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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


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...
May 1, 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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