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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


GROW IN ABUNDANCE: Mastering The Harvest Of Cole Crops
By Sommer Cartier, for Let’s Talk Plants! January 2025. https://www.flickr.com/photos/philopp/4763728210/in/photolist-8fXmr1-auca6f-baoHB...
Jan 1, 2025


COME INTO THE KITCHEN, GARDENER: Broccoli Cheese Soup In A Bread Bowl For One
By Karen England, for Let’s Talk Plants! January 2025. https://www.flickr.com/photos/sk8geek/ Broccoli Cheese Soup in a Bread Bowl for...
Jan 1, 2025


FROM THE MASTER GARDENERS: Pruning Fruit Trees In Winter
By Greg Alder, UC Master Gardener of San Diego County, originally printed in The San Diego Union-Tribune, January 2024, reprinted with...
Jan 1, 2025


FROM THE BOARD: Happy New Year – We Have A New Treasurer!
Scott Borden is the San Diego Horticultural Society's new Treasurer. Happy New Year – We Have a New Treasurer! Talk about happy news! Ray...
Jan 1, 2025


SHARING SECRETS: Any New Garden Additions?
Edited by Cathy Tylka, for Let’s Talk Plants! January 2025. WiX stock photo. Current question - …What would you like to ask? Do you have...
Jan 1, 2025


HERITAGE HAUNTS: From 2008 Newsletter Archive - Veterans Village Of San Diego - Soothing Surroundings For Homeless Veterans
Column curated by Cathy Tylka, for Let’s Talk Plants! January 2025. Article by Linda Johnson, first published in LTP! December 2008, No....
Jan 1, 2025


GARDEN SURROUNDINGS: Happy New Year
By Francesca Filanc, for Let’s Talk Plants! January 2025. As this year draws to a close, we are reminded about what is important in life....
Jan 1, 2025


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...
Dec 1, 2024


SD HORT BOOK CLUB: Announcing Next Three Books For The New Year & A Reminder There Is No Meeting In December
By Karen England, for Let's Talk Plants! December 2024. LOOKING AHEAD: Please note: We are taking December off. It's official! The voting...
Dec 1, 2024


BOTANICAL ENCOUNTERS: Mashatu (Nyala) Tree
Words and photographs by Ida K. Rigby, for Let’s Talk Plants! December 2024. Mashatu (Nyala) Tree Let’s set the scene for the Mashatu...
Dec 1, 2024


TREES, PLEASE! New Tree Taxes? Don’t Laugh.
By Robin Y. Rivet, for Let’s Talk Plants! December 2024. Public domain: United States Botanical Garden. (Accessed 11/16/24)...
Dec 1, 2024


PERMACULTURE: Creating Small Scale Fish Scale Swales
By Mary 'Klibs' Dralle, for Let's Talk Plants! December 2024. Creating Small Scale Fish Scale Swales This article was inspired after a...
Dec 1, 2024


NOVEMBER 2024 MEETING REPORT: Preserve Today, Relish Tomorrow with Master Food Preservers of San Diego County.
For everyone who attended this meeting, an aside report is that Karen gave away all 400 (!) of the Hachiya persimmons that she brought...
Dec 1, 2024


GOING WILD WITH NATIVES ARCHIVE: Hedges For Edges
By Pat Pawlowski, originally published in Let’s Talk Plants! December 2014, issue No. 243. Reprinted December 2024. Narrowleaf Milkweed...
Dec 1, 2024


SHARING SECRETS: Pumpkin Time And Fall Colors
Edited by Cathy Tylka, for Let’s Talk Plants! December 2024. Sharing Secrets question – November is pumpkin time and fall colors. Do you...
Dec 1, 2024


HERITAGE HAUNTS: Gods And Goddesses In The Garden - Greco-Roman Mythology And The Scientific Names Of Plants & The Story Of The Root-Children
Book review from the archives originally published December 2008, curated by Cathy Tylka for Let's Talk Plants! December 2024. Gods and...
Dec 1, 2024
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