On September 13, 2021, at 6 pm on Zoom, garden designer and builder, Jeffrey Bale gave a chronological history of his inspiring travels...

By Donna Mallen for Let's Talk Plants! September 2021. Note from newsletter editor-in-chief, Karen England to the membership: Please...

The video recording of the great general meeting with Toni Gattone, The Lifelong Gardener, in June will be up on our YouTube channel ▶️...

By Lynn Langley. Saxon Holt, author of “Gardening for Summer Dry Climates,” presented an eye-opening, yet practical, paradigm shift in...

By Donna Mallen. Meeting photos and screenshots by Janet Ward. Gabriel Frank is the author of Striking Succulent Gardens: Plants and...

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?...

The SDHS board would like to thank Pam Hyatt for an absolutely wonderful live Cork presentation on Zoom. Pam encountered so many technical

Every naturally occurring plant is native to somewhere. But of the nearly 8,000 California native plants, on average, only about 700 reside

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

The latest Zoom monthly meeting took everyone on a magical history tour of citrus in Southern California. John Clements, San Diego Botanica

Our November 2020 program consisted of two speakers, Peter Tobias, President and Co-Founder of the Orchid Conservation Alliance, and Debby H

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

On Monday evening, members were treated to a horticultural concert at the home of the new president, Karen England. She began the evening w

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

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

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

Even though the garden tour was canceled and our next few meetings are canceled, gardening has NOT been canceled. Get out there!

http://www.sdfloral.org/kos-book.htm Got Green? & TOMATOMANIA! at the San Diego Botanic Garden Saturday, April 4 10 am – 4 pm ~...

Mark Berninger, Natural Resource Manager for San Diego Parks and Recreation Open Space Division spoke on Monday night. He, along with three

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

Palm tree lovers were treated to a visual feast when Gregg Opgenorth, head grower of Grubb & Nadler Nurseries (formerly East West Trees)

Thankfully, the meeting's speaker, Brijette Peña of San Diego Seed Company, was very gracious and has agreed to instead speak to our group

Soon after the publication of this issue of the newsletter, the rest of the photos by Angie Ollman Photography of the SDHS 25th Anniversary

Daniel Nolan is a San Francisco based dry garden designer specialist with a minimalist approach. During the SDHS September meeting, Nolan sa

By Lynn Langley. It is always a pleasure to listen to someone talk about their passion. Their excitement and enthusiasm is infectious....

By Sabine Prather. The speaker for our July meeting was anthropologist and California State University-San Marcos professor, Michael...

By Lynn Langley. SDHS members enjoyed a special evening at the San Diego County Fair on Monday, June 10, as we viewed the beautiful...

By Jeannine Romero. Our May speaker was Dr. Ari Novy, President and CEO of the San Diego Botanic Gardens. Novy recently replaced Julian...

By Sabine Prather. SDHS President Frank Mitzel opened the May meeting with an update on the next featured garden. Susan and Frank Oddo’s...

By Jeannine Romero. Introducing Chris Woods For Chris Woods, wanderlust is garden lust. After a successful career spent working at,...

By Sabine Prather. In spite of the day’s rain, many members came to hear January’s speaker, Jeff Chemnick, discuss “Treasures of the...

By Jeannine Romero. Karl Gercens, East Conservatory manager at internationally renowned Longwood Gardens in Pennsylvania and dedicated...

By Lynn Langley. At October's monthly meeting, members were given an inside look at the nursery industry with Booman Floral's Jim Booman,...

By Sabine Prather. Due to Rosh Hashanah celebrations at Congregation Beth Israel, September's meeting took place in the Museum of...

By Lynn Langley. It is such a pleasure to listen to someone talking about something he or she is really enthusiastic about. Jason DeWees...

By Sabine Prather. June 11 was a beautiful evening at the fairgrounds for the monthly meeting. Attendees were able to check out the many...

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...

By Sabine Prather. The March 12th meeting of the San Diego Horticultural Society drew scores of attendees eager to enjoy the gala...

By Jeannine Romero. The first thing people do when they see a camellia is admire the beautiful flowers, which resemble peonies or wild...

By Lynn Langley. With the first real rain of the season falling outside during our January meeting, Gary Ferguson, author of Land on...

By Kristie Hildebrandt. Rick Darke heads a Pennsylvania based consulting firm focused on the design and management of living landscapes....

By Jeannine Romero. The Escondido resident who helped to set the trend toward succulent gardens in San Diego ten years ago with her...

Favorite South African Plants By Lynn Langley. Frank McDonough came to our September meeting ready to share his enthusiasm about South...

By BJ Boland. Our August meeting started with a beautiful evening buffet that began a momentous night. This was just the third time in...

By Jeannine Romero. San Diego’s Cynthia Pardoe, multimedia artist and gardener, is passionate about geraniums and Pelargoniums. Speaking...

By Lynn Langley. What a beautiful evening! The sky was clear and the sun was shining as members gathered at the Garden Show at the San...

By Kristie Hildebrandt. According to our May guest speaker, Karen Chapman, “If you love plants, have a good sense of humor and enjoy...

By Jeannine Romero. Despite the many recent rains in San Diego County, residents should not consider our long-standing drought to be...

By Lynn Langley. John Bagnasco absolutely loves roses. He has travelled extensively in pursuit of this passion, visiting many of world’s...