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June 2025
Master Gardeners


FROM THE MASTER GARDENERS: Lavender
By Lee Somerville, UCCE San Diego Master Gardener. This article first appeared in May 2024 in the “Garden Mastery” column of the Union...
Jun 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


FROM THE MASTER GARDENERS: Delicious And Nutritious Blueberries!
This article first appeared in the March/April 2023 edition of California Garden Magazine . By Jay Davis, for Let’s Talk Plants! February...
Feb 1


FROM THE MASTER GARDENERS: Pruning Fruit Trees In Winter
By Greg Alder, UC Master Gardener of San Diego County, originally printed in The San Diego Union-Tribune, January 2024, reprinted with...
Jan 1


FROM THE MASTER GARDENERS: Upcoming Plant Sale at Balboa Park
Hundreds of Gardener-grown Plants Available Plus Live Demonstrations San Diego County Master Gardeners Host Plant Sale at Balboa Park San...
Sep 1, 2022


FROM THE MASTER GARDENERS: Lemonadeberry Shrub
By Michael Harrelson, used with permission in Let’s Talk Plants! June 2022. Lemonadeberry Shrub For San Diego gardeners the Lemonadeberry...
Jun 1, 2022


FROM THE MASTER GARDENERS: Pink Muhly Grass – Satisfying On So Many Levels
By Master Gardener Michael Harrelson, reprinted here with permission in Let’s Talk Plants! April 2022. Pink Muhly Grass or Pink Hair...
Apr 1, 2022


FROM THE MASTER GARDENERS: Mastering Garden Photography
By Deanna Chandra, first published by the Master Gardener Association of San Diego County in the San Diego Union Tribune, November 2021...
Feb 1, 2022


FROM THE MASTER GARDENERS: Epiphyllum Hybrid Basics
By Gretchen Ward, reprinted here with permission, for Let's Talk Plants! November, 2021. Epiphyllum hybrid ‘Going Bananas.' The...
Nov 1, 2021


FROM THE MASTER GARDENERS: The Straight Facts About Growing Carrots
By Jodi Bay. This article first appeared in the San Diego Union-Tribune, January 9, 2021, and is reprinted by permission in Let's Talk...
Sep 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


FROM THE MASTER GARDENERS: Some Beautiful Plants Should Be Handled With Care
By Francie Murphy and Chris McDonald. As gardeners in San Diego move to replace their thirsty lawns and water-loving plants, they may...
May 1, 2021


FROM THE MASTER GARDENERS: Master Gardener VIRTUAL Spring Seminar Saturday, March 20, 2021
Wondering what plants make the most sense for San Diego gardens this year? Want to grow magnificent roses and stunning succulents in the sam
Mar 1, 2021


FROM THE MASTER GARDENERS: Master Gardeners Keep in Touch with Memory Care Communities During COVID
For the past two years, the UCCE San Diego Master Gardener Program, through its Reminiscence Gardening (RG) public outreach program, has par
Feb 1, 2021


FROM THE MASTER GARDENERS: The Amazing Torrey Pine
In Southern California there are two small remnants of “relic pine forests” that precede the Glacial Period. Trees in these forests were we
Sep 1, 2020
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