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NEXT HYBRID MEETING: Smart, Gorgeous, Sensible Succulent Gardens w/Debra Lee Baldwin

You Are Invited! to the next general hybrid meeting of the San Diego Horticultural Society. Monday, September 12, 2022, 6 p.m. in-person...

The Formidable, and Misnamed, Potato Bug

This is the first in a series of articles about the insect creatures in our gardens from entomologist James Bethke, well-known for his...

FRANK'S FAVORITES: Ground Covers for San Diego Gardens

Groundcovers are a great way to cover garden areas around larger perennials, shrubs, and trees in your landscape. Rather than look at...

FRANK'S FAVORITES: Fabulous Flax*

By Debra Lee Baldwin. This article is the first in a new column by our President, Frank Mitzel. Frank will tell us about some of his...

GARDENS OF THE WORLD: Mediterranean Gardens on the Côte d'Azur

By Frank Mitzel. Crossing over the border from Italy, we travel west along the Mediterranean seacoast and arrive at the Côte d' Azur in...

GUEST COLUMNIST: An interview with Dr. Ari Novy, CEO of the San Diego Botanic Garden

By Susan Starr. Dr. Ari Novy became CEO and President of the San Diego Botanic Garden on October 15, 2018. The former Executive Director...

GUEST COLUMNIST: Artists' Paintings From the Garden Tour

By Barbara Raub. The San Diego Horticultural Society loves to feature plein air artists in the gardens on our spring tour each year. It...

HORTICULTURIST OF THE YEAR: 2018

By Lucy Warren. Greg Rubin is 2018 Horticulturist of the Year Greg Rubin is a big man, but even greater is his passion, enthusiasm, and...