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June 2026
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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
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SD HORT BOOK CLUB: The Natures of John and William Bartram by Thomas P. Slaughter
Next SD Hort Book Club - Monday, March 6, 2023, 4:30p/5p on Zoom All are welcome! Come once or come always - your choice. Send an email...
Mar 1, 2023


HOUSEPLANTS MAKE A HOUSE A HOME: Review Of Better Homes & Gardens Special Houseplants Publication
Review Of Better Homes & Gardens Special Houseplants Publication By Karen England, for Let's Talk Plants! March 2022. For only $12.99...
Mar 1, 2022


BOOK REVIEW: The Complete Writings of Kate Sessions in California Garden, 1909-1939 New Edition
Oh, Ms. Sessions, why do we all love thee? Your insights, quips, instruction are informed and true. You reach us on so many levels. Reading
Apr 1, 2020


BOOK REVIEW: The Plant Messiah's Mission to Revive
By Carol Buckley. The Plant Messiah: Adventures in Search of the World’s Rarest Species is written in memoir style by Carlos Magdalena,...
Dec 1, 2018


BOOK REVIEW: Founding Gardeners
Reviewed by Evelyn Torre-Bueno. Andrea Wulf's Founding Gardeners: The Revolutionary Generation, Nature, and the Shaping of the American...
Dec 1, 2017


BOOK REVIEW: Farewell and Good Gardening to All
By Caroline McCullagh. I’ve just completed 15 years of writing book reviews for the San Diego Horticultural Society. It’s time for me to...
Sep 1, 2017


BOOK REVIEW: Seed Savers Exchange Catalog
Reviewed by Caroline McCullagh. Here we are in the dog days of summer when the Dog Star, Sirius, follows Orion around the sky and brings...
Aug 1, 2017
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