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January 2025
Monthly Meeting
Jan 1
NEXT MEETING: Congratulations To Dennis Mudd, 2025 Horticulturist Of The Year! Presentation Meeting Will Be Held In His Poway Home & Garden! January 18, 2025 1:30p - 3:00p
Register for the Horticulturist of the Year party to be held on Saturday, January 18, 2025, from 1:30p - 3p, at 2025 HOY honoree Dennis...
Articles
Jun 1, 2012
MY LIFE WITH PLANTS: Going Back to Houston
By Jim Bishop. After 3 years living in Missouri, my father accepted a new job in Houston and we moved to Texas in February of 1970. We...
May 1, 2012
HORTICULTURIST OF THE YEAR: 2012
Susi has been our newsletter editor since 1996 and served as president from 2003 to 2010. She has worked tirelessly to build and promote...
May 1, 2012
MY LIFE WITH PLANTS: Kansas City Here I Come
By Jim Bishop. Kansas City, Missouri, is the only place I’ve lived that has 4 very distinct seasons. The winters were cold with snow,...
Apr 1, 2012
MY LIFE WITH PLANTS: Return to Kansas
By Jim Bishop. On a white-hot day in July of 1965, our family returned to Wichita. The thermometer at a roadside bank sign said it was...
Mar 1, 2012
MY LIFE WITH PLANTS: Florida's First Commercial Tourist Theme Park
By Jim Bishop. In previous articles I've reminisced about our 1960's home landscape in Plantation, Florida. Besides the plethora of...
Feb 1, 2012
MY LIFE WITH PLANTS: River of Grass
By Jim Bishop. In previous articles I've reminisced about our 1960's home landscape in Plantation, Florida. This month I'll discuss some...
Jan 1, 2012
MY LIFE WITH PLANTS: Florida Paradise - Part 2
By Jim Bishop. Last month I discussed how in the early 1960’s my parents had the front part of our house in Plantation Florida...
Dec 1, 2011
MY LIFE WITH PLANTS: Florida Paradise - Part 1
By Jim Bishop. On Halloween night of 1961 our family arrived at our new home in Plantation Florida, a fast growing suburb of Fort...
Nov 1, 2011
MY LIFE WITH PLANTS: The Late 1950's
Jim Bishop. In 1960, my father was transferred from Houston, Texas to Wichita, Kansas. I only have a few plant-related memories of...
Oct 1, 2011
MY LIFE WITH PLANTS: Collecting Seeds
By Jim Bishop. In 1959, we were transferred from Monahans, Texas, to Houston. Though both are very flat with spring thunderstorms and...
Sep 1, 2011
MY LIFE WITH PLANTS: My First Plant Memories
By Jim Bishop. This is the first in a continuing series of articles that chronicle Jim Bishop’s experiences with plants and the effect...
May 1, 2011
HORTICULTURIST OF THE YEAR: 2011
Jon P. Rebman, Curator of Botany at the San Diego Natural History Museum, has organized symposia and research trips, written excellent...
May 1, 2010
HORTICULTURIST OF THE YEAR: 2010
Our 15th Horticulturists of the Year were Bruce and Sharon Asakawa. Between them they have two lifetimes of expertise that they have...
May 1, 2009
HORTICULTURIST OF THE YEAR: 2009
Steve is one of our founders, and the founder of Buena Creek Gardens in San Marcos. He wrote the text for our tree book, and has lectured...
May 1, 2008
HORTICULTURIST OF THE YEAR: 2008
Chuck had a lifetime career in horticulture, and co-founded Ades & Gish Nursery, which ships houseplants throughout the U.S. He helped...
May 1, 2007
HORTICULTURIST OF THE YEAR: 2007
During more than 2 decades as a Chula Vista optometrist, Bill started a project to give tree seedlings to 4th graders to enhance their...
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