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February 2025
2024-25 Winter Dec - Feb


6 days ago
NEXT MEETING: Five Herbs That Changed History And You Can Grow Today! Presented By Karen England, February 15, 1:30p - 3p In-person Oasis, Rancho Bernardo
Unless otherwise stated, we meet the third Saturday of the month at 1:30p at San Diego Oasis in Rancho Bernardo, 17170 Bernardo Center...

6 days ago
SD HORT BOOK CLUB: Next Book - The Tree Collectors By Amy Stewart, February 3 At 4:30p On Zoom
By Karen England, for Let's Talk Plants! January 2025. It's official! The next three books to read are January 2025, Life in the Garden,...

6 days ago
WHEN IN DROUGHT | GARDEN WITH PLANTITUDE! Escondido & Surroundings Spring Garden Tour
WHEN IN DROUGHT | GARDEN WITH PLANTITUDE! Escondido & Surroundings Spring Garden Tour Gratitude for our planet and plants with the right...

6 days ago
BOTANICAL ENCOUNTERS: Shepherd's Trees
Words and pictures by Ida K. Rigby, for Let’s Talk Plants! February 2025. Shepherd's Trees Our last view of Mashatu in our December 2024...

6 days ago
TREES, PLEASE! When Life Gives You Lemons…
By Robin Y Rivet, for Let’s Talk Plants! February 2025. Lemon Tree Arbor. "SelecTree. UFEI. "Citrus limon Tree Record." 1995-2025. Cal...


6 days ago
NEW! THE POWER OF WATER: Programs & Rebates To Help Create A More Sustainable Landscape
By Debby Dunn, for Let’s Talk Plants! February 2025. Programs and Rebates to Help Create a More Sustainable Landscape (Editor’s note:...


6 days ago
PERMACULTURE: Would Roses By Any Other Name, Taste As Sweet?
By Mary ‘Klibs’ Dralle, for Let’s Talk Plants! February 2025. Wix stock photo of a rose guild. Would Roses by Any Other Name, Taste as...


6 days ago
GOING WILD WITH NATIVES: Are Vernal Pools All Wet?
By Susan Lewitt, for Let’s Talk Plants! February 2025. Vernal pool site in Otay Mesa, California, 2019. USFWS Public Affairs Specialist,...


6 days ago
FROM THE MASTER GARDENERS: Delicious And Nutritious Blueberries!
This article first appeared in the March/April 2023 edition of California Garden Magazine . By Jay Davis, for Let’s Talk Plants! February...


6 days ago
San Diego Floral Association Calling all Photographers Photography Contest 2025 “Along a Garden Path”
The winning photograph will be featured on the cover of California Garden magazine, the longest continuously running horticulture...


6 days ago
SHARING SECRETS: It’s Citrus Time!
Edited by Cathy Tylka, for Let’s talk Plants! February 2025. WiX stock photo. This month’s question: It is citrus time in the San Diego...


6 days ago
MEETING REPORT: HOY Party - Carrot Cake And Lavender Lemonade Recipes
By Karen England, for Let’s Talk Plants! February 2025. Horticulturist of the Year Party - Carrot Cake and Lavender Lemonade Recipes For...


6 days ago
GARDEN SURROUNDINGS: Grateful For The Garden In Uncertain Times
By Francesca Filanc, for Let’s Talk Plants! February 2025. The author's inspiring garden. Phot credit: Francesca Filanc. Grateful For the...

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...

Jan 1
SD HORT BOOK CLUB: Next Book - Life In The Garden By Penelope Lively, January 6 At 4:30p On Zoom
By Karen England, for Let's Talk Plants! January 2025. It's official! The next three books to read are January 2025, Life in the Garden,...

Jan 1
MY LIFE WITH PLANTS - New Zealand, The Wild Dream Garden
Words and pictures by Jim Bishop, for Let's Talk Plants! January 2025 This November, my partner Scott and I spent 14 days with the Oregon...

Jan 1
TREES, PLEASE! Got Growspace?
By Tim Clancy, for Let’s Talk Plants! January 2025. Too close for comfort (in about 5 years). Photo credit: Tim Clancy. Got Growspace?...

Jan 1
GOING WILD WITH NATIVES: Keystone Species Revisited - Manzanitas Supporting Biodiversity And Beauty
By Susan Lewitt, for Let’s Talk Plants! January 2025. Big Berry Manzanita. Left photo courtesy of Calscape. Right photo by Keir Morse....


