By Jim Bishop for Let's Talk Plants! November 2022. This past October, Scott and I headed to the Carolinas' Blue Ridge Mountains to see...

By Sommer Cartier, for Let's talk Plants! November 2022. Grow Your Own Food with Style Who says vegetable gardens can’t be attractive?...

Edited by Cathy Tylka, for Let's Talk Plants! November 2022. This month’s question . . . What is your favorite thing to do in your Garden...

By Donna Mallen, for Let’s Talk Plants! November 2022. John Clements, SDHS 2022 Horticulturist of the Year In the elegant San Diego...

By Tim Clancy, for Let’s Talk Plants! November 2022. Changing Skylines Like buildings, many trees can be recognized from miles away. Some...

By Jeanne Meadow, originally published in Let’s Talk Plants! November 2015, No. 254, republished November 2022. Should you have a water...

(Please scroll down the page for information on the next SD Hort Book Club Special Event on Zoom.) Local Nature Writer Ernie Cowan...

You are invited to join the SD Hort Book Club – everyone is welcome. SDHBC meets the first Monday of every month (except when we skip a...

By Francesca Filanc, for Let's Talk Plants! November 2022. Are Spider Mites Taking Over The World? The other night as I was putting my...

By Jillian Quint, for Let's Talk Plants! November 2022. Water Conservation Garden Fall Garden Festival & Annual Plant Sale Saturday,...

Lightscape at the San Diego Botanic Garden November 18, 2022 - January 1, 2023 An internationally acclaimed show coming to SDBG for...

(Please scroll down the page for information on the next SD Hort Book Club Special Event on Zoom.) Local Nature Writer Ernie Cowan...

Text and photos by Ida K. Rigby, for Let’s Talk Plants! October 2022. Botanical Encounters 4 Before we make the transition from our last...

By Diane C. Kennedy, for Let’s Talk Plants, October 2022. The Breakdown On Mulch Mulch and compost are different. Compost is organic...

By Robin Y. Rivet, for Let’s Talk Plants! October 2022. “Bloody Eyeball” Tree fruit, Alectryon excelsus. Ali Undorf, CC BY-SA 2.0...

Edited by Cathy Tylka, for Let’s Talk Plants! October 2022. This month’s question: It’s really warm in Southern California right now....

By Karen England, for Let's Talk Plants! October 2022. You are invited to join the SD Hort Book Club – everyone is welcome. SDHBC meets...

By Karen England, for Let’s Talk Plants! October 2022. Horticulture Making Headlines If you Google “plants in the news” as I did...

By Jillian Quint, for Let's Talk Plants! 0ctober 2022. Elaeagnus pungens 'Fruitlandii' in the Water Conservation Garden at Cuyamaca...

The presentation is on our YouTube channel here: https://youtu.be/9Eahs4h0I0Q Smart, Gorgeous, Sensible Succulent Gardens During her...

By Susan Lewitt, for Let’s Talk Plants! October 2022. CALIFORNIA NATIVE PLANT SALE, SATURDAY OCTOBER 15, 8 AM TO 3 PM, CASA DEL PRADO...

By Ellen Reardon and Carl Price, first published in Let’s Talk Plants! October 2008, No. 169. Reprinted October 2022. Are Your Leaves...

By Francesca Filanc, for Let’s Talk Plants! October 2022. We fall into fall and look forward to cooler weather with leaves changing...

The San Diego Horticultural Society's Horticulturist of the Year for 2022 honoree, John Clements, Director of Gardens at the San Diego...

“Our annual birthday report always begins with a warm thank you to the far-sighted founders who sowed the seeds of our Society in...

By Jim Bishop, for Let's Talk Plants! September 2022. This past August (2022) we had the opportunity to borrow a home belonging to a...

By Tim Clancy, for Let’s Talk Plants! September 2022. One way to get to see some of the oldest trees in the world is to take a drive...

By Karen England, for Let’s Talk Plants! September 2022. You are invited to join the SD Hort Book Club – everyone is welcome. SDHBC meets...

By Sommer Cartier, for Let’s Talk Plants, September 2022. Beat The Summer Gardening Slump September can be a tricky time for gardeners in...

The YouTube channel of the San Diego Horticultural Society is where all approved meeting recordings like this one are posted to be viewed...

Edited by Cathy Tylka, for Let’s Talk Plants! September 2022. This month’s Question: We need water for our plants and flowers. However,...

By Sharon Tooley, for Let’s Talk Plants! September 2022. It Looks Like a Busy Year! The Palomar District of the California Garden Clubs...

By Susan Lewitt, for Let’s Talk Plants! September 2022. CNPS San Diego Native Plant Sale Oct 15 - Get Ready! To help San Diego reach the...

Rick & Kevin’s Succulent Plant Sale Is Back! September 24 & 25, Saturday and Sunday, 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. The membership of the San Diego...

Hundreds of Gardener-grown Plants Available Plus Live Demonstrations San Diego County Master Gardeners Host Plant Sale at Balboa Park San...

By Francesca Filanc, for Let's Talk Plants! September 2022. A Butterfly Sanctuary is Easy to Create in Your Garden Think of the joy you...