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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: Everything is Connected
By Jim Bishop. On October 17, 1983, after a long and exhausting day of lifting and unpacking, I finally went to bed. Near sunrise, I was...
Jun 1, 2014
MY LIFE WITH PLANTS: Early Mentors
By Jim Bishop. By the late 1980's, I wasn't really looking for garden mentors, just trying to learn more about local gardens and plants. ...
May 1, 2014
MY LIFE WITH PLANTS: Annual Adventure
By Jim Bishop. In previous articles I talked about creating the “bones” - the hardscape, trees and large plants- of my mid-80's garden in...
Mar 1, 2014
MY LIFE WITH PLANTS: Middle-Earth, Land of Ferns
By Jim Bishop. I first became aware of New Zealand’s unusual plants 35 years ago when visiting Strybing Arboretum (now the San Francisco...
Jan 1, 2014
MY LIFE WITH PLANTS: Nothing but Dirt
By Jim Bishop. Inspired by Butchart Gardens in British Colombia, in the fall of 1984 I started planning to landscape the backyard of my...
Dec 1, 2013
MY LIFE WITH PLANTS: Welcome to Coastal Southern California, a Gardening Paradise
By Jim Bishop. Having moved from the Bay Area to Encinitas, I soon learned that owning a house was a lot more work than I had...
Nov 1, 2013
MY LIFE WITH PLANTS: Head South Young Man
30 years ago, October 17 1983 to be precise, I moved to San Diego. I’d been in the Bay Area four years and it seemed so idyllic, I...
Oct 2, 2013
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