August Meeting

Ken Blackford - Some South African Amaryllids For San Diego & A Few Other Geophophytes 

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February Meeting
Mike Atkinson - Plumeria 101: Grow Amazing Plumerias

Mike Atkinson shares his extensive knowledge of growing and propagating the many varieties of plumerias that thrive in our Mediterranean climate. 

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December Meeting
Richard Reid - Beyond Bananas! Subtropical Fruits To Grow For Southern California

Richard enjoys finding new species of fruit to grow in Southern California and figure out what tropical fruits might be able to adapt to our climate zones. 

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November Meeting
Ernie Cowan - There’s A Marmot In My Pack & Other Reflections

Ernie will share from his vast nature and outdoor experiences including stories about the many critters who live with him in his garden on Mt. Hoo in Escondido.

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September Meeting

Debra Lee Baldwin - Smart, Gorgeous, Sensible Succulent Gardens

During her 20-year career as a succulent fashionista, Debra Lee Baldwin has seen it all. From front yards that sadly illustrate what-not-to-do to homeowner-designed masterpieces, 

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August Meeting

Greg Rubin - Fire Resistant Native Landscapes Are NOT An Oxymoron!

“Nearly two dozen of Greg’s installations have been involved in major fire events without the loss of a single home. This talk will explore the basic principles in creating a native landscape that is appealing throughout the year, consumes less water, is lower maintenance, is unequaled for erosion control, serves as great habitat, and, yes, is fire resistant! 

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July Meeting

Jeff Moore -  Deep Dive Into The World Of Agaves

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June Meeting

Sharon Reeve - Bees In The Garden

A UCCE Master Gardener since 1998, Sharon Reeve worked for many years as a Consulting Horticulturist for Monrovia Nurseries, and as a landscape designer for Brightview Landscapes in San Diego

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April Meeting

Gretchen Ward - How to Grow Epicactus 

Learn all about Epiphyllums, their history, genetics and how to grow them from the past-president of the San Diego Epiphyllum Society.  

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March Meeting 

Janet Shackelford - A Livelier Irist

Learn all about growing Louisiana, Siberian, Spuria, Pacific Coast and Bearded Irises in San Diego County.

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December Meeting 

Chuck McClung - How Orchids Rebloom

After years of leading orchid classes, seminars, and workshops, Chuck shares simple, effective ways to present the basics behind how orchids rebloom.

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November Meeting

Farmer Roy - Fall & Winter Vegetable 

Director of Horticulture at Sunshine Care shares his successes at grown fall and winter vegetables in San Diego.

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September Meeting

Jeffrey Bale - Garden Mosaics

Jeffrey chronicles the history of this self-taught stone Mason’s incredible work as a garden designer and builder over the past 40 years. 

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May Meeting

Gabriel Frank - Striking Succulent Gardens

Gabriel Frank is the founder of Gardens by Gabriel, a landscape design/build firm in Morro Bay, California, known for its distinctive and dramatic succulent designs.

A graduate of the New York Botanical Garden School of Professional Horticulture, he has been honored by America in Bloom and featured in Better Homes and Gardens‘s Country Garden magazine. Learn More

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April Meeting 
Johanna Silver - Growing Weed in the Garden

As a board, we have discussed the upcoming Zoom presentation on April 12th at several board meetings before deciding to go ahead with having Johanna Silver present her second book, Growing Weed in the Garden: A No-Fuss, Seed-to-Stash Guide to Outdoor Cannabis Cultivation (Abrams 2020).  Learn More

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March Meeting
Pamela Hyatt - All About Cork 

A few years ago, after a visit to Portugal that included a visit to a stopper production factory, Pamela Koide Hyatt learned about Cork, Quercus suber.

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February Meeting
Dennis Mudd - Restoration Landscaping  

Calscape, created by Dennis Mudd, is an online resource you won't want to miss.

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January Meeting 
Nan Sterman - SDHS 2021 Horticulturist of the Year

December Meeting 
John Clements - Citrus in Southern California: A History and Growing Primer

A pictorial history of citrus in Southern California. Using antique photographs, citrus expert and horticultural historian John Clements will lead us on a tour of the places that made citrus famous in California and share stories of the people that made the citrus golden age happen.  Learn More

November Meeting 
John Peter Tobias and Debby Halliday - Conserving Orchids in the Wild and Growing them at Home

In this presentation Peter shares images from orchids in the wild and describe the goals and methods of the conservation group. Learn More

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October Meeting 
Su Kraus - Manzanitas & More, Creating Garden Structure with Natives 

The focus of this presentation is on utilizing hardy, evergreen native shrubs to create the all important backbone of your garden design, attention will be given to the wildlife benefits and bloom cycle that will add interest and activity in the garden and finish up with helpful hints on how to select your plants and where to find them!

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September Meeting 
A Live Zoom Horticultural Concert! 

View this special Zoom Concert of horticulturally rich songs with recording artists Dominique Arciero and her husband, Sean Watkins, of the Grammy-Winning band, Nickle Creek. 

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