2021 Winter Dec-Feb TWO | SDHS Newsletter

2021 Dec- Feb TWO

Dec 1, 2021

NEXT MEETING: Chuck McClung & How Orchids Rebloom, December 13, 2021

Please join the San Diego Horticultural Society on December 13, 2021 at 6pm on Zoom for Chuck McClung's EASY GUIDE TO HAPPY REBLOOMING...

Dec 1, 2021

NOVEMBER 2021 MEETING REPORT: Farmer Roy w/Fall & Winter Vegetable Gardening

By Ken Gland, for Let's Talk Plants! December 2021. Did you miss the November 2021 general meeting on Zoom with Farmer Roy? Farmer Roy is...

Dec 1, 2021

NOVEMBER COFFEE IN THE GARDEN REPORT: Karen’s Garden

Text and photos by Cathy Tylka, unless otherwise noted, for Let's Talk Plants! December 2021. Editor's note: On November 20, 2021, The...

Dec 1, 2021

SD HORT BOOK CLUB: Vote Now For Next 3 Reads

By Karen England, for Let's Talk Plants! December 2021. The next SD Hort Book Club meeting is on Zoom, on December 6th, at 4:30 pm for...

Dec 1, 2021

SHARING SECRETS: Changed Your Gardening Style? Besides Water Shortage, Why?

Edited by Cathy Tylka, for Let's Talk Plants! December 2021. This month's question: Has anything other than the water shortage led you to...

Dec 1, 2021

GOING WILD WITH NATIVES: 30x30, Supporting Health & Biodiversity

By Susan Lewitt, for Let's Talk Plants! December 2021. In the distant past, the earth was brimming with countless species in diverse...

Dec 1, 2021

TREES, PLEASE! What's Up With Weeping Willows?

By Robin Y Rivet, for Let's Talk Plants! December 2021. Desert Willow in bloom – Chilopsis linearis 'Timeless Beauty' cultivar © photo by...

Dec 1, 2021

FINCH FROLIC GARDEN PERMACULTURE: Three Reasons

By Diane C. Kennedy, for Let's Talk Plants! December 2021. An excellent permaculture method of evaluating your landscape is to use a...

Dec 1, 2021

GUEST COLUMN: A Garden Of Felicity In Del Mar

By Jason Chen and Karen England, for Let's Talk Plants! December 2021. Now in her mid nineties, Felicity Drukey, has been gardening in...

Dec 1, 2021

COME INTO THE KITCHEN, GARDENER: Edgehill Herb Farm Persimmons

By Kaye Wren, for Let's Talk Plants! December 2021. Did you attend the recent coffee-less Coffee In The Garden at SDHS president, Karen...

Dec 1, 2021

FROM THE ARCHIVES: The Scent of Christmas Past

By Vincent Lazaneo, for Let's Talk Plants! December 2021 (First published in LTP! 12/01/2017). Remember when cut fir trees used for...

Dec 1, 2021

FROM THE BOARD: Meet New SDHS Board Member Karon De Leon, Volunteer Coordinator

By SDHS President Karen England, for Let's Talk Plants! December 2021. I am excited for you all to meet my friend Karon De Leon, the...

Dec 1, 2021

SCHOOL GARDEN GRANTS: Canyon View Elementary

By board member Roy Wilburn, known as Farmer Roy, and president Karen England, for Let's Talk Plants! December 2021. Now that all 15 of...

Dec 1, 2021

GARDEN SURROUNDINGS: Joy in the Garden

By Francesca Filanc, for Let's Talk Plants! December 2021. Cassia splendida. As this year draws to a close I am reminded once again of...

Apr 1, 2021

THE BUG MAN: What are Ambrosia Beetles?

Ambrosia beetles are a group of beetles in the bark beetle family, Scolytidae. However, there is some argument by taxonomists that the group

Jan 1, 2021

PERMACULTURE: What is a Plant Guild?

Permaculture encompasses methods of gardening, horticulture and agriculture based on observations of nature. While that sounds very prosaic,

Jan 1, 2021

DECEMBER MEETING REPORT: History of Citrus in California with John Clements

The latest Zoom monthly meeting took everyone on a magical history tour of citrus in Southern California. John Clements, San Diego Botanica

Jan 1, 2021

FROM THE PALOMAR DISTRICT: Hello Fellow Garden Enthusiasts

My name is Sharon Tooley and I am the current District Director of the Palomar District of California Garden Clubs lnc., (CGCI). CGCI is par

Jan 1, 2021

WHAT'S UP AT SDBG?: Virtual Classes

Do you want to stay connected to the Garden and learn from the comfort of your own? We have a fun Fall lineup of virtual learning for you, i

Jan 1, 2021

FROM THE ARCHIVES: Trees, Please! - Premature Obituary

On June 2nd, 1898 American humorist Mark Twain was quoted as follows: “The report of my death was an exaggeration.” If trees could talk the

Dec 31, 2020

JANUARY MEETING: Presentation with 2021 SDHS Horticulturist of the Year, NAN STERMAN

January 11th 2021 6 p.m. Zoom Presentation with the 2021 SDHS HORTICULTURIST OF THE YEAR Nan Sterman Zoom link will be emailed to the...