On August 17, 2024, at 1:30p - 3p
in Rancho Bernardo at San Diego Oasis
Please join us to hear
Jackie Higgins, Forever Balboa Park's VP of Planning, who will speak on the vision of the revitalized Balboa Park Botanical Building and Gardens, public-private partnerships, and share an exclusive look into current construction progress.
We meet the third Saturday of the month at 1:30p at San Diego Oasis in Rancho Bernardo.
FYI - Our new bigger meeting room at Oasis is The Innovation Center on the lower level.
COMING SOON
The exterior landscapes will be renewed, and the historic pergola will be rebuilt. Led by Forever Balboa Park.
The Botanical Building and Gardens in Balboa Park, one of the four original structures built for the 1915 Exposition, is undergoing a complete historic restoration led by the City of San Diego and non-profit Forever Balboa Park. Jackie Higgins, Forever Balboa Park's VP of Planning, will speak on the vision of the revitalized building and gardens, public-private partnerships, and share an exclusive look into current construction progress.
Jacqueline Higgins is a licensed Professional Landscape Architect (PLA) with 20+ years of project management experience and more than 18 years of experience in the field of landscape and irrigation design. As the Principal Landscape Architect for Coast to Coast Landscape Architecture, she worked on many projects around the county with a specific emphasis on climate-appropriate designs. Higgins worked in the environmental consulting field as a Restoration Landscape Architect, where her practice focused on ecological restorative and regenerative systems design all over southern California. Higgins thrives on working with interdisciplinary teams to create holistic and self-sustaining landscapes that enhance the local habitat and overall environment. In addition to her professional practice, Higgins is a member of the American Society of Landscape Architects and is currently the local chapter president, a member of the California Native Plant Society (CNPS) and was formerly on the CNPS educational Garden Tour Committee.
Did you know that Oasis has a personal water bottle refilling station? Bring your own water bottle to the meeting and fill up! Let's keep plastic to a minimum.
And! If you buy a SD Hort Logo Stainless Steel Wine glass (great for water too) on our SD Hort Merch site, proceeds of which go toward School Garden Grants and Scholarships, and bring it to a meeting (or any refillable bottle), show it when you check in and you will get an extra doorprize drawing ticket!
Members, remember to use your discount code at checkout on our merchandise store when ordering. Don't know the code? Email info@sdhort.org using the email associated with your membership and a code to save 10% OFF your order will be emailed to you.
San Diego Oasis
17170 Bernardo Center Dr
San Diego, CA 92128
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