#201801

Dec 1

NO MEETING IN DECEMBER: See You In January For The Next Meeting - Presentation Of Horticulturist of the Year!

On Saturday, January 18, 2025, 1:30p - 3p, at a very special Poway home garden, we will be having our Horticulturist of the Year...

Jan 1, 2018

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...