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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
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Articles


MY LIFE WITH PLANTS: The Huntington
By Jim Bishop, for Let's Talk Plants! March 2024. With over 130 acres, sixteen themed gardens and 83,000 living plants there are many...
Mar 1, 2024


MY LIFE WITH PLANTS: Plantas de Patagonia
By Jim Bishop, for Let's Talk Plants! January 2024. In December, Scott Borden, eight friends and I visited Patagonia on a Natural Habitat...
Jan 1, 2024


MY LIFE WITH PLANTS: Bristlecones Take Your Breath Away
By Jim Bishop, for Let's Talk Plants! November 2023. Since my column is called "My Life with Plants," it seems only fitting that I have...
Nov 1, 2023


MY LIFE WITH PLANTS: Northern England Gardens
By Jim Bishop, for Let's Talk Plants! September 2023. Northern England Gardens I'm not exactly sure when Scott or I last toured English...
Sep 1, 2023


MY LIFE WITH PLANTS: Charming Calochortus
By Jim Bishop, for Let's Talk Plants! July 2023. I'm not exactly sure when I first became aware of Calochortus. Calochortus weedii - July...
Jul 1, 2023


MY LIFE WITH PLANTS: The California Channel Islands
By Jim Bishop, for Let's Talk Plants! May 2023. Edited by Scott Borden. We were originally scheduled to visit the California Channel...
May 1, 2023


MY LIFE WITH PLANTS: Anza-Borrego Early Flower Show
By Jim Bishop, for Let's Talk Plants! March 2023. Closeup of Sand Verbena, Abronia villosa. Visit to June Wash After hearing and seeing...
Mar 1, 2023
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