2019 Dec-Feb

Aug 1, 2019

SHARING SECRETS: Non-Kink Hoses

Edited by Tina Ivany. With our driest months coming up, Cheryl Nichols asks: “Is there really such a thing as a non-kink hose?.”...

Aug 1, 2019

TREES, PLEASE: Hot-Hued Trees for Sizzling Summer Daze

By Robin Rivet. Summers in San Diego increasingly remind me of places I used to live; but I’m no snowbird. I fled the east coast loathing...

Aug 1, 2019

MEETING REPORT: Exploring the Kumeyaay Culture

By Sabine Prather. The speaker for our July meeting was anthropologist and California State University-San Marcos professor, Michael...

Aug 1, 2019

GOING WILD WITH NATIVES: Sky Islands

By Bobbie Stephenson. Other than Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve near the coast, San Diego only has coniferous forests on its highest...

Aug 1, 2019

NEWS: SDBG's 2019 Gala in the Garden

By Lisa Reynolds. Join us for Gala in the Garden at San Diego Botanic Garden! Theme: Cultivating Community When: Saturday, September 7...

Jul 9, 2019

MONTHLY MEETING: Fat Plants: Caudiciforms and Other Succulents

On August 12 we will hear from Al Klein, owner of Botanic Wonders Nursery, in Vista. Botanic Wonders specializes in growing and selling...

Jul 7, 2019

THE BUG MAN: The Formidable, and Misnamed, Potato Bug

By James A. Bethke. This is the first in a series of articles about the insect creatures in our gardens from entomologist James Bethke,...

Jul 1, 2019

NEWS: Travel with PHS

By Princess Norman. Australia: November 5-19, 2019: Only a few more spots! Jo O’Connell of Australia Native Plants, pictured above, is...

Jul 1, 2019

MEETING REPORT: A Special Night at the Fair

By Lynn Langley. SDHS members enjoyed a special evening at the San Diego County Fair on Monday, June 10, as we viewed the beautiful...

Jul 1, 2019

NEWS: Artists Paintings from the Garden Tour

By Barbara Raub. The San Diego Horticultural Society loves to feature plein air artists in the gardens on our spring tour each year. It...

Jul 1, 2019

TREES, PLEASE: Pruning Perils: Trees Have a Mind of Their Own

By Tim Clancy. Sometimes it almost seems as if trees have a mind of their own. This is especially true when it comes to pruning and...

Jul 1, 2019

NEWS: New Garden Art at SDBG

By Lisa Reynolds. “Art is a harmony parallel with nature.” – Paul Cezanne, French Artist (1839 – 1906) San Diego Botanic Garden has a...

Jul 1, 2019

NEWS: SDHS Exhibit Awards

Our beautiful Garden Show exhibit won many awards this year: Thanks to Greg Rubin who designed the exhibit,to all the volunteers who...

Jul 1, 2019

GROW WITH ABUNDANCE: Time Saving Tips for the Busy Gardener

By Sommer Cartier. As San Diegans, we enjoy the luxuries of living in a beautiful coastal city with almost ideal weather conditions...

Jul 1, 2019

SHARING SECRETS: Rain Revelations

Edited by Tina Ivany. Have there been any surprises in your garden after all the rains this year? For example, are there plants in your...

Jul 1, 2019

GUEST COLUMNIST: It's a Cycad, not a Sago Palm

By Robert Kopfstein. Cycads are perhaps the victim of one of the most common misnomers in the plant world. There are indeed such things...

Jul 1, 2019

GOING WILD WITH NATIVES: Red-blooming Natives for San Diego

By Clayton Tschudy. Native flowers come in all colors, but yellows, blues, and purples are most common. When red does occur, the plant is...

Jun 10, 2019

MONTHLY MEETING: Kumeyaay Ethnobotany

Join us on July 8 for a presentation by anthropologist and California State University, San Marcos professor, Michael Wilken-Robertson....

Jun 1, 2019

NEWS: The Journey Home: the SDHS Garden Show Display

By Greg Rubin. When the SDHS honored me with a request to design and install their display for the 2019 SD County Fair, and its Wizard of...

Feb 11, 2019

MONTHLY MEETING: Gardenlust: A Botanical Tour of the World’s Best New Gardens

Christopher Woods, garden consultant and former Director and Chief Designer of Chanticleer Gardens, has recently returned from three...

Feb 1, 2019

SHARING SECRETS: February Bloomers

"It's winter! What's blooming in your garden? Annie Urquhart: Growing chard, spinach and herbs. Started a hydroponics garden, with...

Feb 1, 2019

NEWS: 2019 Spring Garden Tour

By John Beaudry. This year’s tour, The Magic of La Mesa, will offer a stunning group of gardens, ranging from an ultra-contemporary movie...

Feb 1, 2019

VOLUNTEER SPOTLIGHT: Karen Krugman: "Open to Experiences"

By Karen Krugman. Many of you know me. I’m your Volunteer Coordinator. With the new year just beginning, I thought I would take the...

Feb 1, 2019

MY LIFE WITH PLANTS: Kasbah Tamadot, Morocco

By Jim Bishop. In my previous article I wrote about the agriculture in Morocco as we had observed it on a trip there last November....

Feb 1, 2019

TREES, PLEASE: Lemons and Tangors and Bearss– Oh My!

