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July 2025
Monthly Meeting
NEXT MEETING: Intro To The San Diego Natural History Museum Canyoneers With Samantha Barlin, July 19, 2025, 1:30p - 3p, SD Oasis, Rancho Bernardo
The newly reinstituted Plant Forum (to learn more, please read the Plant Forum article by Susi Torre-Bueno in this newsletter) will be...
Jul 1
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NEXT MEETING: Intro To The San Diego Natural History Museum Canyoneers With Samantha Barlin, July 19, 2025, 1:30p - 3p, SD Oasis, Rancho Bernardo
The newly reinstituted Plant Forum (to learn more, please read the Plant Forum article by Susi Torre-Bueno in this newsletter) will be...
Jul 1
SD HORT BOOK CLUB: Next Book - The Earth Shall Blossom, Shaker Herbs And Gardening By Galen Beale and Mary Rose Boswell - July 7, 2025, On Zoom
By Karen England, for Let's Talk Plants! July 2025. Have you heard how much fun the SD Hort Book Club is? It's amazing, and I'm not just...
Jul 1
MY LIFE WITH PLANTS: Over The Moon
Text and photos by Jim Bishop, for Let's Talk Plants! July 2025. Moon gate in my home garden, June 2025, framing the white blooms of...
Jul 1
TREES, PLEASE! Christmas In July
By Tim Clancy, for Let’s Talk Plants! July 2025. Photo credit: Lincoln National Forest Christmas Tree Permit in New Mexico -...
Jul 1
GROW IN ABUNDANCE: Common And Often Overlooked Gardening Mistakes
By Sommer Cartier, for Let’s Talk Plants! July 2025. Photo by jwvein https://pixabay.com Common and Often Overlooked Gardening Mistakes...
Jul 1
GOING WILD WITH NATIVES: How About Native Plants In Containers And Dry Swales?
By Susan Lewitt, for Let’s Talk Plants! July 2025. Dry Swale in garden in San Diego from the SDHS garden tour of 2025. Photo by Susan...
Jul 1
FROM THE ARCHIVES: The Long History Of Larval Host Study
By Susan Krzywicki, for Let’s Talk Plants! July 2025. Republished from Going Wild with Natives, Let’s Talk Plants! July 2015, No. 250....
Jul 1
SHARING SECRETS: AÂ (Non-plant) Thing In Your Yard That You Love
Edited by Cathy Tylka, for Let’s Talk Plants! July 2025. Hops grow on a broken wooden ladder. Photo credit: Rachel Cobb. Current question...
Jul 1
PLANT FORUM: June 2025 Monthly Meeting Edition
By Susi Torre-Bueno, for Let’s Talk Plants! July 2025. PLANT FORUM For over two decades a meeting highlight was the Plant Forum , where a...
Jul 1
MEETING REPORT: Dr. Kristen Lear Presents, "Agave Restoration And Corridor Conservation For Bats And People Of The American Southwest And Mexico", June 2025
https://youtu.be/8_k03opXrNo See the fascinating presentation here: https://youtu.be/8_k03opXrNo About Bat Conservation International...
Jul 1
GARDEN SURROUNDINGS: Borage, All Things Summer, Mom And Apple Pie!
By Francesca Filanc, for Let’s Talk Plants! July 2025. Salad with borage from the garden. Photo credit: Francesca Filanc. Borage, All...
Jul 1
NEXT HYBRID MEETING: Agave Restoration And Corridor Conservation For Bats And People Of The American Southwest And Mexico - June 21, 2025, 1:30p - 3p, SD Oasis, Rancho Bernardo & Zoom
Horizonline Pictures, Bat Conservation International. NOTE: This is a hybrid in-person meeting and in this instance the speaker will be...
Jun 1
SD HORT BOOK CLUB: Next Book - June 2 , 2025, Elderflora By Jared Farmer On Zoom
By Karen England, for Let's Talk Plants! June 2025. Have you heard how much fun the SD Hort Book Club is? It's amazing, and I'm not just...
Jun 1
IN MEMORIAM: Remembering Yvonne Mao, San Diego Horticultural Society Member And Friend
By Jim Booman, reprinted from Facebook with permission, for Let's Talk Plants! June 2025. Yvonne Mao, San Diego Horticultural Society...
Jun 1
BOTANICAL ENCOUNTERS: Rewilding In Southern Africa - The Kalahari Dunes
Words and pictures by Ida K. Rigby, for Let’s Talk Plants! June 2025. Rewilding In Southern Africa - The Kalahari Dunes The Kalahari...
Jun 1
FROM THE BOARD: Please Welcome Our Two Newest Board Members – John Clements And Susi Torre-Bueno
Please Welcome Our Two Newest Board Members – John Clements and Susi Torre-Bueno Great News! At the most recent board meeting on May 19,...
Jun 1
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