PARENT SESSIONFT-1: Fairchild Tropical Garden
Organizer: Fisher, Jack1, 1 Fairchild Tropical Garden, jfisher@fairchildgarden.org
Monday, November 3, 2003, 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM
Fairchild Tropical Garden (FTG) is a large botanic garden, with extensive plantings of rare tropical plants including palms, cycads, flowering trees and vines. Established in 1938, the 83-acre Garden is among the region's most popular visitor attractions and offers a variety of programs in environmental education, conservation, and horticulture. The research department is staffed by 12 staff and researchers working on a variety of issues from palm and cycad systematics to conservation of rare and endangered plants in the Caribbean. Their virtual herbarium is available to all online and features over 30,000 specimens. Join Dr. Jack Fisher for a tour of the research facility and explore the garden by tram and on foot. (Note that Fairchild will be having its annual Ramble event on Saturday November 8, see FT-10). For more information on FTG go to: http://www.ftg.org/index.html. Bus transportation and FTG admission will provided. Lunch will be on your own at FTG. Tickets for registrants and guests are $30.