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NEXT MEETING: A Strawberry Is Not A Fruit With The Plant Guy! Chuck McClung Explains Botanical Complexities And More... Nov. 15, 2025, Oasis, RB

In-person at San Diego Oasis, Rancho Bernardo, CA. Online registration required - SD Hort Member (and their guest) registration is FREE and in-person non-member registration is $15.00 (Consider joining or renewing with the San Diego Horticultural Society for $30.00 and attend this meeting for free.) Next meeting: November 15, 2025 At Oasis RB, 1:30p-3p Chuck the Plant Guy! Chuck McClung is a lifelong plant enthusiast, gardening mentor, landscaping consultant, and author. Popu

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TREES, PLEASE! Is That Tree Really Sick?

By Robin Y. Rivet, for Let's Talk Plants! October 2025. Jacaranda tree loses its foliage before blooming in May. Nearby trees have already leafed out. "SelecTree. UFEI. " Jacaranda mimosifolia Tree Record." 1995-2025. Cal Poly State University, San Luis Obispo. Is That Tree Really Sick? “I think my tree is dying”. Sadly, this is a common lament for far too many residents. Decline of urban trees often arises from largely preventable abiotic causes. Environmentally stressed tr

Sep 30

FROM THE MASTER GARDENERS: California Native Grasses - Nature at Home

By Sherry Goldman, UC Master Gardener of San Diego County. This article first appeared in the Union Tribune in September 2024. Reprinted...

Sep 30

GOING WILD WITH NATIVES: California Native Plant Society’s Native Plant Sale

By Susan Lewitt, for Let's Talk Plants! October 2025. California Native Plant Society’s Native Plant Sale The CNPS Native Plant Sale ...

Sep 30

SEPTEMBER 2025 MEETING REPORT: Planting & Growing Grapevines With Master Gardener, Susan Pacheco - SD Hort YouTube Presentation Video & Handouts

Susan Pacheco presenting Planting and Growing Grapes. Photo credit: Karen England. https://youtu.be/Wq9M8sdPX9U Planting and Growing...

Sep 30

PLANT FORUM: September 2025 Meeting

Compiled by Susi Torre-Bueno, for Let's Talk Plants! October 2025. For over two decades a meeting highlight was the Plant Forum, where a...

Sep 30

SHARING SECRETS: Lessons Learned

Edited by Cathy Tylka, for Let's Talk Plants! October 2025. Current question: Did you ever think a plant was named one thing and then...

Sep 30

GARDEN SURROUNDINGS: A Jog Down Memory Lane

By Francesca Filanc, for Let’s Talk Plants! October 2025. One of the author’s nieces as a little girl enjoying the wildflower garden....

Sep 30

FROM THE ARCHIVES: Are Your Leaves Turning Red?

By Ellen Reardon and Carl Price, originally published in Let’sTalk Plants! October 2008, No. 169, republished October 2025. WiX stock...

Sep 30

NEXT MEETING: Grapes In The Garden With MG Susan Benes Pacheco - September 20, 2025. 1:30 - 3p Oasis, Rancho Bernardo

MG Susan Benes Pacheco's current north county San Diego front yard with ripening crop of red and white grapes. Next Meeting – September...

Sep 1

SD HORT BOOK CLUB: Update - No Meeting In September! Happy Labor Day And See You In October On Zoom

By Karen England, for Let's Talk Plants! September 2025. WiX stock photo There will be no SD Hort Book Club meeting this month. We are...

Sep 1

MY LIFE WITH PLANTS: Memphis

Text and photos by Jim Bishop, for Let's Talk Plants! September 2025 In June, I attended my second Garden Fling of the year in Memphis,...

Sep 1

GROW IN ABUNDANCE: Fall Gardening In San Diego - Turning Heat Into Harvest

By Sommer Cartier, for Let’s Talk Plants! September 2025. Photo by Murat Ts. on Unsplash. Fall Gardening in San Diego -Turning Heat into...

Sep 1

GOING WILD WITH NATIVES: Plant Planning Strategies – Upcoming Plant Sale On October 18

By Susan Lewitt, for Let’s Talk Plants! September 2025. There are over 700 native bee species in San Diego County, and they need the...

Sep 1

TREES, PLEASE! The Herbal Grove

By Karen England, for Let’s Talk Plants! September 2025. Pomegranate, photo credit: WiX stock photo. I have been a regular speaker on the subject of herbs for close to thirty years and in that time, I have always enjoyed surprising audience after audience with just how herbal the entire plant world is and has been for millennia. Seeing people’s minds become “blown” (it looks much like the emoji 🤯 ) as I give my talks is a perk of my job, it’s better than television. One such

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