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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
3 days ago
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...
Sep 30, 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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