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Meet The Owner of Jungle Music Palms and Cycads

Phil Bergman is an emergency room physician who grew up in a gardening family in Southern California. He became interested in palms while studying medicine in San Francisco. Soon he was traveling, meeting other palm enthusiasts and collecting seeds of rare species. Phil opened Jungle Music out of his home in 1977. This has expanded over the last 23 years into a 2 acre nursery specializing in palms, cycads and some other tropicals. Phil always strives to find the most unusual and interesting species for his customers. 

Picture of Phil & Jesse Bergman at the nursery.

Over three years ago his son, Jesse Bergman, became actively involved with the nursery and has developed a strong interest in plants, especially cycads. Jesse has been very active in the propagation and sales division of the nursery. For Phil, it has been a great pleasure to work with his son during the past few years. Together they have traveled to far corners of the planet to study palms and cycads and to obtain unusual plant material for their customers.Phil has been a member of the International Palm Society for 26 years and just retired as President of the I.P.S. in October 2000. He remains as a Director of the I.P.S. and is still quite active with the Palm Society of Southern California, serving as the area Chairman for San Diego and Imperial Counties. He encourages those people interested in palms to join both organizations. He is also a member of the Cycad Society and various other plant organizations. 

Phil, then President, with I.P.S. President, Horace Hobbs, in Thailand, 1998.

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