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,...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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

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...

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;...

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

“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...

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

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

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...