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July 2025
2025 Spring March - May


NEXT MEETING: The Horticultural History Of San Diego Presented By John Clements, May 17, 2025, 1:30 p.m. In-person, Oasis Rancho Bernardo
This vintage photo of San Diego is a favorite of John Clements'. The dark dot just to the left of the middle of the photograph is a large...
May 1


SD HORT BOOK CLUB: Next Book - May 5, 2025, Nature's Best Hope By Douglas Tallamy On Zoom
By Karen England, for Let's Talk Plants! April 2025. Have you heard how much fun the SD Hort Book Club is? It's amazing, and I'm not just...
May 1


MY LIFE WITH PLANTS: Blue-eyed Grass - San Diego's New Official Flower
Text and photos by Jim Bishop, for Let's Talk Plants! May 2025. It's official. Blue-eyed grass is now the official flower of San Diego....
May 1


GROW IN ABUNDANCE: The Magic Of Growing Heirloom Tomatoes
By Sommer Cartier, for Let’s Talk Plants! May 2025. Photo credit: Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash. The Magic of Growing Heirloom...
May 1


TREES, PLEASE! Mr. Dressup Tree
By Tim Clancy, for Let’s Talk Plants! May 2025. Mr. Dressup (TV Series 1967–1996) - IMDb I lived in Canada for twelve years from 1975 to...
May 1


ARTISTS IN THE TOUR GARDENS: Spring Garden Tour Report
By Barbara Raub, for Let's Talk Plants! May 2025. Photo credit: Rachel Cobb. Artist: Lorraine Cote. Did you go on this year's Spring...
May 1


SPRING GARDEN TOUR: Some Photos From The Great Day
By Rachel Cobb, for Let's Talk Plants! May 2025. Author, television personality, teacher, garden designer, Nan Sterman, was on hand...
May 1


GOING WILD WITH NATIVES: Thoughts On The LA Fires And Native Fire-Scaping
By Greg Rubin, edited by Susan Lewitt, for Let’s Talk Plants! May 2025. Credits: All photos for this article are by Greg Rubin of...
May 1


SHARING SECRETS: "The Rose We’ve Shared, In Secret Awhile..."
Edited by Cathy Tylka, for Let’s Talk Plants! May 2025. Photo credit: Weeks Roses - Secret! From the Weeks catalog “You can't keep this...
May 1


GARDEN SURROUNDINGS: Growing Clover To Replenish The Soil
Words and photographs by Francesca Filanc, for Let’s Talk Plants! May 2024. Growing Clover to Replenish the Soil The gardeners planted...
May 1


NEXT MEETING: Horticulture Of The Aztecs - Then And Now, With Julio Estrada, April 19, 2025, 1:30p, In-person At Oasis Rancho Bernardo
Julio Estrada and friend. Horticulture of the Aztecs - Then and Now, With Julio Estrada, April 19, 2025, 1:30p, In-person At Oasis Rancho...
Apr 1


SD HORT BOOK CLUB: Next Book - The Core Of An Onion By Mark Kurlansky - April 7 On Zoom
By Karen England, for Let's Talk Plants! April 2025. Have you heard how much fun the SD Hort Book Club is? It's amazing, and I'm not just...
Apr 1


BOTANICAL ENCOUNTERS: Rewilding In Southern Africa - The Savanna
Words and pictures by Ida K. Rigby, for Let’s Talk Plants! April 2025. Rewilding In Southern Africa - The Savanna The next few columns...
Apr 1


TREES, PLEASE! Are You A Pine Nut?
By Robin Y. Rivet, for Let’s Talk Plants! April 2025. Are You a Pine Nut? How many local pines can you identify? San Diego County’s...
Apr 1


THE POWER OF WATER: All I Am Saying Is Give Trees A Chance
By Debby Dunn, for Let’s Talk Plants! April 2025. Trees, trees, trees. Hawaii, Photo credit: Debby Dunn. All I Am Saying is Give Trees a...
Apr 1


EDITOR’S LETTER: Five Fun Facts About Dandelion Tires
By Karen England, for Let’s Talk Plants! April 2025. Continental Constructing Tires From Dandelions | Continental Tire Unbelievably this...
Apr 1


PERMACULTURE: Eating Your Weeds
By Mary 'Klibs' Dralle, for Let’s Talk Plants! April 2025. Farm Field with Dandelions, Osterlen. The artist is Johner Images. Provided by...
Apr 1


