2023 Spring Mar-May | SDHS Newsletter

2023 Mar-May Articles

May 1, 2023

ABRAXAS HIGH SCHOOL GARDEN: Open House - Plant & Homemade Pesto Sale, May 13, 9a-12p

May 1, 2023

SDHS IS INVITED: To Gary & Wanda's Fallbrook Open Garden

The SDHS Is Invited: To The Mallen Open Garden Tour Date: Saturday, May 20, 2023 Time: 9:00a to 2:00p Address: 3856 Cedar Vale Way,...

May 1, 2023

SD HORT BOOK CLUB: Skipping May - Next Meeting June 5 - The Plant Hunter By Cassandra Leah Quave

By Karen England, for Let's Talk Plants! May 2023. Please join us in the reading of these books if not also in the club. To join just...

May 1, 2023

MY LIFE WITH PLANTS: The California Channel Islands

By Jim Bishop, for Let's Talk Plants! May 2023. Edited by Scott Borden. We were originally scheduled to visit the California Channel...

May 1, 2023

TREES, PLEASE! Boats Have Mainsails, Trees Not So Much (Part l of ll)

By Tim Clancy, for Let’s Talk Plants! May 2023. Boats Have Mainsails, Trees Not So Much (Part l of ll) I am always looking for trees and...

May 1, 2023

ReWILD: Exemplary Salvias

By Sharon Reeves, for Let’s Talk Plants! May 2023. Exemplary Salvias It is gratifying for me to tell you about easy, long-blooming, and...

May 1, 2023

GROW IN ABUNDANCE: Pick a Peck of Peppers

By Sommer Cartier, for Let’s Talk Plants! May 2023. Pick a Peck of Peppers When it comes to growing peppers in San Diego, there are...

May 1, 2023

COME INTO THE KITCHEN, GARDENER: Pickle That Peck O’Peppers People!

By Karen England, for Let’s Talk Plants! May 2023. Pickle That Peck O’Peppers People! This column tends to be a recipe centric follow up...

May 1, 2023

FROM THE ARCHIVES: Plants That Produce - Green Veggies & Herbs For Every Garden, Parts l & ll

By Richard Frost, for Let’s Talk Plants! May 2023. Part l originally appeared in Let’s Talk Plants! May 2009, No. 176 and Part ll in June...

May 1, 2023

APRIL MEETING REPORT: The Houseplant Guru – Lisa Eldred Steinkopf

By Donna Mallen, for Let's talk Plants! May 2023. The Houseplant Guru – Lisa Eldred Steinkopf It’s a pretty sure bet that everyone who...

May 1, 2023

SHARING SECRETS: Blue Skies Mean Gardens In Bloom

Edited by Cathy Tylka, for Let's Talk Plants! May 2023. Current question: The sky is blue, the trees are full and many of the items in...

May 1, 2023

GARDEN DESIGN MONTH REPORTS: Part l – March 2023 Panel Discussion Meeting With The APLD

By Karen England for Let’s Talk Plants! May 2023. March 2023 Panel Discussion Meeting With The APLD March 2023 was our first ever “Garden...

May 1, 2023

GARDEN DESIGN MONTH REPORT: Part ll - March 2023 Artists-in-the-Gardens

The annual Artists-in-the-Gardens event at SDHS Spring Garden Tours, now being held in collaboration with the APLD, is organized by...

May 1, 2023

GARDEN SURROUNDINGS: April Showers Bring May Flowers

By Francesca Filanc, for Let’s Talk Plants! May 2023. April Showers Bring May Flowers Living in the time of climate change our climate...

Apr 25, 2023

NEXT HYBRID MEETING: Science & Conservation At The San Diego Botanic Garden

Join us for Science and Conservation at the San Diego Botanic Garden with Colin Khoury on May 8, 2023, 6p in-person at Congregation Beth...

Apr 3, 2023

PRESIDENT’S LETTER: Meet New Board Member In Charge Of Membership – Debby Dunn!

By Karen England, for Let’s Talk Plants! April 2023. Please welcome Debby Dunn to our board as Membership Coordinator. The SDHS board...

Apr 3, 2023

BOTANICAL ENCOUNTERS: The Art Of Container Gardening In Vietnam

Words and pictures by Ida K. Rigby for Let’s Talk Plants! April 2023. The Art of Container Gardening in Vietnam As a follow up to the...

Apr 3, 2023

TREES, PLEASE! Arbor Day, “Sylvan” Day or Día del Árbol?

By Robin Y. Rivet, for Let’s Talk Plants! April 2023. Arbor Day, “Sylvan” Day or Día del Árbol? “Other holidays repose upon the past;...

Apr 3, 2023

PERMACULTURE: Planting In Zones

By Diane Kennedy for Let’s Talk Plants! April 2023. Planting in Zones Permaculture design arranges types of plants in zones. You’ve...

Apr 3, 2023

STAY TUNED: Garden Design Month Meeting & Tour Reports Will Be In The Next Issue

Due to unforeseen glitches in technology and web servers the March 2023 Meeting Report and Spring Garden Tour "Gardens by Design"...

