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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


GARDENS OF THE WORLD: Gardens of Northern Italy Near Lake Como
By Frank Mitzel. Starting in 1989, I've visited the Lake Como region of northern Italy five times during the eighteen trips to Italy that...
Jan 1, 2018


FROM THE EDITOR: Lilac Fire Destroys Local Nursery
By Susan Starr. Rainforest Flora’s growing grounds, located at the epicenter of the Lilac Fire, on West Lilac Road, was completely...
Jan 1, 2018


NEWS: Garden-Themed Egyptian Tapestries on Display
For the second successive year, garden-themed tapestries from the Ramses Wissa Wassef Art Centre in Egypt will be on display at the San...
Jan 1, 2018


TREES, PLEASE: This One's for the Birds
By Tim Clancy. One of the great pleasures of working with trees is the opportunity to observe the relationships of creatures with trees....
Jan 1, 2018


THE REAL DIRT ON: Norbert Rillieux: Engineer, Inventor, and Father of Sugar Processing
By Susan Krzywicki. Sugar production in California has a long and, excuse the pun, lumpy history. But understanding the history of sugar...
Jan 1, 2018


GOING WILD WITH NATIVES: How to Grow Woolly Blue Curls
By Lee Gordon. Trichostema lanatum, or woolly blue curls, may be San Diego’s most beautiful native shrub, but it has a reputation for...
Jan 1, 2018


NEWS: 2018 Spring Garden Tour
By John Beaudry. Our 2018 Spring Garden Tour will be in beautiful Encinitas on April 7, 2018. The tour will feature eleven gardens in the...
Jan 1, 2018
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