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March 2026
Monthly Meeting
NEXT GENERAL MEETING: April 18, 2026 - Walker Wilson - Conservation Through Cultivation - Growing A Local Ecotype Nursery. In-Person, Oasis, Rancho Bernardo, 1:30p -3:30p
Viguiera laciniata - San Diego Bush Sunflower. Photo Credit: Walkers Wildlands – California Native Plant Nursery Viguiera laciniata - San Diego Bush Sunflower, a San Diego endemic species that happens to be excellent for garden conditions. Evergreen, tough and made for full sun conditions, it will still stay green with
Mar 1
Articles
FROM THE ARCHIVES: Are Your Leaves Turning Red?
By Ellen Reardon and Carl Price, originally published in Let’sTalk Plants! October 2008, No. 169, republished October 2025. WiX stock...
Oct 1, 2025
NEXT MEETING: Grapes In The Garden With MG Susan Benes Pacheco - September 20, 2025. 1:30 - 3p Oasis, Rancho Bernardo
MG Susan Benes Pacheco's current north county San Diego front yard with ripening crop of red and white grapes. Next Meeting – September...
Sep 1, 2025
SD HORT BOOK CLUB: Update - No Meeting In September! Happy Labor Day And See You In October On Zoom
By Karen England, for Let's Talk Plants! September 2025. WiX stock photo There will be no SD Hort Book Club meeting this month. We are...
Sep 1, 2025
MY LIFE WITH PLANTS: Memphis
Text and photos by Jim Bishop, for Let's Talk Plants! September 2025 In June, I attended my second Garden Fling of the year in Memphis,...
Sep 1, 2025
GROW IN ABUNDANCE: Fall Gardening In San Diego - Turning Heat Into Harvest
By Sommer Cartier, for Let’s Talk Plants! September 2025. Photo by Murat Ts. on Unsplash. Fall Gardening in San Diego -Turning Heat into...
Sep 1, 2025
GOING WILD WITH NATIVES: Plant Planning Strategies – Upcoming Plant Sale On October 18
By Susan Lewitt, for Let’s Talk Plants! September 2025. There are over 700 native bee species in San Diego County, and they need the...
Sep 1, 2025
TREES, PLEASE! The Herbal Grove
By Karen England, for Let’s Talk Plants! September 2025. Pomegranate, photo credit: WiX stock photo. I have been a regular speaker on the subject of herbs for close to thirty years and in that time, I have always enjoyed surprising audience after audience with just how herbal the entire plant world is and has been for millennia. Seeing people’s minds become “blown” (it looks much like the emoji 🤯 ) as I give my talks is a perk of my job, it’s better than television. One such
Sep 1, 2025
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