From the Editor

NEXT MEETING: Zoom Only – 04/10/’23 The Houseplant Guru, Lisa Eldred Steinkopf

Please join us on April 10, 2023, at 6 p.m. (PST) on Zoom only for this month’s SDHS General Meeting featuring a talk about one of the...

EDITOR'S LETTER: Gardening Boom Comes From COVID-19

I had a phone conversation last week with my cousin, the owner/operator of Sunshine Gardens in Encinitas about his invalid wife and my inval

EDITOR'S LETTER: "Irish Peony"

In July and August of 2004, December of '07 and June and July of '08 I traveled to Ireland for weeks at a time each trip, specifically to st

EDITOR'S LETTER: Some Thoughts on Scientific Plant Names Brought on by a Very Large Vine.

My parents were born in and I grew up to the age of 11 in Sierra Madre, California, a tiny, idyllic burg in Los Angeles County, the home of

EDITOR’S LETTER: Hello 2020! Are You Growing Any of the Plants of the Year?

I am a long-time member of the International Herb Association, the IHA, and we have a long-standing educational program called the Herb of t

EDITOR'S LETTER: December Roses.

British playwright and author, James M. Barrie, 1860-1937, is attributed with saying “God gave us memory so that we might have roses in

EDITOR'S LETTER: Persimmons Anyone?

I moved to Vista, CA in May of 2000 to a rental with the sole purpose of getting my husband and myself closer to where we were shopping,

EDITOR’S LETTER: Herbs Make the Difference.

Confession: I’m not a great gardener, I haven’t always loved it, I’m not a natural, but thankfully none of that has ever stopped me from gar