. |
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| Dates and Schedule for 2012
All meetings are on the 3rd Thursday of the month. January 19th, February 16th, San Francisco Botanical Garden BSSF Annual SALE with SF Succulent and Cactus Society, June 11 & 12, Saturday & Sunday 2012 East Bay Garden Tour |
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2012 Pacific Orchid Expo, San Francisco Orchid Society. BSSF Annual SALE Once again we will be hosting a Bromeliad Sale along with the San Francisco Succulent and Cactus Society. This is our main money making event of the year where many of our members sale plants along with those the Society buys from nurseries. Even if you do not sell plants there is a lot of work involved and we will need your help at the sale. If you want to sell bromeliads contact Carl Carter. If you want to sell bromeliads contact Carl Carter. San Francisco Botanical Garden at Strybing Arboretum Location: San Francisco County Fair Building (Strybing Arboretum) on 9th Avenue @ Lincoln Way, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco. See Maps Members-Only Preview Sale & Silent Auction. Friday May 4, 5-8 pm On Friday, from 5pm to 8pm is members only and it’s a fun party with beverages including wine and appetizers. Along with this is a wonderful silent auction with one of a kind creations of exotic plants in planters and arrangements, books or other plant related donations. If you would like to be part of this with us, just sign up with Marilyn 2 weeks before and I will place you on the list so you can be admitted. It gives you an added advantage to shop before the public gets in on Saturday. We can use you and your enthusiasm and energy, because it’s a fast paced few hours. It also puts our Society’s name out there to acquaint people with Bromeliads. You must sign up with me and get on the list in order to attend. Only those on the list and members of San Francisco Botanical Garden at Strybing Arboretum Society are admitted on Friday. Saturday it is not necessary to get on the list. Public Sale Saturday May 5, 2010 10am - 2pm We have participated in this sale for several years along with the other San Francisco plant societies. The Strybing Sale starts on Friday, from 5 to 8 pm. If you want to be included at this special preview sale you can get in with your Strybing Arboretum Society membership card or sign up ahead of time with me to work the Bromeliad Society booth. There is complimentary wine and refreshments, and a Silent Auction where you can bid for prized specimens, etc. The Public Sale is 1st Saturday in May. It opens at 10 am and lasts until 2 pm. You do not need to be on the list for this sale. Please show up and help out. It is a very fast fun filled few hours. In the past few years we have sold out before closing time. At this show we get our name out there, introduce people to the wide variety bromeliads have to offer and publicize our show/sale. When the doors open at this event the plant nuts run in like bears to honey. I am happy to say some head straight for our table. It is a very positive experience. So please sign up and help. To donate plants or volunteer to represent the club contact Marilyn. |
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Photos from BSSF meetings, sales and shows
Annual Garden Tour - July 15 2012, The East Bay. The itinerary for this year's tour will be posted July 1, 2012. |
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| News:
2012 2011 July | August | September | October | November | December Newsletter Archive 2004 -2010 |
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| The Bromeliad Society International for Bromeliad Cultivation and Identification Info |
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The Bromeliad Society of San Francisco is an affiliate of the Bromeliad Society International, BSI. For complete botanical, habitat and horticultural information and indentification the BSI site is the best place to begin. The BSI publishes a bimonthly color journal with the latest bromeliad information and discoveries and membership is encouraged.
Visit our Links Page to other societies in San Francisco or of similar interest. To contact the webdesigner for this page email Dan. |
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May 17, Guillermo Rivera: Guillermo has put together a show on some of the plants that you can see in the Brazilian states of Bahia and Minas Gerais.
June 21, Andy Siekkinen from San Diego will be back up to show us hechtias, the long neglected bromeliad genus, in their mexican habitats. He will also be speaking to the San Francisco Succulent and Cactus Society on Tuesday the 19th.
