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March 2026
Monthly Meeting
NEXT GENERAL MEETING: April 18, 2026 - Walker Wilson - Conservation Through Cultivation - Growing A Local Ecotype Nursery. In-Person, Oasis, Rancho Bernardo, 1:30p -3:30p
Viguiera laciniata - San Diego Bush Sunflower. Photo Credit: Walkers Wildlands – California Native Plant Nursery Viguiera laciniata - San Diego Bush Sunflower, a San Diego endemic species that happens to be excellent for garden conditions. Evergreen, tough and made for full sun conditions, it will still stay green with
Mar 1
Articles
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
BOTANICAL ENCOUNTERS: The Okavango Delta - The Wetlands
Text and photos by Ida K. Rigby, for Let’s Talk Plants! October 2022. Botanical Encounters 4 Before we make the transition from our last...
Oct 1, 2022
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