GARDEN DESIGN MONTH REPORTS: Part l – March 2023 Panel Discussion Meeting With The APLD
By Karen England for Let’s Talk Plants! May 2023. March 2023 Panel Discussion Meeting With The APLD March 2023 was our first ever “Garden...
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December 2023
Meeting Report
- Feb 1
MEETING REPORT: ROBERT LUTTICKEN - OUR 2023 HORTICULTURIST OF THE YEAR
By Donna Mallen, for Let's Talk Plants! February 2023. All photos by Criselda Yee and used with permission. ROBERT LUTTICKEN: OUR 2023...
- Dec 1, 2022
NOVEMBER 2022 MEETING REPORT: Ernie Cowan, There's A Marmot In My Pack
By Karen England, for Let's Talk Plants! December 2022. You can watch Ernie's great presentation on our YouTube channel here:...
- Sep 30, 2022
HYBRID MEETING REPORT: Smart, Gorgeous, Sensible Succulent Gardens w/Debra Lee Baldwin Sept. 2022
The presentation is on our YouTube channel here: https://youtu.be/9Eahs4h0I0Q Smart, Gorgeous, Sensible Succulent Gardens During her...
- Jul 31, 2022
MEETING REPORT: Jeff Moore Presents Agaves: Species, Cultivars & Hybrids
By D. Mallen, for Let’s Talk Plants! August 2022. View the presentation here on the SDHS YouTube channel. Jeff Moore Presents Agaves:...
- Sep 30, 2021
SEPTEMBER MEETING REPORT: Jeffrey Bale - Rock Star!
On September 13, 2021, at 6 pm on Zoom, garden designer and builder, Jeffrey Bale gave a chronological history of his inspiring travels...
- Aug 31, 2021
AUGUST MEETING REPORT: John Forti, The Heirloom Gardener
By Donna Mallen for Let's Talk Plants! September 2021. Note from newsletter editor-in-chief, Karen England to the membership: Please...
- 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 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...
- 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...
- Apr 30, 2021
APRIL MEETING REPORT: Johanna Silver - Growing Weed In The Garden - A No-Fuss, Seed-To-Stash Talk
Did you miss attending the April 12, 2021 SDHS meeting on Zoom? Want to know what you missed? Or did you attend but want to see it again?...
- Apr 1, 2021
MEETING REPORT: All About Cork w/Pamela Hyatt
The SDHS board would like to thank Pam Hyatt for an absolutely wonderful live Cork presentation on Zoom.
Pam encountered so many technical
- Mar 1, 2021
FEBRUARY MEETING REPORT: Nature Restoration Landscaping w/Dennis Mudd, Creator of CalScape.org
Every naturally occurring plant is native to somewhere. But of the nearly 8,000 California native plants, on average, only about 700 reside
- Feb 1, 2021
MEETING REPORT: Nan Sterman, Horticulturist of the Year, January 2021
What a wonderful evening it was with our first ever packed Zoom meeting house as Nan Sterman received the San Diego Horticulturist of the Ye
- Jan 1, 2021
DECEMBER MEETING REPORT: History of Citrus in California with John Clements
The latest Zoom monthly meeting took everyone on a magical history tour of citrus in Southern California. John Clements, San Diego Botanica
- Dec 1, 2020
NOVEMBER MEETING REPORT: Conserving Orchids in the Wild & Growing Them at Home
Our November 2020 program consisted of two speakers, Peter Tobias, President and Co-Founder of the Orchid Conservation Alliance, and Debby H
- Nov 1, 2020
MEETING REPORT: Manzanitas & More with Su Kraus
October’s meeting on Monday 10-12-2020 had us diving head first into Native Season. What better way to celebrate these hardy and beautiful
- Sep 30, 2020
MEETING REPORT: Horticultural Concert, Sept. 14, 2020
On Monday evening, members were treated to a horticultural concert at the home of the new president, Karen England. She began the evening w
- Aug 31, 2020
MEETING REPORT: Kate Sessions’ World Wide Web of Horticulture
A long-time member of the SDHS and a former law professor at USD, presenter Nancy Carol Carter has devoted her retirement to historical rese
- Jul 31, 2020
MEETING REPORT: Zoom Meeting Success!
On Monday, July 13, 2020 at 6 PM the San Diego Horticultural Society held its first ever zoom general meeting (the SDHS board has been meeti
- Apr 30, 2020
APRIL MEETING REPORT is FROM THE ARCHIVES: Can a Massage Oil Help Prevent Global Warming?
Editor's note: Since there was no meeting in April 2020 to report about to the membership, this edition of the From The Archives column feat
- Mar 31, 2020
MEETING REPORT: Gardening Has NOT Been Canceled
Even though the garden tour was canceled and our next few meetings are canceled, gardening has NOT been canceled. Get out there!
- Mar 1, 2020
MEETING REPORT & NEWS:
http://www.sdfloral.org/kos-book.htm Got Green? & TOMATOMANIA! at the San Diego Botanic Garden Saturday, April 4 10 am – 4 pm ~...
- Feb 1, 2020
MEETING REPORT: Mark Berninger, Natural Resource Manager for SD Parks & Recreation Open Space Div.
Mark Berninger, Natural Resource Manager for San Diego Parks and Recreation Open Space Division spoke on Monday night. He, along with three
- Jan 1, 2020
MEETING REPORT: The Magical World of Seeds.
