Bernie has been employed as a nursery manager by Rockledge Gardens Inc. for 26 years. Bernie is serving as IPS Horticultural Correspondent and has been quite active on the IPS internet palm email listserver. Bernie wants to assist the IPS in increasing membership by providing more service to the membership. Jim Reynolds of Vancouver, Canada, is an enthusiast of subtropical gardening in temperate climates. He has recently written a book on this topic.
Palms are a special fascination.
His interest in tropical plants was triggered by visits to Southeast Asia. With other members of his local IPS chapter, he is experimenting with cold hardy species. Jim is a Director and Past President of the VanDusen Botanical Garden Association in Vancouver and a lawyer. Suzanne Rowlands of Riverside, California, has been a member of the Southern California Chapter of the International Palm Society and the International Palm Society since 1988 and since then has been a continual student of palm knowledge at home and abroad. Geoff Stein of Thousand Oaks, California, has been a member of the Southern California Chapter of the International Palm Society and the International Palm Society for many years.