UPCOMING SEPTEMBER MEETING:
September 13 on Zoom - Jeffrey Bale, with a chronological history of this self-taught stone Mason’s incredible work as a garden designer...
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2021 Summer Jun-Aug
Jul 31, 2021
AUGUST MEETING: John Forti - The Heirloom Gardener August 9 @ 6pm on Zoom
Please join the San Diego Horticultural Society on Monday, August 9, 2021 at 6 pm (pst) on Zoom for a presentation by John Forti, author...
Jul 31, 2021
FROM THE PALOMAR DISTRICT: Pleased To Announce . . .
By Sharon Tooley, Palomar District Director. I am pleased to announce that the Palomar District is back to “in-person” meetings and...
Jul 31, 2021
SD HORT BOOK CLUB: Upcoming Reading Schedule And More!
By Karen England, Head Muckety-Muck. The San Diego Horticultural Society’s Book Club meets the last Monday of every month on Zoom at 5 pm...
Jul 31, 2021
MEETING REPORT: June 2021, With Toni Gattone, The Lifelong Gardener
The video recording of the great general meeting with Toni Gattone, The Lifelong Gardener, in June will be up on our YouTube channel ▶️...
Jul 31, 2021
GOING WILD WITH NATIVES: Monarch Larval & Nectar Plants Invite More Than Just Monarchs!
By Susan Lewitt. Monarchs love milkweed, and happily for San Diego, there are several indigenous species. Narrow Leaf Milkweed, Asclepias...
Jul 31, 2021
MEMBERS GARDENS PHOTOS: July 2021
Edited by Ken Gland. President and newsletter editor-in-chief, Karen England, asked at the last meeting for members to send in current...
Jul 31, 2021
PERMACULTURE: The Ethics of Permaculture
By Diane Kennedy. Bill Mollison and David Holmgren coined the term permaculture in the 1970’s, and with the term they defined the...
Jul 31, 2021
TREES, PLEASE! Ficus, Figs and Fascinating Tree Sex
By Robin Y Rivet. Ficus carica - edible fig: cross section showing syconium. Did you ever wonder why you don’t see flowers on fig trees?...
Jul 31, 2021
SHARING SECRETS: What's Going Crazy In Your Garden?
Edited by Cathy Tylka. Question of the month … Is your corn growing as high as an Elephant's Eye? Ok, so maybe, not corn. Do you have...
Jul 31, 2021
FROM THE ARCHIVES: Chaste Tree
By Ellen Reardon and Carl Price. First published in Let's Talk Plants! August 2008, No. 167. In a previous essay* we referred to a...
Jul 31, 2021
GARDEN SURROUNDINGS: Gardenias; My "First Love"
By Francesca Filanc. First Love® Gardenia, Gardenia jasminoides 'Aimee'. A strong memory from my childhood is of being beautifully...
Jul 14, 2021
SDHS SCHOOL GARDEN GRANT: Application period opens on July 1, 2021
San Diego Horticultural Society School Garden Grant of 2021 The San Diego Horticultural Society supports gardening education in San Diego...
Jul 14, 2021
NEXT MEETING: John Forti - The Heirloom Gardener August 9 @ 6pm on Zoom
Please join the San Diego Horticultural Society on Monday, August 9, 2021 at 6 pm (pst) on Zoom for a presentation by John Forti, author...
Jul 1, 2021
PRESIDENT'S LETTER: Please Volunteer To Help The SDHS
By Karen England. The Board met again in June with a special extra meeting to plan the next six months, as well as the next year,...
Jul 1, 2021
SD HORT BOOK CLUB: July Book - In Praise Of Tomatoes By Steven Shepherd & The June Book Report
By Karen England. Next Book Club July 26, 2021 5 pm on Zoom In Praise of Tomatoes by Steven Shepherd We will be joined by the author's...
Jul 1, 2021
MY LIFE IN PLANTS: California Adventure Part 5
California Adventure Part Five - I can hear you say, "What happened to parts one through four?" Well, I'll tell you what happened ... In...
Jul 1, 2021
JUNE MEETING REPORT: Summer Dry – A Very Succinct Description Of Our Weather w/Saxon Holt
By Lynn Langley. Saxon Holt, author of “Gardening for Summer Dry Climates,” presented an eye-opening, yet practical, paradigm shift in...
Jul 1, 2021
GROW WITH ABUNDANCE: DIY Pest Hacks
By Sommer Cartier. Summer is here, and with it, those heat loving garden pests – and lots of them. When faced with a spider mite...
Jul 1, 2021
FROM THE MASTER GARDENERS: Manage Weeds Before Planting
By Michael Harrelson. April showers bring May flowers … and weeds, lots of weeds. A weed is defined by the Weed Science Society of...
