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June 2026
Monthly Meeting
NEXT GENERAL MEETING: Right Tree, Right Place, Right Fire Zone: A Look at San Diego’s Trees and Their Future, With Tony Gurnoe, June 20, In-Person, Oasis, Rancho Bernardo, 1:30p -3:30p
Native trees are all the rage, with municipalities such as Encinitas passing regulations that require new landscape development projects to include native species. Which trees count as native? Are they good choices for your yard? How do native trees relate to fire and California's new zone 0 regulations? We'll talk about all of these things while profiling some of San Diego's unique and often underappreciated local trees. Tony Gurnoe has conducted research related to native t
Jun 1
Articles
FROM THE ARCHIVES: Going Wild With Natives - Under The Pine Trees
By Susan Krzywicki, originally published in Let’s Talk Plants! November 2015, No. 254. Republished November 2023. Under The Pine Trees...
Nov 1, 2023
FROM THE ARCHIVES: Beware Of Puncturevine
By Susi Torre-Bueno, for Let’s Talk Plants! Originally published August 2015, No. 251, republished August 2023. I recently learned about...
Aug 1, 2023
FROM THE ARCHIVES: Medicinal Plants Archival Update
By Carl Price and Ellen Reardon, July 2023. This article first appeared in Let’s Talk Plants! April 2008, No. 163 and was published again...
Jul 1, 2023
FROM THE ARCHIVES: Plant A Garden, Grow A Friendship
By Dave Ericson, June 2023, originally published in Let’s Talk Plants! June 2014, No. 237. Plant A Garden, Grow A Friendship A good...
May 31, 2023
FROM THE ARCHIVES: Plants That Produce - Green Veggies & Herbs For Every Garden, Parts l & ll
By Richard Frost, for Let’s Talk Plants! May 2023. Part l originally appeared in Let’s Talk Plants! May 2009, No. 176 and Part ll in June...
May 1, 2023
FROM THE ARCHIVES: Protecting Your Garden From Storm Damage
By Nick Stavros, for Let’s Talk Plants! April 2023. Originally published in March 2010, No. 186. Protecting your Garden from Storm Damage...
Apr 3, 2023
FROM THE ARCHIVES: Removing Concrete From The Garden… Or Not???
By Pamela Homfelt, for Let’s Talk Plants! March 2023. Originally published March 2009, No. 174. Removing Concrete from the Garden… or...
Mar 1, 2023
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