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December 2025
Monthly Meeting
NEXT MEETING: Celebrating The Horticulturist Of The Year 2026, Nancy Carol Carter, On January 17, From 1:30p - 3:30p At Oasis Rancho Bernardo (Upstairs In The Grand Assembly Hall)
Nancy Carol Carter  Celebrating the Horticulturist of the Year for 2026 Nancy Carol Carter. Reminder, there is no meeting in December. Join us on January 17, from 1:30p - 3:30p, at Oasis Rancho Bernardo (Note: this meeting will be held upstairs in the Grand Assembly Hall and not in our regular room downstairs.) About Nancy - After a long and rewarding career in legal education, Nancy Carol Carter retired as a Professor of Law and Director of the Legal Research Center at the
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Articles
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...
Jul 31, 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...
Sep 30, 2022
BOTANICAL ENCOUNTERS: Mopane Woodlands
Text and photos by Ida Rigby, for Let’s Talk Plants! August 2022. Mopane Woodlands The mopane woodlands of southern Africa are usually...
Jul 31, 2022
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