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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


GROW WITH ABUNDANCE: Home Grown Veggies in Seven Days
By Sommer Cartier. If you’re new to urban gardening or lack sufficient growing space, microgreens are the perfect way to start developing...
Nov 1, 2017


GOING WILD WITH NATIVES: Natives for Your Hummers
By Bobbie Stephenson. Anna’s hummingbirds are our most common species and reside year-round in many different native habitats and also in...
Nov 1, 2017


NEWS: Enrich Your Life With a Class at the Garden!
From a DIY Living Wall/Vertical Garden class to creating beautiful images with Zentangle (a fun and easy method to learn!), San Diego...
Nov 1, 2017


PLANT OF THE MONTH: Peperomia 'Ruby Glow'
By Sherrill Leist and Lisa Marun. At each monthly meeting, members bring in plants, cuttings, or flowers and put them in blue bottles on...
Nov 1, 2017


TREES, PLEASE: Tree Pruning: Who’s Watching the Hen House?
By Tim Clancy. There is a cognitive bias known as the law of the hammer. The concept is that if the only tool you have is a hammer then...
Nov 1, 2017


FROM THE EDITOR: Garden Gratitude: Lend a Hand in Garden Restoration
By Lisa Marun. As SDHS members, we are all part of a greater gardening community that's bound by a love of and appreciation for plants....
Nov 1, 2017


THE REAL DIRT ON: Harriet Williams Russell Strong
By Susan Krzywicki. Connections always make knowledge more fun. When I saw that Harriet Strong had been educated at Miss Mary Atkins'...
Nov 1, 2017
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