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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
Jun 1
Articles


THYME TRAVELER: Always Take The Scenic Route
By Karen England, for Let’s Talk Plants! March 2025. The Thyme Traveler columns are about the herbs and gardens I’ve discovered growing...
Feb 28, 2025


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...
Aug 23, 2019


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...
Aug 1, 2019


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...
May 1, 2019


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...
Jan 1, 2019


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...
Dec 1, 2018


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...
Jun 1, 2018
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