Where Palm Expertise Was Born
About Palm Professionals®
Our company was built from 4 decades of real-world experience, research, and collaboration with the most brilliant minds in the palm tree industry—leading university professors, master growers, veteran installers, and soil scientists. It's not just what you know but who you know, and we know the best brilliant minds in the world. We have built the largest network and collaboration of palm tree specialists in the entire world. Even retired renowned professors and experts collaborate with us regularly. Merging their insights with our own hard-earned field expertise, we’ve created something truly unique: a professional-grade, all-in-one resource for everything related to palm trees—unlike anything else available online.
The Trusted Authority in Palms
Welcome to the premier source for luxury tropical environments and professional palm tree solutions. Palm Professionals® is the global authority in palm tree consulting, palm tree installation, product innovation, and advanced palm soil biology. We are the trusted name behind the scenes—advising certified arborists, agriculture departments, landscape architects, and the world’s leading resort and commercial landscape firms. From rooftop crane lifts to international palm tree shipping, we deliver what others say can't be done—with precision, safety, and unmatched global expertise.
Our Palm Products: A Direct Result of Generations of Experience
We’ve developed some of the most advanced palm tree products in the industry, including our flagship Perfect Palm® Fertilizer, Leaf Guardian® anti-transpirant, custom-formulated beneficial microbes, and palm-specific installation programs. We’ve led the way on complex palm tree installations by helicopter, crane, and barge—always with custom-built equipment and white-glove handling for each specimen palm.
These decades of hands-on work, product development, and palm tree system design have positioned us as elite consultants and tropical design experts worldwide. From private estates to luxury resorts, our work inspires not just awe, but emotion. Our palm tree landscape designs transcend dreams and become living, breathing environments—awakening the senses and creating spaces visitors never want to leave.
Whether you’re restoring palm tree health, sourcing rare species, building out a resort, or looking for a trusted palm tree partner—this is the ultimate source for everything palms.
About The Founder & President
Founded In Nature
About the Origins: Gary Kennemer
Renowned Palm Expert, Designer, Microbiology Pioneer, and President of Palm Professionals®
Gary Kennemer is a globally respected palm expert, tropical landscape designer, and pioneering force in sustainable soil microbiology. As founder and president of Palm Professionals®, Gary has led a lifetime of innovation across farming, tropical design, environmental science, and advanced palm health. He descends from four generations of growers whose roots span Native American, European, Danish, and other agricultural traditions.
From an early age, Gary lived between land and water—surfing, fishing, and studying marine biology while working with trees, florals, and soil on his family’s farms. His natural instinct for the interconnection between people and ecosystems evolved into formal study, including academic work in sociology, psychology, lighting, interior design, and landscape architecture. Combined with his training as a artist in painting, sculpture, watercolor, and detailed hand-drawn renderings, Gary developed an unmatched ability to create tropical spaces that evoke emotional connection and sensory harmony stimulating the most heart stopping tropical landscape designs and expertise.
By his teens, he had built one of the region’s most respected landscape companies and was personally mentored by a world-renowned palm expert. This mentorship, paired with current decades of rigorous fieldwork, launched Gary into the upper echelon of tropical horticulture. His work now spans the globe: from large-scale resort projects to rooftop crane installations, and from complex hybrid palm production to consulting for elite properties and public agencies.
Gary Kennemer Today: Palm Science, Consulting & Teaching
Gary Kennemer: The Scientific Mind Behind the World’s Leading Palm Innovations
A cornerstone of Gary Kennemer’s expertise is his work in soil microbiology, where he became one of the earliest certified advisors and testing specialists in DNA-based microbial analysis within the palm industry. He has developed proprietary non-GMO microbial blends of beneficial bacteria and fungi to help restore soil health and improve nutrient uptake. While his biological innovations have set new global standards in palm health and sustainability, his broader work in fighting diseases like Fusarium, Phytophthora, Ganoderma, Lethal Bronzing, and Lethal Yellowing draws from decades of advanced diagnostics, field research, and multi-method approaches—not just microbiology alone.
Gary and his team have served world-class organizations including NASA, Universal Studios, Carnival Cruise Lines, Marriott Hotels, Margaritaville Resorts, Six Flags, Wyndham Hotels, the Houston and Dallas Zoos, and multiple government and agriculture agencies. He remains a trusted consultant to certified arborists, international landscape architects, and top universities. Many of the palm industry’s most trusted protocols and best practices are directly influenced by Gary’s expert input behind the scenes.
He currently holds multiple certified nursery grower licenses in several states, is certified in Florida Best Management Practices, and holds both Florida Fertilizer Applicator and Level 2 Import/Export Licenses with APHIS. Gary is also a member of the International Society of Arboriculture (ISA), the Florida Nursery, Growers and Landscape Association (FNGLA), the Texas Nursery & Landscape Association (TNLA), and the International Palm Society (IPS). He is also the owner and inventor of multiple trademarks and patented products, including leading-edge technologies in palm fertilization and protection.
As founder and president of Palm Professionals®, Gary continues to blend science, design, and hands-on expertise to restore and enhance palm environments around the world. With over 30 years of experience, his passion and influence extend from global resorts to private estates to the academic field.
Gary Kennemer is available for consulting, lectures, and educational seminars for universities, resorts, landscape firms, golf clubs, botanical gardens, and industry professionals worldwide.