Jan 1
GROW IN ABUNDANCE: Mastering The Harvest Of Cole Crops
By Sommer Cartier, for Let’s Talk Plants! January 2025. https://www.flickr.com/photos/philopp/4763728210/in/photolist-8fXmr1-auca6f-baoHB...

Jan 1
COME INTO THE KITCHEN, GARDENER: Broccoli Cheese Soup In A Bread Bowl For One
By Karen England, for Let’s Talk Plants! January 2025. https://www.flickr.com/photos/sk8geek/ Broccoli Cheese Soup in a Bread Bowl for...


Jan 1
FROM THE MASTER GARDENERS: Pruning Fruit Trees In Winter
By Greg Alder, UC Master Gardener of San Diego County, originally printed in The San Diego Union-Tribune, January 2024, reprinted with...


Jan 1
FROM THE BOARD: Happy New Year – We Have A New Treasurer!
Scott Borden is the San Diego Horticultural Society's new Treasurer. Happy New Year – We Have a New Treasurer! Talk about happy news! Ray...


Jan 1
SHARING SECRETS: Any New Garden Additions?
Edited by Cathy Tylka, for Let’s Talk Plants! January 2025. WiX stock photo. Current question - …What would you like to ask? Do you have...


Jan 1
HERITAGE HAUNTS: From 2008 Newsletter Archive - Veterans Village Of San Diego - Soothing Surroundings For Homeless Veterans
Column curated by Cathy Tylka, for Let’s Talk Plants! January 2025. Article by Linda Johnson, first published in LTP! December 2008, No....


Jan 1
GARDEN SURROUNDINGS: Happy New Year
By Francesca Filanc, for Let’s Talk Plants! January 2025. As this year draws to a close, we are reminded about what is important in life....


Dec 1, 2024
NO MEETING IN DECEMBER: See You In January For The Next Meeting - Presentation Of Horticulturist of the Year!
On Saturday, January 18, 2025, 1:30p - 3p, at a very special Poway home garden, we will be having our Horticulturist of the Year...

Dec 1, 2024
SD HORT BOOK CLUB: Announcing Next Three Books For The New Year & A Reminder There Is No Meeting In December
By Karen England, for Let's Talk Plants! December 2024. LOOKING AHEAD: Please note: We are taking December off. It's official! The voting...

Dec 1, 2024
BOTANICAL ENCOUNTERS: Mashatu (Nyala) Tree
Words and photographs by Ida K. Rigby, for Let’s Talk Plants! December 2024. Mashatu (Nyala) Tree Let’s set the scene for the Mashatu...

Dec 1, 2024
PERMACULTURE: Creating Small Scale Fish Scale Swales
By Mary 'Klibs' Dralle, for Let's Talk Plants! December 2024. Creating Small Scale Fish Scale Swales This article was inspired after a...


Dec 1, 2024
NOVEMBER 2024 MEETING REPORT: Preserve Today, Relish Tomorrow with Master Food Preservers of San Diego County.
For everyone who attended this meeting, an aside report is that Karen gave away all 400 (!) of the Hachiya persimmons that she brought...

Dec 1, 2024
GOING WILD WITH NATIVES ARCHIVE: Hedges For Edges
By Pat Pawlowski, originally published in Let’s Talk Plants! December 2014, issue No. 243. Reprinted December 2024. Narrowleaf Milkweed...


Dec 1, 2024
SHARING SECRETS: Pumpkin Time And Fall Colors
Edited by Cathy Tylka, for Let’s Talk Plants! December 2024. Sharing Secrets question – November is pumpkin time and fall colors. Do you...

Dec 1, 2024
HERITAGE HAUNTS: Gods And Goddesses In The Garden - Greco-Roman Mythology And The Scientific Names Of Plants & The Story Of The Root-Children
Book review from the archives originally published December 2008, curated by Cathy Tylka for Let's Talk Plants! December 2024. Gods and...

Dec 1, 2024
GARDEN SURROUNDINGS: Storybook Land Inspires Miniature Gardens
By Francesca Filanc, for Let’s Talk Plants! December 2024. https://disneyland.disney.go.com/attractions/disneyland/storybook-land-canal-b...
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