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February 2026
Monthly Meeting
NEXT HYBRID MEETING: Riley Black, When The Earth Was Green, February 21, Oasis, RB And Zoom
Riley Black is the bestselling and award-winning author of When the Earth Was Green , The Last Days of the Dinosaurs , and more. A regular contributor to National Geographic , Smithsonian , and Slate , as well as a repeat guest on NOVA and Science Friday , Riley has spent more than fifteen years bringing the public the latest about the deep past. When not enthusing over fossils in articles and books, Riley regularly volunteers with museum field teams to uncover new
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Articles
GOING WILD WITH NATIVES: Had Enough Wet? How About Desert Plants For Dry Areas?
By Susan Lewitt, for Let's Talk Plants! December 2025. Calscape Sicklepod rockcress © 2009 Gary A. Monroe. Okay, this is a teaser! This marvel is tiny and hard to find in nurseries, but I just couldn’t resist showing it off! This and others like it could be lost without our supporting biodiversity through the use of native plants. Left photo: "Sicklepod rockcress" by Henrik Kibak is licensed under CC BY 4.0. Middle photo: "Sicklepod rockcress" by Tom Wainwright is licensed u
Dec 1, 2025
MEET TORREY NEEL: Dedicated Native Plant Advocate And Native Plant Nursery Owner
By Joan Herskowitz, originally published December 2024, in Encinitas Magazine. Reprinted with permission in Let’s Talk Plants! December 2025. Photo credit: Janine Free. Neel’s Nursery: Making California's native plants available to San Diego County. Surrounding a gazebo tucked away on a wooded lot in the Gold Coast Plaza on Coast Hwy 101, across the street from the Pannikin coffee shop, you will find an Encinitas treasure. You have arrived at Neel’s Nursery, the County’s only
Dec 1, 2025
PLANT FORUM: At The November 2025 Meeting
By Susi Torre-Bueno, for Let’s Talk Plants! December 2025. For over two decades a meeting highlight was the Plant Forum, where a horticultural expert spoke about plants brought in by members. These descriptions were printed in the newsletter and were also compiled, and are available free on our website at https://sdhort.org/PlantForum . This is an alphabetical listing of over 7500 plants, including over 1600 detailed descriptions. Check it out when thinking about plants to a
Dec 1, 2025
SHARING SECRETS: Garden Art
Edited by Cathy Tylka, for Let's Talk Plants! December 2025. Question for Sharing Secrets for this month… Can you share vignettes or items from your garden, in words and if possible, pictures, that are made with a sculptural element. Or maybe you can just share pottery or items you use to amuse yourself. In other words, your version of Garden Art! (Some have said this is a great question! Well, we have Ida Rigby to thank for this. If you have a question or thought, share it w
Dec 1, 2025
GARDEN SURROUNDINGS: The French Lifestyle
Words and pictures by Francesca Filanc, for Let’s Talk Plants! December 2025. As a Francophile I eat outside in the garden for almost every meal and live an artistic French lifestyle . Photo credit: Francesca Filanc. The French Lifestyle Thanksgiving is just around the corner and before you know it, when you read this article, it will be December. We have had a lot of much needed rain in California this November. As I was driving down the country lane on the approach to my
Dec 1, 2025
NEXT MEETING: A Strawberry Is Not A Fruit With The Plant Guy! Chuck McClung Explains Botanical Complexities And More... Nov. 15, 2025, Oasis, RB
In-person at San Diego Oasis, Rancho Bernardo, CA. Online registration required - SD Hort Member (and their guest) registration is FREE and in-person non-member registration is $15.00 (Consider joining or renewing with the San Diego Horticultural Society for $30.00 and attend this meeting for free.) Next meeting: November 15, 2025 At Oasis RB, 1:30p-3p Chuck the Plant Guy! Chuck McClung is a lifelong plant enthusiast, gardening mentor, landscaping consultant, and author. Popu
Nov 1, 2025
SD HORT BOOK CLUB: The Serviceberry By Robin Wall Kimmerer, November 3, 2025, 4:30/5p On Zoom
By Karen England, for Let's Talk Plants! November 2025. Join us on Zoom for discussion of The Serviceberry by Robin Wall Kimmerer, on Monday November 3, 2025, at 4:30/5p pacific time on Zoom. Note: The Zoom SDHBC meeting link is not published, instead it is emailed to discussion participants. If you would like to receive the link, please email info@sdhort.org with “book club” in the subject line. An Instant New York Times Bestseller From the #1 New York Times bestselling au
Nov 1, 2025
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