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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
DECEMBER MEETING: Citrus in Southern California: A History and Growing Primer
A pictorial history of citrus in Southern California. Using antique photographs, citrus expert and horticultural historian John Clements wil
Nov 12, 2020
EDITOR'S LETTER: Come Into The Garden, Cook
During this pandemic I have been chipping away indoor and out at my home projects list, comfortingly it turns out, much as I have been doing
Nov 1, 2020
DID YOU KNOW? A Word About Gardening
"Garden" came into the language in the 14th century from Old Northern French gardin, itself a variation of Old French jardin (still used in
Nov 1, 2020
MEETING REPORT: Manzanitas & More with Su Kraus
October’s meeting on Monday 10-12-2020 had us diving head first into Native Season. What better way to celebrate these hardy and beautiful
Nov 1, 2020
TREES, PLEASE: The Gall of Some Trees!
One of the best things about working with and studying trees is the availability of subjects. If you’re a doctor you wait for patients to
Nov 1, 2020
SHARING SECRETS: Watering as the Sun Goes Down...
What do you do when you’re watering as the sun goes down? A friend of mine called it beer watering, I say it is wine watering … anything
Nov 1, 2020
PERMACULTURE: Hügelkultur - Burying Wood
Hügelkultur (hoo-gull culture) has ancient origins in the mountains of Germany, where warmth is treasured and rain is frequent. There they
Nov 1, 2020
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