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• January General Meeting

  • When
    Wed, January 10, 2024
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    9:30 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    Portuguese Hall

  5 Minute Presentation: Garden Game – Gail Avants

  Program: Native Bees in Point Loma

  Patricia Simpson is Vegetation Technician, Great Basin Institute and Cabrillo National Monument, and Jess Mullins is a PhD Student at the University of California San Diego in the Department of Ecology, Behavior and Evolution.

  Their talk will introduce native bees and plants and how to support them in our gardens. The planet currently faces biodiversity loss due to human-driven land-use change, and conservation action is crucial to slow the decline. Biodiversity hotspots should be prioritized for conservation as they are areas that are characterized by high species diversity, particularly with species unique to the area (“endemic species”) that have rapidly lost habitat and are at risk of extinction. Point Loma is located in a biodiversity hotspot called the California Floristic Province. San Diego County alone has nearly 700 species of bees and over 2,000 plant species, many of which we can support in our native gardens. Providing habitat for native plants and their pollinators in our neighborhoods is essential to curb biodiversity loss.

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• February General Meeting

  • When
    Wed, February 14, 2024
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    9:30 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    Portuguese Hall

  5 Minute Presentation: Valerie Jenkins – Ways to Identify Birds

  Program:  Gardens in the Zoo: San Diego Zoo staff.

  The San Diego Zoo provides a variety of gardens representing different areas of the world. Among its greenhouses are the Orchid Greenhouse and the Carnivorous Plant Greenhouse. Staff from the San Diego Zoo will describe the history of the Zoo’s gardens, their design, and what goes on behind-the-scenes to care and maintain the gardens in the Zoo.

  
  

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• March General Meeting

  • When
    Wed, March 13, 2024
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    9:30 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    Portuguese Hall

  5 Minute Presentation: Sandy Hernandez – Lighthouse Garden at Cabrillo National Monument

  Program: Tomatoes

  Roy Wilburn, also known as Farmer Roy, joined the San Diego Horticultural Society several years ago and speaks on topics such as soil preparation, vegetables, and herbs. Roy is active in many other gardening organizations as well, including the San Diego Community Garden Network and the Poway Valley Garden Club. He will guide us in successfully raising tomatoes.

  
  

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• April General Meeting

  • When
    Wed, March 13, 2024
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    9:30 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    Portuguese Hall

  5 Minute Presentation: Martha White: PLGC  Community Services: Year End Update

  Program: Living Coast Discovery Center Animal Ambassadors

  Animal care specialists from Living Coast will bring a bird and a reptile and talk about their habitats and adaptations. The Living Coast Discovery Center is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit zoo and aquarium located on the San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge. Founded in 1987 as the Chula Vista Nature Interpretive Center, for more than 30 years they have reached thousands of children through field trips, outreaches, scout programs, and other community education programs.

  
  

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• May General Meeting

  • When
    Wed, March 13, 2024
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    9:30 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    Portuguese Hall

  5 Minute Presentation: Gail Trimble – Gardening Travels

  Program: How to Arrange a Grocery Store Bunch of Flowers

  Nancy Curtis is a Floral Art Designer and Flower Show Judge. After becoming a successful floral designer, winning many blue ribbons at numerous area flower shows, she spent 3 years becoming a flower show judge. She will demonstrate how a simple bunch of mixed flowers can be used in creative ways to make multiple arrangements. She will include some basics about trimming, feeding, and storing flowers and about using things you already have at home. She will also talk about flower shows and things to know about entering.

  
  

  
  

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