Edited by Tina Ivany. With our driest months coming up, Cheryl Nichols asks: “Is there really such a thing as a non-kink hose?.”...

By Robin Rivet. Summers in San Diego increasingly remind me of places I used to live; but I’m no snowbird. I fled the east coast loathing...

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

By Bobbie Stephenson. Other than Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve near the coast, San Diego only has coniferous forests on its highest...

By Lisa Reynolds. Join us for Gala in the Garden at San Diego Botanic Garden! Theme: Cultivating Community When: Saturday, September 7...

On August 12 we will hear from Al Klein, owner of Botanic Wonders Nursery, in Vista. Botanic Wonders specializes in growing and selling...

By James A. Bethke. This is the first in a series of articles about the insect creatures in our gardens from entomologist James Bethke,...

By Princess Norman. Australia: November 5-19, 2019: Only a few more spots! Jo O’Connell of Australia Native Plants, pictured above, is...

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 Barbara Raub. The San Diego Horticultural Society loves to feature plein air artists in the gardens on our spring tour each year. It...

By Tim Clancy. Sometimes it almost seems as if trees have a mind of their own. This is especially true when it comes to pruning and...

By Lisa Reynolds. “Art is a harmony parallel with nature.” – Paul Cezanne, French Artist (1839 – 1906) San Diego Botanic Garden has a...

Our beautiful Garden Show exhibit won many awards this year: Thanks to Greg Rubin who designed the exhibit,to all the volunteers who...

By Sommer Cartier. As San Diegans, we enjoy the luxuries of living in a beautiful coastal city with almost ideal weather conditions...

Edited by Tina Ivany. Have there been any surprises in your garden after all the rains this year? For example, are there plants in your...

By Robert Kopfstein. Cycads are perhaps the victim of one of the most common misnomers in the plant world. There are indeed such things...

By Clayton Tschudy. Native flowers come in all colors, but yellows, blues, and purples are most common. When red does occur, the plant is...

Join us on July 8 for a presentation by anthropologist and California State University, San Marcos professor, Michael Wilken-Robertson....

By Greg Rubin. When the SDHS honored me with a request to design and install their display for the 2019 SD County Fair, and its Wizard of...

Christopher Woods, garden consultant and former Director and Chief Designer of Chanticleer Gardens, has recently returned from three...

"It's winter! What's blooming in your garden? Annie Urquhart: Growing chard, spinach and herbs. Started a hydroponics garden, with...

By John Beaudry. This year’s tour, The Magic of La Mesa, will offer a stunning group of gardens, ranging from an ultra-contemporary movie...

By Karen Krugman. Many of you know me. I’m your Volunteer Coordinator. With the new year just beginning, I thought I would take the...

By Jim Bishop. In my previous article I wrote about the agriculture in Morocco as we had observed it on a trip there last November....

By Robin Rivet. Don’t groan about my pun. The “Wizard of Oz” was one of my favorite films, even if the famous “lions and tigers and...

By Bobbie Stephenson. This is February and the spring bloom in the desert is gearing up! March is probably the best time to visit the...

By Karen Saake. Editor’s note: This is the first of a series of articles on programs designed to expose children to the joys and values...

By Frank Mitzel. The January monthly meet was well-attended despite the cold and rainy weather. Our speaker, Jeff Chemnick, was very...

Late winter and early spring are wonderful times to visit some of our nearby, low-water use, botanic gardens. Plants are blooming and the...

By Princess Norman. Pacific Horticulture Society has just added a new Ecotour to Costa Rica, operated by Sterling Tours Ltd., to its...

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

The Biennial Misti Washington Gourd and Basket Guild Conference is coming to the San Diego Botanic Garden May 4- 5, 2019. This...

Join us on February 11 to hear Brie Arthur describe her signature design technique, foodscaping. Foodscaping, or edible landscaping, is a...

Pacific Horticulture offers SDHS members a special 20% discount when using the code SDHort19. Members receive Pacific Horticulture...

By Dean Turney. If you'd like to ring in the new year with a new addition in your garden, this is the time to bring home a new camellia...

By John Beaudry. Tickets for the SDHS 2019 Spring Garden Tour in the hills of La Mesa will be available for purchase in early February....

The Vista Garden Club’s 85th Flower Show will take place May 4-5 in Vista. This year’s theme is “A Garden Cornucopia.” The Flower Show...

By Clayton Tschudy. In coastal San Diego, we are blessed with several shrubs from the daisy family (Asteraceae) that bloom late in the...

Winter is rose pruning time in San Diego. I've heard that roses should be cut back to 18" and I've heard that we should keep them around...

By Susan Starr. Enjoying the newsletter? We could use your help. We are looking for: A Sharing Secrets Editor to send a question to SDHS...

By Frank Mitzel. Crossing over the border from Italy, we travel west along the Mediterranean seacoast and arrive at the Côte d' Azur in...

Shinrin-yoku, or forest bathing, is a way of connecting people to nature. The positive health effects of simply being and walking in a...

By Susan Starr. This is the last column in our series, The Real Dirt on…. In February we launch a new series, on gardening with children....

Sometimes people want to know how I got into trees. Here is my story. By Tim Clancy. My interest in trees began as a young boy in Fabius,...

By Sommer Cartier. Root crops are cool-season crops, cultivated for their underground edible harvest. Because their edible parts grow out...

Rick Bjorklund and Kevin are hosting their free annual succulent and cacti garden party on Sunday, January 20, 2019. Aloes should be in...

January 14, 2019. Our first speaker of the new year will be Jeff Chemnick, from Aloes-in-Wonderland garden and nursery in Santa Barbara,...

By Jim Bishop. Last month we traveled with a group of friends to tour Morocco. It had been on our travel wish list for a while. Morocco...

November was our last meeting of 2018. We take a break in December, and then we resume with a stellar list of 2019 speakers. In January,...