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Meet The Owner of Jungle Music Palms & Cycads
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Phil Bergman is a recently retired emergency room physician at the Scripps Hospital system who grew up in a gardening family in Southern California. He became interested in palms while studying medicine at University of California, San Francisco Medical School. 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 forty years into a 3 acre nursery specializing in palms, cycads and tropical plants. Phil always strives to find the most unusual and interesting species for his customers. Travel around to various nurseries and you'll come to realize how unique Jungle Music actually is. It is a family owner Nursery. Shown below are photos of those who have contributed to this website over the years.
soon after opening the new nursery location in Encinitas in approximately 1995.
In the late 1990's Phil's 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 twenty years. Together they have traveled to far corners of the planet to study palms and cycads and to obtain unusual plant material and photographs for their customers. Phil has been a member of the International Palm Society for 40 years and retired as President of the I.P.S. in October 2000. Throughout his career he's been a member of the Palm Society of Southern California and is their Past-President. He's been a Director for about thirty years. He is presently 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. Below you will see how our Nursery is a definite "Family Owned" business. Below are some of the family who, over the years, have contribued towards establishing and keeping it going - making our Nursery world famous for what we do.
Jesse, Phil's son and Nursery Manager for over 3 decades with an excellent knowledge of the plants
Phil's daughter, Virginia, has made countless contribution towards the Nursery
Phil's grandson at the nursery many years ago - he mostly played but assisted with minor projects
Mitzi Bergman, Phil's wife and excellent plant finder also does our company's bookkeeping
Blanca Bergman, Jesse's wife, on many occasiions has help with keeping the nursery functioning properly.
Phil and Jesse are both well known authors and speakers on palms and
cycads. Jungle Music has been mentioned and recommended by
countless newspapers, magazines, radio shows and television specials
over the years. The staff combined has over one hundred years of experience in
helping customers find the perfect plants for their garden and
environment. Service is professional and delivery is always
available. With over 1000 species offered for sale, both Phil and
Jesse hope to meet many of you soon.
Phil, then President of the International Palm Society, with Horace Hobbs, in Thailand, 1998
Update,
2014 Jesse, my son, has finished at UCSD and is now happily married. He has two daughters. Hopefully he will continue the legacy of Jungle Music for many decades in the future. We still have our following of loyal customers, some of whom have been with us for over thirty years. Many have masterpiece gardens with great botanical significance.
And, we
continue to supply plants to many well known amusement parks and
botanical gardens throughout the country. This includes such well
known entities as Disneyland, Lego Land, Sea World, the San Diego Zoo,
Safari Park, Disney Productions, the LA Arboretum, Huntington Botanical
Gardens, Denver Botanical Gardens, Missouri Botanical Gardens, San
Antonio Botanical Garden and many other major institutions. We do appreciate everyone's support of the nursery. My thanks to
all of you.
Phil Bergman
Phil Bergman
UPDATE FEBRUARY, 2017
As time has passed, our nursery has continue to grow. Jesse is more involved than ever and is doing a new website development. Keep tuned for news on this. Our inventory has expanded and we now have an off-site two acre growing grounds. Our Education Center has been used for a variety of functions including meetings and get-togethers. We're looking forward to another fruitful year and to having the opportunity to meet many new plant enthusiasts. By the way, our onsite consultation service has expanded and we've helped many develop truly remarkable gardens.
UPDATE NOVEMBER, 2023 As time has passed, over the last six years we have expanded our inventory and now carry about 1500 different species of tropical palms, cycads and tropical plants. Phil plans to have his son, Jesse, eventually acquire the Nursery and keep it going. Also, we currently have an off-site growing grounds where we can get plants of size to meet the needs of the Landscape Contractors. Some of our staff have moved on or retired, but our core group of staff remains and new help is hired from time to time. We have kept up our website and are excited by our newly created website, Junglemusic.com. It utilizes more modern Word Press technology. The latter is linked to modern Social Media resources with daily updates of plants. Phil has retired as a Director of the Palm Society of Southern California to put all of his energy into the Nursery. We invite all to drop into our Encinitas, CA location to browse our inventory and see that we are indeed one of the only remaining nurseries in the country that offers a vast supply of rare plant inventory. Due to the economy and land costs, so many have disappeared over the past ten years.
UPATE JANUARY 14, 2024 Our core staff is still the same with Jesse, Ricardo, Joaquin, Mitzi, Alma and Rusty. Brendan and Tom still work from time to time. With our active propagation and repotting regimen, we are more plush with plants than ever. We're still actively offering nice discounts at our Blog and Discounted Plant pages at this website. Also, if there's anything you specifically seek, let us know. Maybe we can find it if it's not in our inventory.
Phil Bergman Owner and Author of this Website
NEW LOCATION JUNGLE MUSIC NURERY
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