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  • September Meeting

    • Sat, September 20, 2025
    • 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
    • San Diego Oasis 17170 Bernardo Center Dr. San Diego, CA 92128
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    NEXT MEETING

    Grapes In The Garden With MG Susan Benes Pacheco - September 20, 2025. 1:30 - 3p Oasis, Rancho Bernardo


    MG Susan Benes Pacheco's current north county San Diego front yard with ripening crop of red and white grapes. 

    Next Meeting – September 20, 2025
    1:30p -3p – Oasis RB
    Grapes in the Garden with Master Gardener Susan Benes Pacheco 
    In-person meeting

    Susan's talk will discuss planting practices for grapevines, whether one is planting one vine, several vines or a small hobby vineyard. She will cover month-by-month how to care for one's plant(s) and take everyone through a typical year of plant care after the third year when the vine is established. Years 1 and 2 have some special practices for shaping the vines. All information will be focused on the home garden, amateur grape growers and science-backed information. 

    Bring plants or cuttings to share at the Plant Forum before the meeting.

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    • October Meeting

      • Sat, October 18, 2025
      • 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
      • San Diego Oasis 17170 Bernardo Center Dr. San Diego, CA 92128

      Speaker details coming soon. 

      In-person meeting

      Bring plants or cuttings to share at the Plant Forum before the meeting.

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      • November Meeting

        • Sat, November 15, 2025
        • 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
        • San Diego Oasis 17170 Bernardo Center Dr. San Diego, CA 92128

        Speaker details coming soon. 

        In-person meeting

        Bring plants or cuttings to share at the Plant Forum before the meeting.

