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March 2026
Monthly Meeting
NEXT GENERAL MEETING: April 18, 2026 - Walker Wilson - Conservation Through Cultivation - Growing A Local Ecotype Nursery. In-Person, Oasis, Rancho Bernardo, 1:30p -3:30p
Viguiera laciniata - San Diego Bush Sunflower. Photo Credit: Walkers Wildlands – California Native Plant Nursery Viguiera laciniata - San Diego Bush Sunflower, a San Diego endemic species that happens to be excellent for garden conditions. Evergreen, tough and made for full sun conditions, it will still stay green with
Mar 1
Articles
FROM THE EDITOR: Need Water Wise? Try WUCOLS
By Susan Starr. WUCOLS is the somewhat unwieldy acronym for Water Use Classification of Landscape Species. In spite of its odd name,...
Sep 1, 2018
FROM THE EDITOR: Leadership Transition at SDBG
San Diego Botanic Garden has announced that Dr. Ari Novy, currently Leichtag Foundation's chief scientist and former executive director...
Sep 1, 2018
SHARING SECRETS: Garden Visitors
Have you had any fun or surprising non-human visitors to your garden this year? What have you done to encourage—or maybe...
Sep 1, 2018
GOING WILD WITH NATIVES: Hooker’s Evening Primrose: Food for Wildlife
By Linda Jones. One reason I garden with native plants is to recover a little of the lost habitat for wildlife. One fun plant that...
Sep 1, 2018
NEWS: Botanica at SDBG
The San Diego Botanic Garden is pleased to host Botanica: Flowers, Foliage & Botanically-Inspired Art Works from the Oceanside Museum of...
Sep 1, 2018
TREES, PLEASE: Space Invaders: Keep an Eye Out for Tree Tobacco
By Tim Clancy. Not all trees are created equal, and not all trees are benign. All over the country, there are trees that are classified...
Sep 1, 2018
NEWS: Floral Design Forum
The Palomar District of California Garden Clubs has announced the 26th Anniversary Season of their Floral Design Forum. The Forum is held...
Sep 1, 2018
GARDENS OF THE WORLD: Gardens Around Pisa
By Frank Mitzel. This is the fourth installment of the Gardens of Italy series. The previous three articles in this series are Gardens of...
Sep 1, 2018
THE REAL DIRT ON: Barbara Menzies: Shunner of Flowers Stuffed in Milk Bottles
By Susan Krzywicki. Barbara Menzies and two of her friends were the impetus behind the Stinson Beach wildflower shows that ran from 1958...
Sep 1, 2018
GUEST COLUMNIST: Presidio Park's Eucalyptus Collection
By Parish Rye. The Eucalyptus genus is a group of flowering trees and shrubs in the myrtle family containing more than 700 species....
Sep 1, 2018
MONTHLY MEETING: Creating Habitat Gardens in San Diego
*Please note location change for September meeting (see below). Join us on September 10 at the Museum of Photographic Arts (MOPA) to hear...
Aug 14, 2018
MEETING REPORT: July Meeting Report
By Lynn Langley. It is such a pleasure to listen to someone talking about something he or she is really enthusiastic about. Jason DeWees...
Aug 1, 2018
BUGS AND BUGABOOS: Red Alert: RIFA is Here!
This is the first of two articles about red imported fire ants (RIFA). Part Two will be published October 2018. By Vincent Lazaneo....
Aug 1, 2018
MY LIFE WITH PLANTS: Crete's Unusual Plants and Wildflowers
By Jim Bishop. This is the second of a series about Jim's three-week wildflower tour of Greece and Crete. You can read the first article...
Aug 1, 2018
NEWS: PHS Connects People With the Power of Gardens
Come and grow with us. It is an exciting time for Pacific Horticulture Society as it embarks on its next fifty years with renewed vigor...
Aug 1, 2018
THE REAL DIRT ON: Edith Wharton's Pursuit of Excellence
By Carol Buckley. When one thinks of the novels of Edith Wharton—and indeed, her friend, Henry James—one thinks of Americans abroad...
Aug 1, 2018
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