By Robin Rivet. Don’t groan about my pun. The “Wizard of Oz” was one of my favorite films, even if the famous “lions and tigers and...

Feb 1, 2019

GOING WILD WITH NATIVES: Enjoying Desert Wildflowers

By Bobbie Stephenson. This is February and the spring bloom in the desert is gearing up! March is probably the best time to visit the...

Feb 1, 2019

GARDENING WITH CHILDREN: More Veggies Please!

By Karen Saake. Editor’s note: This is the first of a series of articles on programs designed to expose children to the joys and values...

Feb 1, 2019

FROM THE BOARD

By Frank Mitzel. The January monthly meet was well-attended despite the cold and rainy weather. Our speaker, Jeff Chemnick, was very...

Feb 1, 2019

NEWS: Local Gardens Bloom in Winter

Late winter and early spring are wonderful times to visit some of our nearby, low-water use, botanic gardens. Plants are blooming and the...

Feb 1, 2019

NEWS: Pacific Horticulture Tours

By Princess Norman. Pacific Horticulture Society has just added a new Ecotour to Costa Rica, operated by Sterling Tours Ltd., to its...

Feb 1, 2019

MEETING REPORT: February Meeting Report

By Sabine Prather. In spite of the day’s rain, many members came to hear January’s speaker, Jeff Chemnick, discuss “Treasures of the...

Feb 1, 2019

NEWS: Misti Washington Gourd & Basket Guild Biennial Conference

The Biennial Misti Washington Gourd and Basket Guild Conference is coming to the San Diego Botanic Garden May 4- 5, 2019. This...

Jan 15, 2019

MONTHLY MEETING: Edible Plants in Ornamental Gardens

Join us on February 11 to hear Brie Arthur describe her signature design technique, foodscaping. Foodscaping, or edible landscaping, is a...

Jan 1, 2019

NEWS: Discounts for members

Pacific Horticulture offers SDHS members a special 20% discount when using the code SDHort19. Members receive Pacific Horticulture...

Jan 1, 2019

GUEST COLUMNIST: Ten Must-Have Camellias for San Diego County

By Dean Turney. If you'd like to ring in the new year with a new addition in your garden, this is the time to bring home a new camellia...

Jan 1, 2019

NEWS: SDHS Spring Garden Tour

By John Beaudry. Tickets for the SDHS 2019 Spring Garden Tour in the hills of La Mesa will be available for purchase in early February....

Jan 1, 2019

NEWS: 2019 Vista Garden Club Flower Show

The Vista Garden Club’s 85th Flower Show will take place May 4-5 in Vista. This year’s theme is “A Garden Cornucopia.” The Flower Show...

Jan 1, 2019

GOING WILD WITH NATIVES: Late-Blooming Coastal Shrubs

By Clayton Tschudy. In coastal San Diego, we are blessed with several shrubs from the daisy family (Asteraceae) that bloom late in the...

Jan 1, 2019

SHARING SECRETS: Rose Pruning Tips

Winter is rose pruning time in San Diego. I've heard that roses should be cut back to 18" and I've heard that we should keep them around...

Jan 1, 2019

NEWS: Newsletter Volunteer Openings

By Susan Starr. Enjoying the newsletter? We could use your help. We are looking for: A Sharing Secrets Editor to send a question to SDHS...

Jan 1, 2019

GARDENS OF THE WORLD: Mediterranean Gardens on the Côte d'Azur

By Frank Mitzel. Crossing over the border from Italy, we travel west along the Mediterranean seacoast and arrive at the Côte d' Azur in...

Jan 1, 2019

NEWS: Forest Bathing at SDBG

Shinrin-yoku, or forest bathing, is a way of connecting people to nature. The positive health effects of simply being and walking in a...

Jan 1, 2019

THE REAL DIRT ON: Francis Griscom Parsons: Mother of School Gardens

By Susan Starr. This is the last column in our series, The Real Dirt on…. In February we launch a new series, on gardening with children....

Jan 1, 2019

TREES, PLEASE: Trees and Dogs: A Personal History

Sometimes people want to know how I got into trees. Here is my story. By Tim Clancy. My interest in trees began as a young boy in Fabius,...

Jan 1, 2019

GROW WITH ABUNDANCE: Laying Down Roots in a Healthy Winter Garden

By Sommer Cartier. Root crops are cool-season crops, cultivated for their underground edible harvest. Because their edible parts grow out...

Jan 1, 2019

NEWS: Coffee in the Garden/Garden Party

Rick Bjorklund and Kevin are hosting their free annual succulent and cacti garden party on Sunday, January 20, 2019. Aloes should be in...

Dec 10, 2018

MONTHLY MEETING: Treasures of the Sierra Madres: An Armchair Tour of Mexico’s Greatest Botanical Hit

January 14, 2019. Our first speaker of the new year will be Jeff Chemnick, from Aloes-in-Wonderland garden and nursery in Santa Barbara,...

Dec 1, 2018

MY LIFE WITH PLANTS: The Road to Marrakech

By Jim Bishop. Last month we traveled with a group of friends to tour Morocco. It had been on our travel wish list for a while. Morocco...

Nov 13, 2018

MONTHLY MEETING: 2019 Meeting Preview

November was our last meeting of 2018. We take a break in December, and then we resume with a stellar list of 2019 speakers. In January,...