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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
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Articles


BOTANICAL ENCOUNTERS: Jardin Majorelle, Marrakech
Words and pictures by Ida K. Rigby unless otherwise noted, for Let’s Talk Plants! December 2023. Jardin Majorelle, Marrakech Because our...
Dec 1, 2023


BOTANICAL ENCOUNTERS: Farming In The High Atlas Mountains Of Morocco
Words and pictures by Ida K. Rigby, for Let’s Talk Plants! October 2023. Farming in the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco I had planned to...
Oct 1, 2023


BOTANICAL ENCOUNTERS: Acacias Of Southern Africa - Part 1
By Ida Rigby, for Let’s Talk Plants! August 2023. Acacias of Southern Africa - Part 1 Acacias are the iconic trees of the semi-arid...
Aug 1, 2023


BOTANICAL ENCOUNTERS: Palms of the Okavango Delta
Words and pictures by Ida Rigby, for Let’s Talk Plants! June 2023. Palms of the Okavango Delta Two palms, the real fan palm, Hypnaena...
May 31, 2023


BOTANICAL ENCOUNTERS: The Art Of Container Gardening In Vietnam
Words and pictures by Ida K. Rigby for Let’s Talk Plants! April 2023. The Art of Container Gardening in Vietnam As a follow up to the...
Apr 3, 2023


BOTANICAL ENCOUNTERS: Vietnamese Lunar New Year, 2012
Words and photos by Ida K. Rigby, for Let’s Talk Plants! February 2023. On January 22 we celebrated the Lunar New Year, so for this...
Feb 1, 2023


BOTANICAL ENCOUNTERS: Okavango Delta Wetlands, Part 2
Text and photos by Ida K. Rigby, for Let’s Talk Plants! December 2022. Okavango Delta Wetlands, Part 2 In the last column we glided...
Dec 1, 2022
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