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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: "The Artful California Native Gardens of East County" CNPS-SD Tour
When you think about planting your garden, consider California native plants; they can be a perfect fit! Native plants need minimal water,
Mar 1, 2020
GUEST COLUMN: SDHS Horticulturist of the Year 2017, Debra Lee Baldwin, visits HOY '19, Jim Bishop.
Recently past Horticulturist of the Year 2017, Debra Lee Baldwin visited with SDHS past-president Jim Bishop, who also is the current Hortic
Mar 1, 2020
FROM THE ARCHIVES: Garden Gourmet - Behold The Humble Potato
This article first appeared in Let’s Talk Plants! March 2008, No. 162. While editing this newsletter in 2020, editor Karen England got hungr
Mar 1, 2020
GROW IN ABUNDANCE: Edible Weeds in the Garden
For many of us, weeds can be a garden scourge. You step away from the garden only to return to a fortress of dandelions, stinging nettle and
Mar 1, 2020
SHARING SECRETS: General Gardening Tips
Do you have any general gardening tips for 2020 that might not fit into any particular category, but that you have learned from your own exp
Mar 1, 2020
TREES, PLEASE! Dead as a Doornail
In the world of Urban Forestry one of the concepts we consider is the safe useful life expectancy (SULE) of a tree. There are many component
Mar 1, 2020
MY LIFE WITH PLANTS: Machu Picchu
As I mentioned in my January article, this past September I joined a plant expedition tour to Peru. It was a different type of tour for me.
Mar 1, 2020
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