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July 2025
Monthly Meeting


NEXT MEETING: Intro To The San Diego Natural History Museum Canyoneers With Samantha Barlin, July 19, 2025, 1:30p - 3p, SD Oasis, Rancho Bernardo
The newly reinstituted Plant Forum (to learn more, please read the Plant Forum article by Susi Torre-Bueno in this newsletter) will be...
Jul 1
Articles


TREES, PLEASE: Hot-Hued Trees for Sizzling Summer Daze
By Robin Rivet. Summers in San Diego increasingly remind me of places I used to live; but I’m no snowbird. I fled the east coast loathing...
Aug 1, 2019


TREES, PLEASE: Think Trees Are Making You Sneeze?
By Robin Rivet. Allergies are on the rise. Although grassy plants and food sensitivities account for much of this ascent, there is...
Jun 1, 2019


TREES, PLEASE: Stopping the Topping – “It’s the Law”
By Robin Rivet. Tree topping is brutal. Although the term “butchered” is frequently used, butchers are highly skilled meat cutters. Tree...
Apr 1, 2019


TREES, PLEASE: Jacarandas: Lovely Lavender or Purple Panic?
By Robin Rivet. Final exams and Southern California’s rainy season are over, but in June the jacaranda tree (Jacaranda mimosifolia) is...
Jun 1, 2017


TREES, PLEASE: A Shady Business: Citizens Need to Speak Up
By Robin Rivet. Do you avoid parking under a tree because you’re concerned that bird or insect feces might ruin your car wash? Although...
Apr 1, 2017
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