5th
International Tropical Flowering Tree
Color Conference
at The Kampong
Coconut Grove, Florida, USA
Special this year in conjunction with the
69th
Annual Royal Poinciana Fiesta
and ART SHOW
The Kampong, 4013 S. Douglas Road, Coconut Grove, FL 33133
This incomparable two-day event will include seven invited symposium
presentations, a keynote address, plus a social event. The keynote address will
be given by
Dr. Harri Lorenzi
Friday, June 2 Saturday, June 3 Sunday, June 4 Monday, June 5
6 - 7pm Cocktails at The Kampong
7 - 8pm Dr. Harri Lorenzi
8:30 -9 am Coffee and doughnuts
9 -10am Alan Meerow--Looking for New Flowering Trees and Shrubs In
a time of diminishing opportunity.
10 - 11am Anton Van der Schans--Using Rare Flowering Trees in your
Public Landscape
11:15 -11:30pm Break
11:30 - 12:30pm Wagner Vendrame
12:30 - 1:30pm Lunch
1:30 - 2:30pm Michael Ferrero Trees of South Africa
2:30 - 3:30pm Robert Bobson--What IS the Tropical Flowering
TreeSocietyUp To?
3:30 - 3:45pm Break
3:45 - 4:45pm Marc Frank
9:30 - 10am Coffee and doughnuts
10 - 11am Don Ellison
11 - Noon Michael Ferrero--Flowering Trees of Southeast Asia
Noon - 12:15pm Close conference
12:30 - 2:30pm Royal Poinciana Fiesta
Lunch/Art Show, Crown Royal
Poinciana Fiesta Queen
2:45 - 5pm Royal Poinciana Fiesta Trolley Tour
5 - 5:30pm Visit the oldest Royal Poinciana tree in Miami-Dade County
planted in 1917 by Marian Fairchild), Cookies and punch
7 - 9:30pm TFTS monthly meeting Fairchild Tropical Botanical
Garden
Dr. Harri Lorenzi
- Flowering Trees of Brazil
Dr. Harri Lorenzi will be flying in from Brazil to speak. You can
order your books now to have him sign. We strongly recommend you buy
both volumes:
http://www.balogh.com/lorenzi/lorenzi.html
Volume 1 ISBN:
85-86714-17-8
Volume 2. ISBN: 85-86714-15-1