Apr 3, 2023

GOING WILD WITH NATIVES: Year-round Blooms With Desert Globemallow & Threenerve Goldenrod

By Susan Lewitt for Let’s Talk Plants! April 2023. Enjoy Four Seasons of color with Sphaeralcea ambigua, Desert Globemallow, and Solidago...

Apr 3, 2023

SHARING SECRETS: Greenery!

Edited by Cathy Tylka, for Let’s Talk Plants! April 2023. Sharing Secrets Question for April… ... It’s getting greener since the rain,...

Apr 3, 2023

FROM THE ARCHIVES: Protecting Your Garden From Storm Damage

By Nick Stavros, for Let’s Talk Plants! April 2023. Originally published in March 2010, No. 186. Protecting your Garden from Storm Damage...

Apr 3, 2023

EDITOR’S LETTER: April Fool’s Game

By newsletter editor-in-chief Karen England, for Let’s Talk Plants! April 2023. Ever play the game Two Truths and a Lie? According to...

Apr 3, 2023

SD HORT BOOK CLUB: Next Meeting Is Now In June

By Karen England, for Let's Talk Plants! April 2023. Due to circumstances outside of my control, the April book club meeting on Zoom was...

Apr 3, 2023

GARDEN SURROUNDINGS: Wisteria Brings Joy Every Spring

By Francesca Filanc for Let’s Talk Plants! April 2023. Wisteria brings pure joy every spring. I write about wisteria every April because...

Mar 15, 2023

NEXT MEETING: Zoom Only – 04/10/’23 The Houseplant Guru, Lisa Eldred Steinkopf

Please join us on April 10, 2023, at 6 p.m. (PST) on Zoom only for this month’s SDHS General Meeting featuring a talk about one of the...

Mar 1, 2023

SPRING GARDEN TOUR: Tickets On Sale! Gardens By Design - Plants, Places, Perspectives

By Karen England, for Let's Talk Plants! February 2023. Saturday March 25, 2023. 10a.m. — 4p.m. This tour inspires with... A Specially...

Mar 1, 2023

NEXT MEETING: March 13, Garden Design Month Featuring APLD Panel Discussion

Please join us on Monday, March 13, 2023, at 6 pm in-person (no Zoom) in SD's Golden Triangle (map and address below) for our next...

Mar 1, 2023

SD HORT BOOK CLUB: The Natures of John and William Bartram by Thomas P. Slaughter

Next SD Hort Book Club - Monday, March 6, 2023, 4:30p/5p on Zoom All are welcome! Come once or come always - your choice. Send an email...

Mar 1, 2023

MY LIFE WITH PLANTS: Anza-Borrego Early Flower Show

By Jim Bishop, for Let's Talk Plants! March 2023. Closeup of Sand Verbena, Abronia villosa. Visit to June Wash After hearing and seeing...

Mar 1, 2023

ReWILD: Garden-worthy Aloes

By Sharon Reeve, for Let’s Talk Plants! March 2023. Garden-worthy Aloes Aloes come in an astonishing variety of sizes and shapes. They...

Mar 1, 2023

TREES, PLEASE! Read Carefully

By Tim Clancy, for Let's Talk Plants! March 2023. Read Carefully Tree pruning is an essential process that is done to maintain and...

Mar 1, 2023

SHARING SECRETS: Garden Hearts And Flowers

Edited by Cathy Tylka, for Let’s Talk Plants! March 2023. This Month’s Question: In the season of hearts, sweethearts, and all things...

Mar 1, 2023

GOING WILD WITH NATIVES: Come See What California Natives Can Do - CNPS Garden Tour 4/1&2

By Susan Lewitt, for Let’s Talk Plants! March 2023. Come See What California Natives Can Do For Landscapes - CNPS Garden Tour April 1 &...

Mar 1, 2023

FROM THE ARCHIVES: Removing Concrete From The Garden… Or Not???

By Pamela Homfelt, for Let’s Talk Plants! March 2023. Originally published March 2009, No. 174. Removing Concrete from the Garden… or...

Mar 1, 2023

NEWSWORTHY: March 2023 News You Can Use

“Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.” ― Robert Louis Stevenson, as found on goodreads.com The...

Mar 1, 2023

GROW IN ABUNDANCE: Edible Plants That Transition From Winter To Spring

By Sommer Cartier, for Let’s Talk Plants! March 2023. Edible Plants that Transition from Winter to Spring Early spring is a time of...

Mar 1, 2023

GARDEN SURROUNDINGS: Creating Your Own Flower Arrangements

By Francesca Filanc, for Let’s Talk Plants! March 2023. Creating your own Flower Arrangements A friend passed away recently, and I wanted...

Feb 24, 2023

NEXT MEETING: Garden Design Month Featuring APLD Panel Discussion

Please join us on Monday, March 13, 2023, at 6 pm in-person (no Zoom) in SD's Golden Triangle (map and address below) for our next...