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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


SHARING SECRETS: Making Things Easier As We Age
Edited by Cathy Tylka, for Let’s Talk Plants! November 2025. This month’s question: What are you doing in your garden to make things easier to maintain as you grow older and your knees/back/muscles don't cooperate as they used to? This question is thanks to Susi Torre-Bueno! Linda Chisari reports… ... In 1976, when we moved into our current house in Del Mar, we were very excited to find a huge, south-facing backyard, perfect for a veg
Nov 1, 2025


GARDEN SURROUNDINGS: Past And Present In A Garden
By Francesca Filanc, for Let's Talk Plants! November 2025. Many of us live in our gardens. By that I mean, we spend a lot of time in our gardens. Working in them for sure, but it’s also so important to sit in the garden and appreciate the beauty of nature. I for one enjoy most of my meals in the garden. Looking at the beauty of nature while eating a delicious meal, many times containing some item from the garden, such as herbs or apples, lemons, limes, oranges, passionfruit a
Nov 1, 2025


NEXT MEETING: October 18, 2025, “Mr. Trees” Tyler Trimble Presents Fall Pruning And Care Of Fruit Trees, 1:30p - 3p Oasis, Rancho Bernardo
"Mr. Trees" Tyler Trimble. Next Meeting – October 18, 2025 – 1:30p -3p In-person at San Diego Oasis, Rancho Bernardo, CA. Online...
Oct 1, 2025


SHARING GARDENS: Visits To Member Gardens Are Back! For SD Hort Members Only - Another Great Reason To Join The San Diego Horticultural Society
https://www.sdhort.org/event-6293343 Fallbrook Open Garden When: Saturday, October 04, 2025, 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM Location: Fallbrook...
Oct 1, 2025


SD HORT BOOK CLUB: The Light Eaters By Zoë Schlanger October 6, 2025, 4:30p - 6p On Zoom
By Karen England, for Let's Talk Plants! October 2025. The Light Eaters by Zoë Schlanger will be the 50th book that the SD Hort Book...
Oct 1, 2025


BOTANICAL ENCOUNTERS: The Atacama Desert Blooms!
Words and pictures by Ida K. Rigby, for Let’s Talk Plants! October 2025. The Atacama Desert Blooms! With a little nostalgia we leave...
Oct 1, 2025


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
Oct 1, 2025


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...
Oct 1, 2025


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 ...
Oct 1, 2025


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...
Oct 1, 2025


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...
Oct 1, 2025


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...
Oct 1, 2025


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....
Oct 1, 2025


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...
Oct 1, 2025


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, 2025


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, 2025
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