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NEXT HYBRID MEETING: August 17, 2024, At Oasis RB With Jackie Higgins, Forever Balboa Park's VP Of Planning, Sharing An Exclusive Look Into Current Botanical Building & Gardens Construction Progress!
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...
Aug 1, 2024


SD HORT BOOK CLUB: The Seed Detective By Adam Alexander, August 5, 2024, 4:30/5pm On Zoom
By Karen England, the head SDHBC muckety-muck, for Let's Talk Plants! August 2024. August 5, 2024, The Seed Detective by Adam Alexander...
Aug 1, 2024


HAPPY 30th BIRTHDAY SD HORT! I Was There – First Meeting Of The San Diego Horticultural Society
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...
Aug 1, 2024


YOUR SOCIETY NEEDS A NEW TREASURER: Get A Board Application Online
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...
Aug 1, 2024


BOTANICAL ENCOUNTERS: The Okavango Delta - Drought, Wildfire And Climate Change
Words and photographs by Ida K. Rigby, for Let’s Talk Plants! August 2024. The Okavango Delta - Drought, Wildfire and Climate Change...
Aug 1, 2024


TREES, PLEASE! Crape Myrtles Are Not French Pancakes
By Robin Y. Rivet, for Let’s Talk Plants! August 2024. Crape Myrtles Are Not French Pancakes Amazing as it may seem, the Lagerstroemia...
Aug 1, 2024


GOING WILD WITH NATIVES: Do You Know This About Ceanothus?
By Susan Lewitt, for Let’s Talk Plants! August 2024. Do You Know This About Ceanothus? Look for the wonderful California Native Plant...
Aug 1, 2024


PERMACULTURE: Natural Insect Pest Control
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...
Aug 1, 2024


SUSI TORRE-BUENO SCHOLARSHIP: Congratulations To SD Hort 2024-25 Recipients Debbie Seracini And Kimberly Ussery
By Karen England, for Let's Talk Plants! August 2024. SD Hort 2024-25 Susi Torre-Bueno Scholarship Recipients Congratulations! Debbie...
Aug 1, 2024


BECOME A MASTER GARDENER! Applications Open August 1 - September 30, 2024
By Dominick Fiume, for Let's Talk Plants! August 2024. The next class for the Master Gardener Association of San Diego County program...
Aug 1, 2024


JUNE 2024 MEETING REPORT: Lisa Marun With A Fascinating Overview Of "Plant Genetics - From Mendel's Peas To Your Tasty Tomatoes"
https://youtu.be/gQe6snbS62s?si=xXWX1IK6IHMEF2Oh At the June 15, 2024, hybrid general meeting of the San Diego Horticultural Society Lisa...
Aug 1, 2024


JULY 2024 MEETING REPORT: Growing Microgreens, With Andrew Keener, Director Of The Agricultural Department Of TERI, Inc.
Our newsletter is called Let's Talk Plants! And our president, Karen England, refers to our SD Hort YouTube channel as Let's Watch...
Aug 1, 2024


SHARING SECRETS: What Garden Bounty Are You Enjoying?
Edited by Cathy Tylka, for Let’s Talk Plants! August 2024. This month’s question: What are you planting, cutting, eating, enjoying from...
Aug 1, 2024


GARDEN SURROUNDINGS: Apple Pies, Gardenias And Passion Flowers
By Francesca Filanc, for Let’s Talk Plants! August 2024. Apple Pies, Gardenias and Passion Flowers Apple Pies Summer months in the garden...
Aug 1, 2024


NEXT HYBRID MEETING: July 20, 2024, Growing Microgreens, with Andrew Keener, Director of the Agricultural Department of TERI, Inc.
On July 20, 2024, at 1:30p - 3p in Rancho Bernardo at San Diego Oasis Please join us for Growing Microgreens, with Andrew Keener,...
Jul 1, 2024


SD HORT BOOK CLUB: How To Read A Tree, By Tristan Gooley, July 1, 2024, 4:30/5pm On Zoom
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?...
Jul 1, 2024


