(NOTE: This is Not a hybrid meeting, there will be NO Zoom this time, but the meeting might be recorded for our YouTube channel if all goes to plan.)
Jim Bishop is in charge of this meeting as Karen England will be out of town.
October 19, 2024, 1:30p -3p Oasis RB
GROWING PROTEAS with Daniel MacDonald of Mt Woodson Flora
Daniel and his partner, Steve, are originally from Canada. They bought land near Lake Sutherland, Ramona and built a small house there in 2009. At that point, they intended to be snowbirds - spending winters in Ramona and summers back in Canada. Also in 2009, they came across a magnificent property and protea farm that they fell in love with on the northwest slope of Mt Woodson. After buying the property in 2011, they immigrated to the US in 2016 and have lived here full time since. Daniel knew nothing about proteas when they first bought the property but have learned about growing and propagating proteas from other growers, books, and YouTube.
In addition to selling our cut flowers to Resendiz Brothers, we also sell protea plants from our small nursery called Mt Woodson Flora, 16148 Woodson Crest Road, Ramona, CA 92065. All plants are grown by us from seed or from cuttings.
Daniel is bringing protea plants to sell to this meeting!
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.
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.
MEETING LOCATION:
San Diego Oasis
17170 Bernardo Center Dr
San Diego, CA 92128
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