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December 2025
Monthly Meeting
NEXT MEETING: Celebrating The Horticulturist Of The Year 2026, Nancy Carol Carter, On January 17, From 1:30p - 3:30p At Oasis Rancho Bernardo (Upstairs In The Grand Assembly Hall)
Nancy Carol Carter Celebrating the Horticulturist of the Year for 2026 Nancy Carol Carter. Reminder, there is no meeting in December. Join us on January 17, from 1:30p - 3:30p, at Oasis Rancho Bernardo (Note: this meeting will be held upstairs in the Grand Assembly Hall and not in our regular room downstairs.) About Nancy - After a long and rewarding career in legal education, Nancy Carol Carter retired as a Professor of Law and Director of the Legal Research Center at the
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Articles
MY LIFE WITH PLANTS: Raising the Roof
By Jim Bishop. In October of 1983, when I bought my house in Encinitas, I assumed I’d be living there only a few years. Encinitas was...
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MY LIFE WITH PLANTS: Uncle Harry
By Jim Bishop. A watercolor painting hangs in our T.V. room that everyone has always referred to as “The Sheik”. It was painted by my...
Dec 1, 2014
MY LIFE WITH PLANTS: Holy Basil
By Jim Bishop. While I’ve mostly been written in this column about the ornamental landscaping of my home in Encinitas, I also had a...
Nov 1, 2014
MY LIFE WITH PLANTS: We're Legal Now
By Jim Bishop. As this month's column marks the start of our 21st year and my 4th year as president, I thought now would be a good time...
Oct 1, 2014
MY LIFE WITH PLANTS: 1994 - Part 2
By Jim Bishop. In the fall of 1994, I had learned about the first meeting of the new San Diego Horticultural Society at Quail Gardens...
Sep 1, 2014
MY LIFE WITH PLANTS: 1994 - Part 1
By Jim Bishop. 1994 was a year of big changes and surprises for me. I was starting to be aware that there were other people in San Diego...
Aug 1, 2014
MY LIFE WITH PLANTS: Perennial Pursuit
By Jim Bishop. By the late 80's, the heavy use of annuals and bulbs in my garden meant that it needed almost continual attention to...
Jul 1, 2014
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