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        Past Meetings

        Sat, August 16, 2025 August Meeting - Poisonous Plants And Beyond
        Sat, July 19, 2025 July Meeting - Intro To The San Diego Natural History Museum Canyoneers With Samantha Barlin
        Sat, June 21, 2025 June Hybrid Meeting - Agave Restoration And Corridor Conservation For Bats
        Sat, May 17, 2025 May Meeting - History of Horticulture in San Diego with John Clements
        Sat, April 19, 2025 April Meeting - Horticulture Of The Aztecs
        Sat, February 15, 2025 February Meeting - Five Herbs That Changed History
        Sat, January 18, 2025 2025 Horticulturist Of The Year Party - Dennis Mudd
        Sat, November 16, 2024 November Meeting - Preserve Today, Relish Tomorrow
        Sat, October 19, 2024 October Meeting - Growing Proteas With Daniel MacDonald
        Sat, September 21, 2024 September Meeting - Brad Lefkowits - Waves Landscape Design
        Sat, August 17, 2024 August Meeting - Jackie Higgins, Forever Balboa Park's VP Of Planning
        Sat, July 20, 2024 July Meeting - Growing Microgreens, with Andrew Keener
        Sat, June 15, 2024 June Meeting - Plant Genetics w/ Lisa Marun
        Sat, May 18, 2024 May Meeting - Pamela Tucker On African Violets
        Sat, March 09, 2024 March Meeting - With Judy Macomber
        Sat, February 10, 2024 February Meeting - Stephen Cantu
        Sat, January 13, 2024 2024 Horticulturist Of The Year - Jeff Moore
        Mon, November 13, 2023 November 13, 2023 - Beth Van Boxtel
        Mon, October 09, 2023 October 9, 2023 - Master Composter Shital Parikh.
        Mon, September 11, 2023 September 11, 2023 - Dr. Eric Middleton
        Mon, August 14, 2023 August 14 - Ken Blackford
        Mon, July 10, 2023 July 10 - Meet The Trees
        Mon, June 12, 2023 June 12 - Water Wisdom, Plants & Rebatesarden
        Mon, May 08, 2023 Science & Conservation At The San Diego Botanic Garden
        Mon, April 10, 2023 The Houseplant Guru, Lisa Eldred Steinkopf
        Mon, March 13, 2023 Garden Design Month Featuring APLD Panel Discussion
        Mon, February 13, 2023 Plumeria 101: Grow Amazing Plumerias in San Diego
        Sat, January 21, 2023 The 2023 Horticulturist of the Year presentation to Robert Lutticken
        Mon, December 12, 2022 Beyond Bananas! Subtropical Fruits for So. Cal. w/Richard Reid
        Mon, November 14, 2022 Ernie Cowan - There's A Marmot In My Pack & Other Reflections
        Tue, October 11, 2022 John Clements, Horticulturist Of The Year Presentation
        Mon, September 12, 2022 Debra Lee Baldwin - Smart, Gorgeous, Sensible Succulent Gardens
        Mon, August 08, 2022 Greg Rubin, presents Fire Resistant Native Landscapes are NOT an Oxymoron!
        Mon, July 11, 2022 Jeff Moore's Deep Dive Into The World Of Agaves
        Mon, June 13, 2022 Sharon Reeve - Bees In The Garden
        Mon, May 09, 2022 Rebecca Sweet - When to Break the Rules
        Mon, April 11, 2022 How to Grow Epicactus & Help Them Bloom
        Mon, March 14, 2022 March Meeting - A Livelier Iris
        Mon, February 14, 2022 Bob Gordon - Raptors, Natural Predators in Your Garden
        Mon, December 13, 2021 December 13, 2021 Chuck McClung & How Orchids Rebloom
        Mon, November 08, 2021 November Meeting Farmer Roy
        Mon, October 11, 2021 October Meeting Robin Kobaly Presents "The Desert Underground"
        Mon, September 13, 2021 September Meeting Jeffrey Bale - Stone Mason
        Mon, August 09, 2021 August Meeting John Forti, The Heirloom Gardener
        Mon, July 12, 2021 July Meeting Toni Gattone, The Lifelong Gardener
        Mon, June 14, 2021 June Meeting With Saxon Holt
        Mon, May 10, 2021 May Meeting With Gabriel Frank
        Mon, April 12, 2021 April Meeting With Johanna Silver
        Mon, March 08, 2021 All About Cork, Natural & Renewable
        Mon, February 08, 2021 Nature Restoration Landscaping
        Mon, January 11, 2021 January-2021 SDHS HORTICULTURIST OF THE YEAR
        Mon, December 14, 2020 December-Citrus in Southern California
        Mon, November 09, 2020 November-Conserving Orchids in the Wild and Growing them at Home
        Mon, October 12, 2020 Manzanitas & More - Creating Garden Structure with Natives
        Mon, September 14, 2020 Live Zoom Horticultural Concert!
        Mon, August 10, 2020 Kate Sessions’ World Wide Web of Horticulture - Nancy Carol Carter
        Mon, July 13, 2020 2019 San Diego County Superbloom - Jim Bishop
        Mon, February 10, 2020 Spiny Succulents - with Jeff Moore
        Mon, January 13, 2020 January 2020
        Mon, December 09, 2019 December – Brijette Peña - The Magical World of Seeds
        Mon, November 11, 2019 November – Gregg Opgenorth, Palms For San Diego
        Mon, September 09, 2019 September Meeting: Daniel Nolan + SD Hort 25th Anniversary
        Mon, August 12, 2019 August Meeting – Al Klein, Fat Plants: Caudiciforms and Other Succulents
        Mon, July 08, 2019 July Meeting – Michael Wilken-Robertson, Kumeyaay Ethnobotany
        Mon, June 10, 2019 June Meeting – Night at the Fair
        Mon, May 13, 2019 May Meeting – The 21st Century Botanic Garden
        Mon, April 08, 2019 April Meeting – Mike Evans – Ugly is Not a Turf Replacement
        Mon, March 11, 2019 March Meeting – Christopher Woods – Gardenlust: A Botanical Tour of the World’s Best New Gardens.
        Mon, February 11, 2019 February Meeting – Brie Arthur – Foodscaping
        Mon, January 14, 2019 January Meeting –Jeff Chemnick – Treasures of the Sierra Madres
        Mon, December 10, 2018 No December Meeting
        Mon, October 08, 2018 October - Begonias, Unusual Plants, and Secrets From the Greenhouse
        Mon, September 10, 2018 September - California Native Plants
        Mon, August 13, 2018 August - Plumerias
        Mon, July 09, 2018 July - Designing with Palms