GOING WILD WITH NATIVES: These Natives Add Long Lasting Color To Your Garden
By Susan Lewitt, for Let’s Talk Plants! April 2025. Verbena lilacina  ‘De La Mina’ with native Painted Lady ( Vanessa cardui ). Left...
Apr 1


FROM THE MASTER GARDENERS: Gardening For Bird
By Joan Herskowitz, UCCE Master Gardener of San Diego County for Let’s Talk Plants! April 2025. Originally published in the July/August...
Apr 1


SHARING SECRETS: A Room With A View
Edited by Cathy Tylka, for Let’s Talk Plants! April 2025. WiX stock photo. Room with a view. This month’s question – It’s almost Easter,...
Apr 1


GARDEN SURROUNDINGS: April Showers Bring May Flowers
By Francesca Filanc, for Let’s Talk Plants! April 2025. April Showers Bring May Flowers What a relief that we’ve had some good rain in...
Apr 1


WHEN IN DROUGHT | GARDEN WITH PLANTITUDE! Escondido & Surroundings Spring Garden Tour
WHEN IN DROUGHT | GARDEN WITH PLANTITUDE! Escondido & Surroundings Spring Garden Tour Gratitude for our planet and plants with the right...
Feb 28


NEXT MEETING: Because Of The Upcoming Garden Tour On March 29, There Will Be No General Meeting On The 15th. Get Your Tour Tickets And We'll See You On March 29th!
NEXT MEETING: Because of the upcoming Spring Garden Tour on March 29, there will be No General Meeting on the 15th of March . Get Your...
Feb 28


SD HORT BOOK CLUB: Next Book - Pilgrim At Tinker Creek By Annie Dillard, March 3 At 4:30p On Zoom
By Karen England, for Let's Talk Plants! January 2025. March 2025, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek. LOOKING AHEAD: March 3, 2025, Pilgrim at...
Feb 28


EASYSCAPE: Makes Gardening Easy!
By Dennis Mudd, for Let’s Talk Plants! March 2025. Designing with Easyscape is easy! EASYSCAPE: Makes Gardening Easy! Easyscape is a new...
Feb 28


MY LIFE WITH PLANTS: New Zealand, The Giant's House
Words and pictures by Jim Bishop, for Let's Talk Plants! March 2025. In November of 2024, my partner Scott and I spent 14 days with the...
Feb 28


THE NEW BUG MAN: Watch Out For Thrips parvispinus In San Diego County
By Eric Middleton PhD, IPM Advisor, University of California Statewide IPM Program and Cooperative Extension, San Diego, Orange, and Los...
Feb 28


TREES, PLEASE! Time For A New Day
By Tim Clancy, for Let’s Talk Plants! March 2025. Leaving support stakes for more than one year leads to problems with the tree ties. If...
Feb 28


GROW IN ABUNDANCE: Beyond Food - The Many Reasons To Plant A Garden
By Sommer Cartier, for Let’s Talk Plants! March 2025. Photo credit: Sommer Cartier. Beyond Food - The Many Reasons to Plant a Garden When...
Feb 28


THE POWER OF WATER: Rainwater - It Can Heal And Destroy
By Debby Dunn, for Let’s Talk Plants! March 2025. WiX stock photo. Rainwater - It Can Heal and Destroy Have you ever noticed how bright...
Feb 28


THYME TRAVELER: Always Take The Scenic Route
By Karen England, for Let’s Talk Plants! March 2025. The Thyme Traveler columns are about the herbs and gardens I’ve discovered growing...
Feb 28


MEETING REPORT: What Were The Five Herbs That Changed History That You Can Grow?
By Karen England, for Let's Talk Plants! March 2025. Unless otherwise stated all photos by Jim Booman, sourced from Facebook. Screenshot...
Feb 28


SHARING SECRETS: Seeing Red
Edited by Cathy Tylka, for Let’s Talk Plants! March 2025. What has you "seeing red" in your garden around Valentine's Day? This month’s...
Feb 28


HERITAGE HAUNTS: Going Wild With Natives - Hooker's Evening Primrose
Words and pictures by Linda Jones, for Let’s Talk Plants! March 2025. Originally published in LTP! September 2018.     Hooker’s Evening...
Feb 28


GARDEN SURROUNDINGS: Live The Life You Envision
Words, photos (unless otherwise noted) and art by Francesca Filanc, for Let’s Talk Plants! March 2025. There Are So Many Things to Do in...
Feb 28
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