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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
Jun 1
Articles


SD HORT BOOK CLUB: Next Book - June 2 , 2025, Elderflora By Jared Farmer On Zoom
By Karen England, for Let's Talk Plants! June 2025. Have you heard how much fun the SD Hort Book Club is? It's amazing, and I'm not just...
Jun 1, 2025


IN MEMORIAM: Remembering Yvonne Mao, San Diego Horticultural Society Member And Friend
By Jim Booman, reprinted from Facebook with permission, for Let's Talk Plants! June 2025. Yvonne Mao, San Diego Horticultural Society...
Jun 1, 2025


BOTANICAL ENCOUNTERS: Rewilding In Southern Africa - The Kalahari Dunes
Words and pictures by Ida K. Rigby, for Let’s Talk Plants! June 2025. Rewilding In Southern Africa - The Kalahari Dunes The Kalahari...
Jun 1, 2025


FROM THE BOARD: Please Welcome Our Two Newest Board Members – John Clements And Susi Torre-Bueno
Please Welcome Our Two Newest Board Members – John Clements and Susi Torre-Bueno Great News! At the most recent board meeting on May 19,...
Jun 1, 2025


PLANT FORUM: Please Welcome Back The Plant Forum To The Monthly Meetings
By Susi Torre-Bueno, for Let’s Talk Plants! June 2025. Plant Forum Returns to Monthly Meetings From our first SD Hort meeting in 1994...
Jun 1, 2025


TREES, PLEASE! Life Is Alive And Well In Our Urban Trees
By Robin Y. Rivet, for Let’s Talk Plants! June 2025. Close-up of the enormous Moreton Bay Fig – San Diego’s Balboa Park - SDNHM I t’s...
Jun 1, 2025


GOING WILD WITH NATIVES: San Diego Is Not A Desert, But…
By Susan Lewitt, for Let’s Talk Plants! June 2025. Beavertail Pricklypear in bloom. Photo courtesy of Calscape. San Diego is Not a...
Jun 1, 2025


FROM THE MASTER GARDENERS: Lavender
By Lee Somerville, UCCE San Diego Master Gardener. This article first appeared in May 2024 in the “Garden Mastery” column of the Union...
Jun 1, 2025


PERMACULTURE: Edible Flowers
By Mary 'Klibs' Dralle, for Let’s Talk Plants! June 2025. Crocus Flowers. Artist is bernswaelz. Provided by pixabay.com . This article is...
Jun 1, 2025


SHARING SECRETS: Favorite Wildflower In Bloom Now
Edited by Cathy Tylka, for Let’s Talk Plants! June 2025. Wix stock photo. This month’s question: Do you have a favorite flower, plant or...
Jun 1, 2025


GARDEN SURROUNDINGS: Inviting People To Enjoy The Garden
By Francesca Filanc, for Let’s Talk Plants! June 2025. "If you build it, they will come." Inviting People to Enjoy the Garden There is a...
Jun 1, 2025


NEXT MEETING: The Horticultural History Of San Diego Presented By John Clements, May 17, 2025, 1:30 p.m. In-person, Oasis Rancho Bernardo
This vintage photo of San Diego is a favorite of John Clements'. The dark dot just to the left of the middle of the photograph is a large...
May 1, 2025


SD HORT BOOK CLUB: Next Book - May 5, 2025, Nature's Best Hope By Douglas Tallamy On Zoom
By Karen England, for Let's Talk Plants! April 2025. Have you heard how much fun the SD Hort Book Club is? It's amazing, and I'm not just...
May 1, 2025


MY LIFE WITH PLANTS: Blue-eyed Grass - San Diego's New Official Flower
Text and photos by Jim Bishop, for Let's Talk Plants! May 2025. It's official. Blue-eyed grass is now the official flower of San Diego....
May 1, 2025


GROW IN ABUNDANCE: The Magic Of Growing Heirloom Tomatoes
By Sommer Cartier, for Let’s Talk Plants! May 2025. Photo credit: Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash. The Magic of Growing Heirloom...
May 1, 2025


TREES, PLEASE! Mr. Dressup Tree
By Tim Clancy, for Let’s Talk Plants! May 2025. Mr. Dressup (TV Series 1967–1996) - IMDb I lived in Canada for twelve years from 1975 to...
May 1, 2025
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