FALLBROOK FOOD FOREST: Plant Guilds.
Fallbrook’s Finch Frolic Garden is a food forest begun in 2011. A food forest is a collection of useful plants arranged in relationships
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2019 Dec-Feb TWO
Aug 2019-Dec 2019
- Dec 1, 2019
TREES, PLEASE: Do You Pine - Fir a Cedar?
Evergreens you might choose, but no larches, spruce or yews… Araucarias: Eye-catching as a towering species, the Norfolk Island pine is ope
- Dec 1, 2019
GOING WILD WITH NATIVES: Parasitic, or not so Parasitic, Plants.
The Broomrape family are parasites with specialized structures on the roots for taking food, water and nutrients from the host plants.
- Dec 1, 2019
SHARING SECRETS: Cut Flowers or Potted Plants?
Which of these do you give more often as a gift: cut flowers or potted flowers/plants?
- Dec 1, 2019
EDITOR'S LETTER: December Roses.
British playwright and author, James M. Barrie, 1860-1937, is attributed with saying “God gave us memory so that we might have roses in
- Dec 1, 2019
MEETING REPORT: Palms For San Diego.
Palm tree lovers were treated to a visual feast when Gregg Opgenorth, head grower of Grubb & Nadler Nurseries (formerly East West Trees)
- Dec 1, 2019
PUBLIC SCHOOL GARDEN GRANTS: Abraxas High School.
In the November newsletter, Pioneer Elementary in Escondido was featured as the first $1000 recipient of the San Diego Horticultural Society
- Oct 1, 2019
MY LIFE WITH PLANTS: Powis Castle Garden
This past May I attended the Pacific Horticulture tour of Wales. It featured many gardens, towns, historical sites and two garden shows tha
- Sep 9, 2019
MONTHLY MEETING: The Magical World of Seeds.
Join us on December 9 when we will hear from Brijette Peña, owner and founder of San Diego Seed Company. San Diego Seed produces, trials, an
- Sep 1, 2019
FALLBROOK FOOD FOREST: What is Permaculture?
By Diane C. Kennedy. This article is first in a series exploring permaculture. What if you could have the garden of your dreams using...
- Sep 1, 2019
GROW IN ABUNDANCE: Journal your garden.
By Sommer Cartier. A journal is a gardener’s greatest tool. It’s a place to store records and important observations, to track patterns,...
- Sep 1, 2019
SEPTEMBER NEWS FROM SDHS
SDHS 25th Anniversary, Monarch Butterfly Survey, Volunteer Coordinator Wanted, Gala in the Garden at SDBG, WaterSmart Classes for September.
- Sep 1, 2019
MEETING REPORT: Fat Plants.
By Lynn Langley. It is always a pleasure to listen to someone talk about their passion. Their excitement and enthusiasm is infectious....
- Sep 1, 2019
TREES, PLEASE: Tree Ordinances. Love them or leave them?
By Tim Clancy. Sometimes government agencies get it right. In other cases, government regulations seem arbitrary, over-reaching and...
- Aug 28, 2019
GOING WILD WITH THE NATIVES: Make Mine Manzanita.
By Linda Jones. As I was driving through a newer development recently, I was struck by the similarity of all of the gardens: each had a...
- Aug 28, 2019
SHARING SECRETS: Meeting Memories.
Edited by Tina Ivany. In honor of our 25th Anniversary, we first asked our founders and then our members at large: "What is your memory...
- Aug 13, 2019
MONTHLY MEETING: Dry Gardens: High Style for Low Water Gardens
Our Monday, September 9 meeting will be a special one, marking the 25th anniversary of the San Diego Horticultural Society. The event...
- Aug 1, 2019
THE UNDERSTORY: Hummingbirds and Their Friends
By Susan Starr. Hummingbirds have found my garden. I have to confess that it wasn’t intentional. When I introduced more drought-tolerant...
- Aug 1, 2019
NEWS: Washington, D.C. Gardens to Visit this Fall
By Lynn Neagley. If your fall travel plans include the Washington, D.C. area, there are plenty of garden touring options available to...
- Aug 1, 2019
FRANK'S FAVORITES: Ground Covers for San Diego Gardens
Groundcovers are a great way to cover garden areas around larger perennials, shrubs, and trees in your landscape. Rather than look at...
- Aug 1, 2019
FROM THE BOARD: SDHS Celebrates Our 25th Anniversary
By Frank Mitzel. September 2019 is the 25th anniversary of the San Diego Horticultural Society! To help celebrate the occasion, the Board...
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