December’s meeting welcomed special guest Brijette Peña and her crew from the San Diego Seed Company. The San Diego Seed Co. is a unique res
- Dec 1, 2019
MEETING REPORT: Palms For San Diego.
Palm tree lovers were treated to a visual feast when Gregg Opgenorth, head grower of Grubb & Nadler Nurseries (formerly East West Trees)
- Nov 1, 2019
MEETING REPORT: There will be a December Meeting!
Thankfully, the meeting's speaker, Brijette Peña of San Diego Seed Company, was very gracious and has agreed to instead speak to our group
- Oct 1, 2019
SDHS 25th ANNIVERSARY RECEPTION: A Few Scenes from the Celebration
Soon after the publication of this issue of the newsletter, the rest of the photos by Angie Ollman Photography of the SDHS 25th Anniversary
- Oct 1, 2019
MEETING REPORT: Dry Gardens.
Daniel Nolan is a San Francisco based dry garden designer specialist with a minimalist approach. During the SDHS September meeting, Nolan sa
- Sep 1, 2019
MEETING REPORT: Fat Plants.
By Lynn Langley. It is always a pleasure to listen to someone talk about their passion. Their excitement and enthusiasm is infectious....
- Jul 31, 2019
MEETING REPORT: Exploring the Kumeyaay Culture
By Sabine Prather. The speaker for our July meeting was anthropologist and California State University-San Marcos professor, Michael...
- Jun 30, 2019
MEETING REPORT: A Special Night at the Fair
By Lynn Langley. SDHS members enjoyed a special evening at the San Diego County Fair on Monday, June 10, as we viewed the beautiful...
- May 31, 2019
MEETING REPORT: The Future of Botanic Gardens
By Jeannine Romero. Our May speaker was Dr. Ari Novy, President and CEO of the San Diego Botanic Gardens. Novy recently replaced Julian...
- May 1, 2019
MEETING REPORT: April Meeting Report
By Sabine Prather. SDHS President Frank Mitzel opened the May meeting with an update on the next featured garden. Susan and Frank Oddo’s...
- Mar 31, 2019
MEETING REPORT: Gardenlust with Chris Woods
By Jeannine Romero. Introducing Chris Woods For Chris Woods, wanderlust is garden lust. After a successful career spent working at,...
- Feb 1, 2019
MEETING REPORT: February Meeting Report
By Sabine Prather. In spite of the day’s rain, many members came to hear January’s speaker, Jeff Chemnick, discuss “Treasures of the...
- Dec 1, 2018
MEETING REPORT: November Meeting Report
By Jeannine Romero. Karl Gercens, East Conservatory manager at internationally renowned Longwood Gardens in Pennsylvania and dedicated...
- Nov 1, 2018
MEETING REPORT: October Meeting Report
By Lynn Langley. At October's monthly meeting, members were given an inside look at the nursery industry with Booman Floral's Jim Booman,...
- Sep 30, 2018
MEETING REPORT: September Meeting Report
By Sabine Prather. Due to Rosh Hashanah celebrations at Congregation Beth Israel, September's meeting took place in the Museum of...
- Jul 31, 2018
MEETING REPORT: July Meeting Report
By Lynn Langley. It is such a pleasure to listen to someone talking about something he or she is really enthusiastic about. Jason DeWees...
- Jun 30, 2018
MEETING REPORT: June Meeting Report
By Sabine Prather. June 11 was a beautiful evening at the fairgrounds for the monthly meeting. Attendees were able to check out the many...
- Apr 30, 2018
MEETING REPORT: Insurance for Native Plants
By Jeannine Romero. You may be surprised to learn that the San Diego Zoo has a botanical population that is worth more than the animal...
- Mar 31, 2018
MEETING REPORT: Soft Succulents Aren't Hard to Find
By Sabine Prather. The March 12th meeting of the San Diego Horticultural Society drew scores of attendees eager to enjoy the gala...
- Mar 1, 2018
MEETING REPORT: All About Camellias
By Jeannine Romero. The first thing people do when they see a camellia is admire the beautiful flowers, which resemble peonies or wild...
- Feb 1, 2018
MEETING REPORT: Creating Defensible Spaces in the Age of Megafires
By Lynn Langley. With the first real rain of the season falling outside during our January meeting, Gary Ferguson, author of Land on...
- Dec 1, 2017
MEETING REPORT: November
By Kristie Hildebrandt. Rick Darke heads a Pennsylvania based consulting firm focused on the design and management of living landscapes....
- Oct 31, 2017
MEETING REPORT: October
By Jeannine Romero. The Escondido resident who helped to set the trend toward succulent gardens in San Diego ten years ago with her...
- Oct 1, 2017
MEETING REPORT: September
Favorite South African Plants By Lynn Langley. Frank McDonough came to our September meeting ready to share his enthusiasm about South...
- Aug 31, 2017
MEETING REPORT: Jim Bishop Takes a Final Bow
By BJ Boland. Our August meeting started with a beautiful evening buffet that began a momentous night. This was just the third time in...
- Jul 31, 2017
MEETING REPORT: July Meeting Report
By Jeannine Romero. San Diego’s Cynthia Pardoe, multimedia artist and gardener, is passionate about geraniums and Pelargoniums. Speaking...
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