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February 2026
Monthly Meeting
NEXT HYBRID MEETING: Riley Black, When The Earth Was Green, February 21, Oasis, RB And Zoom
Riley Black is the bestselling and award-winning author of When the Earth Was Green , The Last Days of the Dinosaurs , and more. A regular contributor to National Geographic , Smithsonian , and Slate , as well as a repeat guest on NOVA and Science Friday , Riley has spent more than fifteen years bringing the public the latest about the deep past. When not enthusing over fossils in articles and books, Riley regularly volunteers with museum field teams to uncover new
Feb 1
Articles
MEETING REPORT: Nan Sterman, Horticulturist of the Year, January 2021
What a wonderful evening it was with our first ever packed Zoom meeting house as Nan Sterman received the San Diego Horticulturist of the Ye
Feb 1, 2021
CATCHING UP WITH HOYs: Pat Welsh, Horticulturalist of the Year, 2003
Normally I am given great freedom in what I write about each month for Let's Talk Plants!, as long as it has to do with plants and gardens.
Jan 1, 2021
HORTICULTURIST OF THE YEAR: Jim Bishop
By Jim Bishop. Jim Bishop served as the third President of the San Diego Horticultural Society (SDHS) from 2011-2017. He joined the...
May 1, 2019
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...
Apr 30, 2018
HORTICULTURIST OF THE YEAR: 2017
By Susi Torre-Bueno. Debra Lee Baldwin Every year, the SDHS honors a local luminary of the horticulture community for their significant...
Jun 1, 2017
HORTICULTURIST OF THE YEAR: 2016
The past and present Horticulturists of the San Diego Zoo Over the first 100 years of San Diego Zoo Global’s existence, an international...
Jan 30, 2016
HORTICULTURIST OF THE YEAR: 2015
Kathy Puplava First Balboa Park Horticulturist The East Coast and my start in Gardening As all of us are, I am a product of my era and my...
Jun 1, 2015
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