Founded 1994Let's Talk Plants!
Julio Estrada and friend.
(Consider joining or renewing with the San Diego Horticultural Society for $30.00 and attend this meeting for free.)
Our April speaker, Julio Estrada, will enlighten us about some fascinating plant-related elements of the Aztec culture.
He was born and lived in Mexico until young adulthood. He was blessed to have both of his grandmothers involved in his upbringing. They both lived during the second decade of twentieth century in which the Mexican revolution killed half of the Mexican population, many during actual battle, but the majority died of starvation. They learned to survive from what the earth gave them, and he was very lucky to learn those skills from them. His mother was a migrant farm worker, and she transmitted much of her knowledge to him while attending her home garden.
His parents were able to pay for his education and he became a physician in 1983. Julio legally immigrated to the USA and moved to San Diego in 1991. He retired from the County of San Diego after twenty-eight years of service at the Medical Examiner's Office as the chief investigator at the Investigation Division.
He became a Master Gardener in 2023, and has a part-time job at the garden department at a local Home Depot store. He spends his time taking care of his elderly father and pulling weeds from his yard.
Unless otherwise stated, we meet the third Saturday of the month at 1:30p atSan Diego Oasis in Rancho Bernardo, 17170 Bernardo Center Dr., San Diego, CA 92128.
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