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June 2026
Monthly Meeting
NEXT GENERAL MEETING: Right Tree, Right Place, Right Fire Zone: A Look at San Diego’s Trees and Their Future, With Tony Gurnoe, June 20, In-Person, Oasis, Rancho Bernardo, 1:30p -3:30p
Native trees are all the rage, with municipalities such as Encinitas passing regulations that require new landscape development projects to include native species. Which trees count as native? Are they good choices for your yard? How do native trees relate to fire and California's new zone 0 regulations? We'll talk about all of these things while profiling some of San Diego's unique and often underappreciated local trees. Tony Gurnoe has conducted research related to native t
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Articles
GOING WILD WITH NATIVES: May Wildflowers in San Diego
If you are looking to dive into plants not just native to California, but native to San Diego to give your garden a truly local character, t
May 2, 2020
MY LIFE WITH PLANTS: Malvern Spring Festival & Chelsea Garden Show 2019
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the 2020 Chelsea Garden Show has been cancelled. How tired we all are of reading those words about our favori
May 1, 2020
EDITOR’S LETTER: Smartphone Gardening - There’s an App for That!
I am never without my smartphone because it is how I communicate with my invalid mother who lives with me. She texts me when she needs somet
May 1, 2020
MEET THE SDHS BOARD: John Beaudry, Spring Garden Tour Chairman
Even though our San Diego Horticultural Society's big garden tour of Poway was cancelled this year that does not negate all the hard work th
May 1, 2020
FALLBROOK FOOD FOREST: Permaculture Design for Every Yard
Permaculture promotes that landscaping be 99% design and 1% labor, and if you are working too hard your design is wrong. Yet all of us are g
May 1, 2020
APRIL MEETING REPORT is FROM THE ARCHIVES: Can a Massage Oil Help Prevent Global Warming?
Editor's note: Since there was no meeting in April 2020 to report about to the membership, this edition of the From The Archives column feat
May 1, 2020
SHARING SECRETS: What’s the good news from your garden?
I feel so fortunate to have a garden at this time. Just sitting in the sun and admiring the Spring flowers cheers me up. I try not to think
May 1, 2020
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