2019 Jun-Aug

MY LIFE WITH PLANTS: Off to Keukenhof

By Jim Bishop. This May, Scott and I finally decided it was time to visit the tulip fields at Keukenhof in the Netherlands – described as...

NEWS: Enrich Your Life! Take a Class at SDBG

By Lisa Reynolds. As summer begins, our education classes at San Diego Botanic Garden really heat up! This month we invite you to try one...

MY LIFE WITH PLANTS: Borrego Bonanza, Part II

By Jim Bishop. We made a visit to Borrego in February and another in March to check out this year’s super-bloom. Part I, which appeared...

MEETING REPORT: The Future of Botanic Gardens

By Jeannine Romero. Our May speaker was Dr. Ari Novy, President and CEO of the San Diego Botanic Gardens. Novy recently replaced Julian...

SHARING SECRETS: Game of Thorns

Edited by Tina Ivany. Are you waging battle against any invasive plants or animals in your garden? How did these intruders come into...

GOING WILD WITH NATIVES: Those Yellow Hills are Alive with…..?

By Linda Jones. I drove up Interstate 5 at the end of March to central California and everything was so alive with color and greenery....

GUEST COLUMNIST: The Marvels of Medicinal Herbs

By Mike Blanco, Mary Friestedt, and Lan Lin. Herbs! We love them. We grow them for food, for their scent, and as ornamentals. However,...

FROM THE BOARD

By Frank Mitzel. Our May monthly meeting was well attended. Our speaker, Ari Novy, the President and CEO of the San Diego Botanic...

NEWS: 2019 Spring Garden Tour a Big Success

By John Beaudry. The SDHS 2019 Spring Garden Tour was a smashing success! We had nearly eight hundred participants including 8 plein air...

NEWS: Photos of the Spring Garden Tour

Missed the tour? Want to see it again? Barbara Raub, our talented SDHS photographer, has once again captured the tour for you in...

VOLUNTEER SPOTLIGHT: Barbara Raub: Plant Lover, Artist, and More

By Karen Krugman. “Each of life’s seasons brings new opportunities to get involved and serve others.” This statement pretty much sums up...