2024 Spring Mar-May | SDHS Newsletter

2024 Mar-May Articles

Apr 30

NEXT HYBRID MEETING: Pamela Tucker On African Violets On Saturday May 18, 2024, 1:30p At San Diego Oasis In Rancho Bernardo

MAY MEETING PROGRAM – PAMELA TUCKER ON AFRICAN VIOLETS San Diego Oasis center in Rancho Bernardo (17170 Bernardo Center Drive) on...

Apr 30

SD HORT BOOK CLUB:The Comfort of Crows By Margaret Renkle - May 6, 2024 4:30/5pm On Zoom

By Karen England, for Let’s Talks Plants! May 2024. Have you heard how much fun the SD Hort Book Club is? It's amazing, and I'm not just...

Apr 30

MY LIFE WITH PLANTS: Eclipse of the Bluebonnets

By Jim Bishop, for Let's Talk Plants! May 2024. We were fortunate enough to be invited to a high school and college friend's home near...

Apr 30

TREES, PLEASE! How Many Of Which Kind And Where Are They?

By Tim Clancy, for Let’s Talk Plants! May 2024. How Many of Which Kind and Where Are They? If you happen to be in a grocery store at the...

Apr 30

GROW IN ABUNDANCE: Squash, A Limitless Bounty

By Sommer Cartier, for Let’s Talk Plants! May 2024. Squash, A Limitless Bounty Growing squash in San Diego can be a fruitful and...

Apr 30

COME INTO THE KITCHEN, GARDENER: Squash, A Limitless Bounty

By Karen England for Let’s Talk Plants! May 2024. Squash, A Limitless Bounty When you think of squashes, which do you think of first?...

Apr 30

GOING WILD WITH NATIVES: From The Archives – Mike Evans Big I.D.E.A.

By editors, for Let’s Talk Plants! May 2024. Originally published in May 2009, No. 176 under “April Meeting Report”. From The Archives –...

Apr 30

HISTORICAL HAUNTS: From March 2008 San Diego Botanical Garden Quotes…

Edited by Cathy Tylka, for Let’s Talk Plants! May 2024. Quotes From San Diego Botanical Garden … HERBS TAKE US ON A TOUR THROUGH TIME By...

Apr 30

SPRING GARDEN TOUR REPORT: Artists-in-the-Gardens Of Sustainable Beauty - Gardens For All Life - North Coastal San Diego County - April 2024

By Barbara Raub, for Let's Talk Plants! May 2024. For the second year in a row the San Diego Horticultural Society partnered with the...

Apr 30

MEETING REPORT: Planting With Your Pooch & Other Pets (Critters Too) Presented By Judy Macomber, March 2024

By Karen England, for Let's Talk Plants! May 2024. Planting with Your Pooch & Other Pets (Critters Too) with Judy Macomber. On March 9,...

Apr 30

SHARING SECRETS: What’s New In Your Garden?

Edited by Cathy Tylka, for Let’s Talk Plants! May 2024. Question for this Month … What are you doing new in your garden? It could be...

Apr 30

GARDEN SURROUNDINGS: Incorporating Paths In Your Garden

By Francesca Filanc, for Let’s Talk Plants! May 2024. Incorporating Paths in Your Garden Have you ever noticed the way it makes you feel...

Apr 1

SD HORT BOOK CLUB: Announcing May, June And July Books, But (April) First…

By Karen England, for Let’s Talks Plants! April 2024. Have you heard how much fun the SD Hort Book Club is? It's amazing, and I'm not...

Mar 31

BOTANICAL ENCOUNTERS: Atlas Cedar

Photos and text by Ida K. Rigby, for Let’s Talk Plants! April 2024. Atlas Cedar The Atlas cedar, Cedrus atlantica, forests of Morocco are...

Mar 31

TREES, PLEASE! Unique Tree Selections From A To Z

By Robin Y. Rivet, for Let’s Talk Plants! April 2024. Unique Tree Selections from A to Z Although this is published on April Fool’s Day,...

Mar 31

PERMACULTURE: Planting Outside The Garden Box

By Mary 'Klibs' Dralle, for Let’s Talk Plants! April 2024. All photos are courtesy of the author except the garden rack by Dirty Buffalo...

Mar 31

FROM THE ARCHIVES: Going Wild With Natives - California Native “Japanese” Garden

By Greg Rubin, for Let's Talk Plants! April 2024. Originally published in the San Diego Horticultural Society newsletter, April 2012, No....

Mar 31

GOING WILD WITH NATIVES: Will You “Bee” Part Of The Solution?

By Susan Lewitt, for Let’s Talk Plants! April 2024. Will You “Bee” Part of the Solution? San Diego is a biodiversity hot spot due to our...