        Mon, June 11, 2018 June - Night at the Fair
        Mon, May 14, 2018 May - Nan Sterman's Hot Color, Dry Garden
        Mon, April 09, 2018 April - The San Diego Zoo’s Native Plant Seed Bank: Saving Flora, One Seed at a Time:
        Mon, March 12, 2018 March - Jeff Moore - Soft Succulents
        Mon, February 12, 2018 February - Tom Nuccio - Nuccio’s Camellias
        Mon, January 08, 2018 January - Gary Ferguson – Wildfires in the West
        Mon, November 13, 2017 November - Gardens on the High Line: Elevating the Nature of Modern Landscapes
        Mon, October 09, 2017 October - Designing with Succulents in the New San Diego Garden
        Mon, September 11, 2017 September - 20 South African Plants Every Home Landscaper Should know
        Mon, August 14, 2017 August - My Life with Plants – Confessions of a Plantaholic
        Mon, July 10, 2017 July - The Geraniaceae Family in Our Gardens
        Mon, June 12, 2017 June - Night at the Fair
        Mon, May 08, 2017 May - Foliage First
        Mon, April 03, 2017 April - The No Sacrifice Low Water California Garden
        Mon, March 13, 2017 March - Preserving Rose Genetics
        Mon, February 13, 2017 February - Looking for Succulents in all the Wrong Places
        Mon, January 09, 2017 January - Down Under Wonders
        Sat, December 03, 2016 December - Horticultural Day at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park
        Mon, November 14, 2016 November - The Drought-Defying California Garden
        Mon, October 10, 2016 October - The Bold Dry Garden: Inspiration from the Ruth Bancroft Garden
        Mon, September 12, 2016 September - Aloes and Agaves
        Mon, August 08, 2016 August - The Roar of the Monarch Butterfly
        Mon, July 11, 2016 July - Horticultural Evening at the San Diego Zoo
        Mon, June 13, 2016 June - Night at the Fair
        Mon, May 09, 2016 May - Bromeliads in the Wild
        Mon, April 11, 2016 April - Perspective, Forty Years Among the Natives
        Mon, March 14, 2016 March - Botanical Collection at the San Diego Zoo
        Mon, February 08, 2016 February - Think Outside the Box: Thirty Design and Horticultural Techniques
        Mon, January 11, 2016 January - Contemporary, Expressive and Sustainable Southwestern Gardens
        Mon, December 14, 2015 December - Waterwise Lessons from theGarden
        Mon, November 09, 2015 November - Designer Panel: Small is Beautiful
        Mon, October 12, 2015 October - Hot Colors, Dry Garden
        Mon, September 14, 2015 September - Refresh Your Garden Design
        Mon, August 10, 2015 August - The Ecology of California Garden Bees
        Mon, July 13, 2015 July - Rush to Restios
        Mon, June 08, 2015 June - Night at the Fair
        Mon, May 11, 2015 May - Palms for San Diego
        Mon, April 13, 2015 April - Jon Rebman
        Mon, March 09, 2015 March- Eucalyptus: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
        Mon, February 09, 2015 February- Plants with Benefits
        Mon, January 12, 2015 January - Under the Spell of Succulents
        Mon, December 08, 2014 December - Centennial Celebrations: Remembering and Commemorating the 1915 Panama-California Exposition
        Mon, November 10, 2014 November - Holiday Marketplace
        Mon, October 13, 2014 October - Lawn Gone: Landscape Designer Panel
        Mon, September 08, 2014 September - Randy Baldwin of San Marcos Growers
        Mon, August 11, 2014 August Meeting - Creating Paradise Wherever You Live
        Mon, July 14, 2014 July Meeting - Scent-sational Plumeria
        Mon, June 09, 2014 June Meeting - Night at the Fair
        Mon, May 12, 2014 May Meeting - Stuck on You! Indoor and Outdoor Projects with Succulents
        Mon, April 14, 2014 April Meeting - Oaks of San Diego County
        Mon, March 10, 2014 March Meeting - Tried and True or Brand New: Citrus in Today’s Gardens
        Mon, February 10, 2014 February Meeting - The Wild World of Succulents
        Mon, January 13, 2014 January Meeting - Native Plants of Chile
        Mon, December 09, 2013 December Meeting - The Drunken Botanist
        Mon, November 11, 2013 November Meeting - Holiday Marketplace
        Mon, October 14, 2013 October Meeting - Trends in Contemporary Landscape Design
        Mon, September 09, 2013 September Meeting - Right Plant for the Right Place
        Mon, August 12, 2013 August Meeting - Drip is Hip
        Mon, July 08, 2013 July Meeting - Succulents Simplified
        Mon, June 24, 2013 June Meeting - Night at the Fair
        Mon, May 13, 2013 May Meeting - Seriously Funny - The Business of Plants
        Mon, April 08, 2013 April Meeting - Writing the Book on Natives
        Mon, March 11, 2013 March Meeting - Growing on Air: Amazing Tillandsias
        Mon, February 11, 2013 February Meeting - The Future of Roses in Today's Gardens
        Mon, January 14, 2013 January Meeting - Exotic Bulbs for Southern California
        Mon, December 10, 2012 December Meeting - Bring me Slow Flowers
        Mon, November 12, 2012 November Meeting - The Edible Front Yard - Special Meeting!
        Mon, October 08, 2012 October Meeting - A Californian's Guide to the Trees among Us
        Mon, September 10, 2012 September Meeting - Welcome to Club Med
        Mon, August 13, 2012 August Meeting - The Revolutionary Yardscape
        Mon, July 09, 2012 July Meeting - Not Just for Show
        Mon, June 11, 2012 June Meeting - Night at the Fair
        Mon, May 14, 2012 May Meeting - Small is the New Big
        Mon, April 09, 2012 April Meeting - Fitting CA Native Plants in CA-style Gardens
        Mon, March 12, 2012 March Meeting - From Seed to Skillet
        Mon, February 13, 2012 February Meeting - Trees of Ill Repute
        Mon, January 09, 2012 January Meeting - A Rollicking Trip into the World of Cactus and Succulents

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