Jul 1, 2021
SHARING SECRETS: Favorite Gardens, Parks and Riparian Areas To Visit
Edited by Cathy Tylka. Here’s the question of the month… Do you have a favorite garden, park or riparian area that you visit? Sometimes,...
Jul 1, 2021
THE BUG MAN: The Glassy-winged Sharpshooter
By James A. Bethke. The glassy-winged sharpshooter (GWSS), Homalodisca vitripennis (Figure 1), is an insect that was inadvertently...
Jul 1, 2021
TREES, PLEASE! The Silk Oak
By Tim Clancy. One of my favorite trees these days is the silk oak, Grevillea robusta. I was fascinated by its flowers when I first saw...
Jul 1, 2021
FROM THE ARCHIVES: Smart Irrigation = $aving Water In The Landscape
By Will Johnson. (First published in Let’s Talk Plants! August 2008, No. 167.) Studies demonstrate just how much water different types of...
Jul 1, 2021
EDITOR'S LETTER: Miss American Green Cross of 1928 Pleads "Help Save Our Trees"
By Karen England. Historically the Green Cross has had many different iterations from meaning "First Aid," or a "Medical Marijuana...
Jul 1, 2021
GARDEN SURROUNDINGS: Mom and Apple Pie!
By Francesca Filanc. “Saturday in the Park, I think it was the Fourth of July ..." - song written by Robert Lamm and recorded by the...
Jun 30, 2021
NEXT MEETING: July 12, 2021 - Toni Gattone, The Lifelong Gardener
On July 12, 2021 at 6 pm on Zoom Please join the San Diego Horticultural Society for our next meeting as we learn to garden with ease and...
Jun 16, 2021
SDHS SCHOOL GARDEN GRANT: Application period opens on July 1, 2021
San Diego Horticultural Society School Garden Grant of 2021 The San Diego Horticultural Society supports gardening education in San Diego...
May 31, 2021
NEXT MEETING: June 14 - Saxon Holt - Gardening In Summer-Dry Climates On Zoom
Please Join The San Diego Horticultural Society on Zoom June 14th, 2021 at 6 pm PST for Gardening In Summer-Dry Climates with...
May 31, 2021
MEET SDHS SUSI TORRE-BUENO SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT 2021-22: Jenn Crocker
Hi I’m Jenn Crocker, The 2021 Cuyamaca College Botanical Society recipient of the San Diego Horticultural Society’s Susi Torre-Bueno...
May 31, 2021
PRESIDENT'S LETTER: Board Report
By Karen England. On Tuesday, May 18, the board met in-person (and on Zoom; we successfully tested the hybrid meeting model for use with...
May 31, 2021
SD HORT BOOK CLUB: Next Books And A Book Report
By Karen England. SD Hort Book Club meets the LAST Monday of every month on Zoom. June 28, 2021 at 5 pm on Zoom Zoom link is emailed to...
May 31, 2021
MEETING REPORT: Gabriel Frank, Our May Meeting Speaker
By Donna Mallen. Meeting photos and screenshots by Janet Ward. Gabriel Frank is the author of Striking Succulent Gardens: Plants and...
May 31, 2021
TREES, PLEASE! Tree Watch – Minding Your Elders
By Robin Y Rivet. Is your neighborhood lined with large, mature street trees? The odds are against it. · Older communities once revered...
May 31, 2021
GOING WILD WITH NATIVES: Elderberries And Currants, Ribes Species, Plants With Benefits!
By Susan Lewitt. Here are some sweet native plants to consider that give you edible treats: Blue Elderberry, Sambucus nigra ssp....
May 31, 2021
SHARING SECRETS: Favorite Insects
Edited by Cathy Tylka. This Month's Question: “What’s your favorite insect or arachnoid? Does it fly, does it crawl, does it pollinate?...
May 31, 2021
FROM THE ARCHIVES: The Dirt On Water
By Jeanne Meadow. First published in Let’s Talk Plants! June 2015, No. 249. The California drought is serious. Our state’s mild climate...
May 31, 2021
FROM OUR VALUED ADVERTISERS: An Evergreen Nursery Special Request
By Mark Collins. Recently an email titled "An Evergreen family needs help; Tragedy Looking For Hope" went out from the President of...
May 31, 2021
GARDEN SURROUNDINGS: Happy June!
By Francesca Filanc. We, who love gardening and gardens never cease to appreciate and enjoy the beauty inspiration, knowledge, love and...
Jan 1, 2021
FROM THE ARCHIVES: Trees, Please! - Premature Obituary
On June 2nd, 1898 American humorist Mark Twain was quoted as follows: “The report of my death was an exaggeration.” If trees could talk the
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