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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
Dec 1
Articles
MY LIFE WITH PLANTS: The Scottish Herbaceous Border
By Jim Bishop. This month we'll take a brief detour away from my life chronology told through plants. In July, 2012, I was fortunate to...
Sep 1, 2013
MY LIFE WITH PLANTS: Hub of the Bay
By Jim Bishop. In the late 70's the city of San Jose had something of an inferiority complex with its neighbors San Francisco and the...
Aug 1, 2013
MY LIFE WITH PLANTS: Starting Small
By Jim Bishop. After just one year in the Bay Area, I was anxious for a place with real soil to garden. About the same time, I realized...
Jul 1, 2013
MY LIFE WITH PLANTS: Valley of Heart's Delight
By Jim Bishop. The Santa Clara Valley stretches about 30 miles from the San Francisco peninsula in the north to the town of Hollister in...
Jun 1, 2013
MY LIFE WITH PLANTS: The Apartment
By Jim BIshop. The first order of business after my arrival in the San Jose area was to find a place to live. The landscaping and view at...
May 1, 2013
MY LIFE WITH PLANTS: Do you know the way to San Jose?
By Jim Bishop. In August of 1979, I loaded up my lime green Ford Galaxy 500 with my few worldly possessions and potted jade plant and set...
Mar 30, 2013
MY LIFE WITH PLANTS: The Rear View Mirror
By Jim Bishop. In the summer of 1979 I was completing graduate work at the University of Texas, going on job interviews, and experiencing...
Feb 1, 2013
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