On August 17, 2024, at 1:30p - 3p in Rancho Bernardo at San Diego Oasis Please join us to hear Jackie Higgins, Forever Balboa Park's VP...

By Karen England, the head SDHBC muckety-muck, for Let's Talk Plants! August 2024. August 5, 2024, The Seed Detective  by Adam Alexander...

By Susi Torre-Bueno, for Let’s Talk Plants! August 2024. I Was There – First Meeting of the San Diego Horticultural Society We had lived...

By the SD Hort Board of Directors, for Let's Talk Plants! August 2024. Dear Members, Your society needs a new Treasurer. Be an active...

Words and photographs by Ida K. Rigby, for Let’s Talk Plants! August 2024. The Okavango Delta - Drought, Wildfire and Climate Change...

By Robin Y. Rivet, for Let’s Talk Plants! August 2024. Crape Myrtles Are Not French Pancakes Amazing as it may seem, the Lagerstroemia...

By Susan Lewitt, for Let’s Talk Plants! August 2024. Do You Know This About Ceanothus? Look for the wonderful California Native Plant...

By Mary 'Klibs' Dralle, for Let’s Talk Plants! August 2024. Natural Insect Pest Control It is that time of the year when pest insect...

By Karen England, for Let's Talk Plants! August 2024. SD Hort 2024-25 Susi Torre-Bueno Scholarship Recipients Congratulations! Debbie...

By Dominick Fiume, for Let's Talk Plants! August 2024. The next class for the Master Gardener Association of San Diego County program...

https://youtu.be/gQe6snbS62s?si=xXWX1IK6IHMEF2Oh At the June 15, 2024, hybrid general meeting of the San Diego Horticultural Society Lisa...

Our newsletter is called Let's Talk Plants! And our president, Karen England, refers to our SD Hort YouTube channel as Let's Watch...

Edited by Cathy Tylka, for Let’s Talk Plants! August 2024. This month’s question: What are you planting, cutting, eating, enjoying from...

By Francesca Filanc, for Let’s Talk Plants! August 2024. Apple Pies, Gardenias and Passion Flowers Apple Pies Summer months in the garden...

On July 20, 2024, at 1:30p - 3p in Rancho Bernardo at San Diego Oasis Please join us for Growing Microgreens, with Andrew Keener,...

By Karen England, the head SDHBC muckety-muck, for Let's Talk Plants! July 2024. Have you heard how much fun the SD Hort Book Club is?...

By Karen England, for Let's Talk Plants! July 2024. I spoke twice at the fair this year representing you, the San Diego Horticultural...

A plant exhibition tour to Baja California Norte

By Sharon Reeve, for Let’s Talk Plants! July 2024. Chilopsis linearis 'Bubba'. Photo credit, Sharon Reeve. Chilopsis linearis 'Bubba'...

By Sommer Cartier, for Let’s Talk Plants! July 2024. (Don't miss BUT WAIT! MORE FROM THE ARCHIVES: Got Cucurbitoids? By Richard Frost, at...

By Karen England for Let’s Talk Plants! July 2024. Cucumber Salads “. . . Of one thing I feel sure, a working knowledge of both gardening...

Curated by Cathy Tylka, for Let’s Talk Plants! July 2024. Article by Pat Pawlowski, originally published May 2011, No. 100, Let’s Talk...

Edited by Cathy Tylka, for Let’s Talk Plants! July 2024. Question for this month… … What is luscious? Is it a fruit, is it a vegetable?...

By Francesca Filanc, for Let’s Talk Plants! July 2024. Beauty In Nature Can Help Us Accept Change My daughter Erica and her husband Jared...

Next Hybrid Meeting: June 15, 2024, with Lisa Marun presenting on "Plant Genetics: From Mendel's Peas to Your Tasty Tomatoes" Part...

By Karen England, for Let’s Talks Plants! May 2024. Have you heard how much fun the SD Hort Book Club is? It's amazing, and I'm not just...

Words and pictures by Ida K. Rigby, for Let’s Talk Plants! June 2024. Fever Tree Featuring the fever tree, Vachellia xanthophloea, takes...

By Robin Y. Rivet, for Let’s Talk Plants! June 2024. (Two Tree Swallows Calling. Attribution: Andy Witchger, CC BY 2.0...

By Susan Lewitt, for Let’s Talk Plants! June 2024. White Sage, Salvia apiana, was used for many purposes including ceremonial and...

By Mary ‘Klibs’ Dralle, for Let’s Talk Plants! June 2024. Compost Tea In Permaculture, we use three natural components to keep the soil...

NEWS! Announcing San Diego Botanic Garden Mobile App The San Diego Botanic Garden is excited to announce the launch of their first...

On June 12 and 14, 2024 at 2 pm each day, SD Hort president Karen England will take to the SD Fair Garden Show Stage representing the San...

The May 2024 General Meeting Featured Pamela Tucker on Growing African Violets Successfully and can be seen on the SD Hort YouTube...

Edited by Cathy Tylka for Let’s Talk Plants! June 2024. Question for this month – All the rain brings May flowers. Well, we do live in...

By Francesca Filanc, for Let’s Talk Plants! June 2024. Plein Air Artists in the Garden What is Plein Air Painting? | According to Artists...