Garden Surroundings

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...

GARDEN SURROUNDINGS: Magnolias

By Francesca Filanc, for Let’s Talk Plants! August 2022. “A tree or shrub with large, typically creamy-pink, waxy flowers. Magnolias are...

GARDEN SURROUNDINGS: Amaryllis

By Francesca Filanc, for Let's Talk Plants! July 2022. Amaryllis "Amaryllis is a bulbous plant with white, pink, or red flowers and...

GARDEN SURROUNDINGS: Using Garden Structures Makes Exciting Gardens

By Francesca Filanc, for Let’s Talk Plants! June 2022. Using Garden Structures Makes Exciting Gardens Adding arbors, pergolas, and...

GARDEN SURROUNDINGS: Lady Banks Roses

By Francesca Filanc, for Let’s Talk Plants! May 2022. Lady Banks Rose has been grown for 2,000 years in gardens in China. It has no...

GARDEN SURROUNDINGS: The Joy Of Growing Wisteria

By Francesca Filanc, for Let’s Talk Plants! April 2022. ‘April Showers Bring May Flowers’ The expression originates from a line in an...

GARDEN SURROUNDINGS: March Is A Work Horse Month In Our Gardens

By Francesca Filanc, for Let's Talk Plants! March 2022. Traditionally March is a work horse month in our gardens. My mum, Pat Welsh,...

GARDEN SURROUNDINGS: ‘A Rose Is A Rose Is A Rose’

By Francesca Filanc, for Let's Talk Plants! February 2022. ‘Rose is a rose is a rose’ was written by Gertrude Stein as part of the 1913...