My Life with Plants

NEXT MEETING: The Horticultural History Of San Diego Presented By John Clements, May 17, 2025, 1:30 p.m. In-person, Oasis Rancho Bernardo

This vintage photo of San Diego is a favorite of John Clements'. The dark dot just to the left of the middle of the photograph is a large...

2 days ago

By: Jim Bishop. This is a continuation of columns from September, October, and November 2015 newsletters about filling in our swimming...

May 1, 2016

By: Jim Bishop. The last two months I’ve written about the Northern Cape of South Africa and Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden....

Feb 1, 2016

By Jim Bishop. Last month I wrote about visiting the bulb fields at of the Western Cape area of South Africa this past September....

Jan 1, 2016

By Jim Bishop. As some of you may know, I turned 60 this year. As part of the celebration, I’ve been doing a lot of traveling to places...

Dec 1, 2015

By Jim Bishop. The last 2 months, I discussed how we came up with a design to replace our pool with a casita, stair tower and several...

Nov 1, 2015

By Jim Bishop. Last month, I discussed how we came up with a design to replace our pool with a casita, stair tower and several garden...

Oct 1, 2015

By Jim Bishop. By 2000, we had completed most of the remodel of the rooms inside the house. When we had started to do the remodel one of...

Sep 1, 2015