Mar 31

SHARING SECRETS: What’s Your Favorite?

Edited by Cathy Tylka, for Let’s Talk Plants! April 2024. This month’s question: What is your favorite plant, fruit, tree, flower, etc.,...

Mar 31

EARTH DAY APRIL 22, 2024: The Canopy Project

For Earth Day 2024 on April 22nd, EARTHDAY.ORG is unwavering in their commitment to end plastics for the sake of human and planetary...

Mar 31

NEWS: Abraxas High School Garden - Invites You To An Open House Plant And Homemade Salsa Sale On May 11, 2024

Address: Abraxas High School Garden 12450 Glen Oak Rd Poway, CA 92064 The Abraxas High School Garden Invites You to Our Open House Plant...

Mar 31

GARDEN SURROUNDINGS: Spring Has Sprung In Our Gardens!

By Francesca Filanc, for Let’s Talk Plants! April 2024. Spring has Sprung in our Gardens! Being that we live in a Mediterranean climate,...

Mar 31

LETTER FROM THE EDITOR: Unveiling Our New Name In April – The San Diego Herbicultural Society

By Aprille Phooles, (aka Karen England) for Let’s Talk Plants! April 2024. Unveiling Our New Name in April – The San Diego Herbicultural...

Mar 1

NEXT HYBRID MEETING: Planting With Your Pooch & Other Pets (Critters Too) With Judy Macomber March 9 - 1:30p At New SD Oasis Rancho Bernardo Meeting Location

Planting with Your Pooch & Other Pets (Critters Too) with Judy Macomber. Join us March 9, 2024, at 1:30p in-person at San Diego Oasis in...

Mar 1

SPRING GARDEN TOUR: Sustainable Beauty - Gardens For All Life - North Coastal San Diego County April 13, 2024

Tickets on sale now - Sustainable Beauty - Gardens for All Life - North Coastal San Diego County April 13, 2024...

Mar 1

SD HORT BOOK CLUB: Next Book - Birnam Wood By Eleanor Catton, March 4, 2024, On Zoom

By Karen England, for Let's Talk Plants! March 2024. Join us on March 4, 2024, at 4:30p/5p on Zoom to discuss the book Birnam Wood by...

Mar 1

MEETING REPORT: Making Gardening Accessible To All Ages And Abilities With Stephen Cantu - February 2024.

By Karen England, for Let's Talk Plants! March 2024. Because the recording of this meeting is available for viewing on our YouTube...

Mar 1

MY LIFE WITH PLANTS: The Huntington

By Jim Bishop, for Let's Talk Plants! March 2024. With over 130 acres, sixteen themed gardens and 83,000 living plants there are many...

Mar 1

TREES, PLEASE! Oaks And Art

By Tim Clancy, for Let’s Talk Plants! March 2024. Oaks and Art There is an adage that goes something like “the best to time plant a tree...

Mar 1

THE BUG MAN: Agave Mites - An Invisible Enemy

By Eric Middleton PhD, IPM Advisor, University of California Statewide IPM Program and Cooperative Extension, San Diego, Orange, and Los...

Mar 1

GROW IN ABUNDANCE: Stop Buying And Start Growing These Five Kitchen Herbs

By Sommer Cartier, for Let’s Talk Plants! March 2024. Stop Buying and Start Growing These Five Kitchen Herbs In the pursuit of culinary...

Mar 1

COME INTO THE KITCHEN, GARDENER: Favorite Recipes For Sommer’s Five Herbs To Grow And Not Buy

By Karen England, for Let’s Talk Plants! March 2024. Favorite Recipes for Sommer’s Five Herbs to Grow and Not Buy To say that I was giddy...

Mar 1

NEWS: Bird Rock Tropicals And Andy's Orchids Spring Open Houses, March 15 -17, 10am - 4pm Daily

Bird Rock Tropicals - Open House and Spring Sale March 15th - 17th, 10:00 am to 4:00 pm 221 Princehouse Ln, Encinitas, CA 92024 We will...

Mar 1

GOING WILD WITH NATIVES: Round Up Your Garden Loving Friends To Come And Enjoy CNPS San Diego 2024 Native Garden Tour; “Planting For Animals” Next Month!

By Susan Lewitt, for Let’s Talk Plants! March 2024. What should you have in your garden to make it stunning and have it support...

Mar 1

SHARING SECRETS: Putting Spring Into Your Garden’s Next Step

Edited by Cathy Tylka, for Let’s Talk Plants! March 2024. Before we get to this month’s question and your answers, we have an...

Mar 1

GARDEN SURROUNDINGS: Growing Lavender In Your Garden

By Francesca Filanc, for Let’s Talk Plants! March 2024. WiX stock photo. French lavender, Lavandula dentata, is one of the author's...