THANK YOU: To Everyone Who Came To Hear Your President Speak At The Fair And, While There, Did You See Our Garden Show Award Winners?
By Karen England, for Let's Talk Plants! July 2024. I spoke twice at the fair this year representing you, the San Diego Horticultural...
Jul 1, 2024


Baja California Norte - Plant Expedition
A plant exhibition tour to Baja California Norte
Jul 1, 2024


ReWild: Chilopsis Linearis 'Bubba'
By Sharon Reeve, for Let’s Talk Plants! July 2024. Chilopsis linearis 'Bubba'. Photo credit, Sharon Reeve. Chilopsis linearis 'Bubba'...
Jul 1, 2024


GROW IN ABUNDANCE: How To Successfully Grow Cucumbers
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...
Jul 1, 2024


COME INTO THE KITCHEN, GARDENER: Cucumber Salads
By Karen England for Let’s Talk Plants! July 2024. Cucumber Salads “. . . Of one thing I feel sure, a working knowledge of both gardening...
Jul 1, 2024


HERITAGE HAUNTS: Going Wild With Natives - Abutilon palmeri
Curated by Cathy Tylka, for Let’s Talk Plants! July 2024. Article by Pat Pawlowski, originally published May 2011, No. 100, Let’s Talk...
Jul 1, 2024


SHARING SECRETS: What Is Luscious?
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?...
Jul 1, 2024


GARDEN SURROUNDINGS: Beauty In Nature Can Help Us Accept ChangeÂ
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...
Jul 1, 2024


NEXT HYBRID MEETING: Plant Genetics - From Mendel's Peas to Your Tasty Tomatoes w/ Lisa Marun - June 15, 2024, 1:30p At San Diego Oasis In Rancho Bernardo
Next Hybrid Meeting: June 15, 2024, with Lisa Marun presenting on "Plant Genetics: From Mendel's Peas to Your Tasty Tomatoes" Part...
Jun 1, 2024


SD HORT BOOK CLUB: A Gentle Plea For Chaos, By Mirabel Osler, June 3, 2024, 4:30/5pm On Zoom
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...
Jun 1, 2024


BOTANICAL ENCOUNTERS: Fever Tree
Words and pictures by Ida K. Rigby, for Let’s Talk Plants! June 2024. Fever Tree Featuring the fever tree, Vachellia xanthophloea, takes...
Jun 1, 2024


TREES, PLEASE! Trees For The Birds
By Robin Y. Rivet, for Let’s Talk Plants! June 2024. (Two Tree Swallows Calling. Attribution: Andy Witchger, CC BY 2.0...
Jun 1, 2024


GOING WILD WITH NATIVES: These Salvias May Be Our Garden Salvation!
By Susan Lewitt, for Let’s Talk Plants! June 2024. White Sage, Salvia apiana, was used for many purposes including ceremonial and...
Jun 1, 2024


PERMACULTURE: Compost Tea
By Mary ‘Klibs’ Dralle, for Let’s Talk Plants! June 2024. Compost Tea In Permaculture, we use three natural components to keep the soil...
Jun 1, 2024


NEWS! Announcing The San Diego Botanic Garden Mobile AppÂ
NEWS! Announcing San Diego Botanic Garden Mobile App The San Diego Botanic Garden is excited to announce the launch of their first...
Jun 1, 2024


MORE NEWS! Your President Will Be Speaking On The Garden Show Stage At The San Diego County Fair
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...
Jun 1, 2024


MEETING REPORT: Pamela Tucker - All About African Violet Care
The May 2024 General Meeting Featured Pamela Tucker on Growing African Violets Successfully and can be seen on the SD Hort YouTube...
Jun 1, 2024


SHARING SECRETS: May Flowers
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...
Jun 1, 2024


GARDEN SURROUNDINGS: Plein Air Artists In The Garden
By Francesca Filanc, for Let’s Talk Plants! June 2024. Plein Air Artists in the Garden What is Plein Air Painting? | According to Artists...
Jun 1, 2024
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