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May 2026
Monthly Meeting
NEXT GENERAL MEETING: If You Build it, They Might Come, With Molly Rightmyer, May 16, In-Person, Oasis, Rancho Bernardo, 1:30p -3:30p
Molly Rightmyer is a bee taxonomist who has become increasingly interested in native plants while attempting to increase the bee diversity of her home garden, an experience she wishes to share with other gardeners who hold similar aspirations. She got her start as a freelance scientific illustrator here in southern California. She then worked with fossil turtles as an apprentice illustrator at the American Museum of Natural History, NY, eventually landing a job as scientific
May 1
Articles
SHARING SECRETS: Early Bloomers
Edited by Cathy Tylka, for Let’s Talk Plants! March 2026. This month’s question: With all the rain and sunshine that we’ve had, blooms are out early. Do you have anything blooming that has not done so in the past? This includes all, as in bulbs, trees, shrubs, flowers or anything else, in your garden or somewhere else. Vincent McGrath of 91941, shares… … My yard is like a nursery with different plants blooming 365 days a year!!! Grevillia Ned Kelly B
Mar 1
SHARING GARDENS REPORT: A Valentine's Day Members-Only Treat In Olivenhain
By Karen England, for Let's Talk Plants! March 2026. SD Hort Member-only Sharing Gardens events like this one in Olivenhain, California on February 14, 2026, have returned to rave reviews. Photo credit: Karen England. On February 14, 2026, SD Hort members were treated to a lovely two-acre open garden in Olivenhain, California. The day was perfect in every way; the garden was gorgeous, the gardener artist was out and about both the garden and the art
Mar 1
GOING WILD WITH NATIVES: The CNPS Garden Tour April 11 & 12 And More Pollinator Friendly Native Plants!
By Susan Lewitt, for Let’s Talk Plants! March 2026. “Where Native Plants Thrive, We Thrive.” Graphics by Artefact Design. Please join the California Native Plant Society’s Native Garden Tour which will include many exciting and beautiful gardens for you to visit. Where Native Plants Thrive, We Thrive: When native plants flourish, they create gardens full of life where everything is connected. The CNPS Garden Tour April 11 & 12 And More Pollinator Friendly Native Plants! Son
Mar 1
GARDEN SURROUNDINGS: Enjoying Our Pets In The Garden
By Francesca Filanc, for Let’s Talk Plants! March 2026. Prince, a standard poodle, on the patio by a potted pink jasmine. Photo credit: Francesca Filanc. Enjoying Our Pets in the Garden “March comes in like a lion and moves out like a lamb” This is an old expression about the weather for the month of March. March, starting out blustery, windy and stormy and ending calm, birds chirping, with flowers beginning to bloom. But with climate change and also living in Southern Califo
Mar 1
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
Feb 1
NEXT SHARING GARDENS: Saturday, February 14, 2026, Stroll A Fabulous 2-Acre Open Garden In Olivenhain
Registration Opens Jan 31, 2026. Members bring your Valentine to a fabulous garden! On Saturday, February 14, 2026, a sumptuous garden will be open to members of the San Diego Horticultural Society (SDHS). Stroll this 2-acre garden in Olivenhain and see the paradise created over the last 30 years. The garden is a mixture of plants ranging from drought tolerant to tropical. Some special features are the lath house, tool shed, koi ponds, and numerous pieces of art. As a bonus
Feb 1
NEXT SD HORT BOOK CLUB: In Kiltumper by Niall Williams With Christine Breen, February 2, 2026, 4:30/5p On Zoom
By Karen England, for Let's Talk Plants! February 2026. Join us on Zoom for a discussion of In Kiltumper - A Year in an Irish Garden by Niall Williams with Christine Breen (Pacific Time) at 4:30p for social half hour and 5p for book discussion on January 12, 2026. Kiltumper in Co. Clare is where Niall Williams and Christine Breen have been living and writing for 40 years. This is a warm-hearted and uplifting memoir of their life in rural Ireland. "Its byways are as meande
Feb 1
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