2022-Fall-Sept-Nov

NEXT MEETING: John Clements, Horticulturist Of The Year Presentation @ SDBG On Tue Oct 11 3pm

The San Diego Horticultural Society's Horticulturist of the Year for 2022 honoree, John Clements, Director of Gardens at the San Diego...

BOTANICAL ENCOUNTERS: The Okavango Delta - The Wetlands

Text and photos by Ida K. Rigby, for Let’s Talk Plants! October 2022. Botanical Encounters 4 Before we make the transition from our last...

PERMACULTURE: The Breakdown On Mulch

By Diane C. Kennedy, for Let’s Talk Plants, October 2022. The Breakdown On Mulch Mulch and compost are different. Compost is organic...

TREES, PLEASE! Trick Or “TREE-t”?

By Robin Y. Rivet, for Let’s Talk Plants! October 2022. “Bloody Eyeball” Tree fruit, Alectryon excelsus. Ali Undorf, CC BY-SA 2.0...

SHARING SECRETS: Beat The Heat!

Edited by Cathy Tylka, for Let’s Talk Plants! October 2022. This month’s question: It’s really warm in Southern California right now....

SD HORT BOOK CLUB: Next Book - Vanilla by Tim Ecott, October 3, 2022 & More . . .

By Karen England, for Let's Talk Plants! October 2022. You are invited to join the SD Hort Book Club – everyone is welcome. SDHBC meets...

PLANTS IN THE NEWS: Horticulture Making Headlines

By Karen England, for Let’s Talk Plants! October 2022. Horticulture Making Headlines If you Google “plants in the news” as I did...

FROM THE WATER CONSERVATION GARDEN: Fall Events At The Garden!

By Jillian Quint, for Let's Talk Plants! 0ctober 2022. Elaeagnus pungens 'Fruitlandii' in the Water Conservation Garden at Cuyamaca...