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2011 Speakers
 December 12, 2011
Ben Gill, Founder, California Protea Management,
and Founding Director, California Protea Association
Growing Proteas in Your Garden
November 14, 2011
Dr. Jon P. Rebman, Curator of Botany, S.D. Natural History Museum
San Diego County Plant Atlas Project, and the Flora of Baja California
2011 Horticulturist of the Year
At our November 2011 meeting we honored Dr. Jon P. Rebman, of the San Diego Natural History Museum (SDNHM), for his important contributions to identifying and cataloging the plants of San Diego County and Baja California. Rebman is the director of the San Diego County Plant Atlas project and identifies/verifies all of the new specimens (currently over 54,000) coming into the herbarium through this scientific endeavor. As the curator of the SD Herbarium at the SDNHM, he is in charge of this dried plant specimen collection that contains over 210,000 specimens dating back to the 1870s.
To read about Dr. Rebman and this project, click here for pdf file.
More information:
San Diego Natural History Museum: http://www.sdnhm.org
San Diego County Plant Atlas Project: http://www.sdplantatlas.org
The Flora of Baja California: http://www.bajaflora.org
October 10, 2011
Amy Stewart, New York Times bestselling author
Wicked Bugs: The Louse that Conquered Napoleon's Army
and Other Insect Monstrosities
September 12, 2011
Tom Spellman, Southwestern States Sales Manager
for the Dave Wilson Nursery
Backyard Orchard Culture
Additional valuable information is available at http://www.DaveWilson.com
Handouts from the meeting:
August 8, 2011
Lynlee Austell-Slayter, UCCE Master Gardener,
sustainable landscape expert
Creating and Keeping a Sustainable Landscape
Handouts from the meeting:
July 11, 2011
Maureen Gilmer, landscape designer, author, TV host
Plant Tales of Early California
May 9, 2011
Bob Perry, Landscape Architect and Cal Poly Professor Emeritus
The Alchemy of Plants and Gardens:
Source of Life and Inspiration
April 11, 2011
A Special Evening with
Jeffrey Bale
Reknowned Landscape Architect
The Pleasure Garden
March 14, 2011
Jim Mumford, Award-winning Plantscaping Designer
and Owner, GreenScaped Buildings
Green Roofs and Living Walls
February 14, 2011
Aenne Carver, Master Gardener
The Thrifty Gardener:
A New Water-Wise Look with Old-Fashioned Favorites
January 20, 2011
Greg Corman,
Landscape Designer and Sculptor
Functional Garden Art
2010 Speakers
December 13, 2010
Dr. James Nieh, UCSD Professor
The Dangers of Being a Honey Bee:
Predators, Pesticides, and Colony Collapse
November 8, 2010
A Panel of Experts on
From the Ground Up: Improving Your Soil
October 11, 2010
Wendy Proud, Horticulturist
Desert Plants for San Diego
September 13, 2010
Margaret Fillius, Local Author
Naturally in San Diego:
Plants of the Torrey Pines State Reserve
July 12, 2010
Debra Lee Baldwin, Author and Photojournalist
Creating Stunning Succulent Containers
May 10, 2010
Annual Special Event
Brad Lancaster, Speaker, Author, and
Leader in the Water Harvesting Movement
Water Harvesting: Turning Drains into Sponges
and Water Scarcity into Water Abundance
April 12, 2010
Joe Walker, Obra Verde Growers, Valley Center
Australian Perennials: Water-wise Beauties for Landscape and Cut Arrangements
March 8, 2010
Pat Welsh, San Diego Author
Growing Summer Vegetables the Organic Way:
How to Plant, Feed, Water, Harvest, and Control Pests and Diseases without Synthetic Fertilizers or Poisonous Sprays.
February 8, 2010
John Greenlee, Author and Meadows Expert
Meadows by Design:
A Revolution in Sustainable Landscapes
January 11, 2010
Amy Stewart, Award-winning Author
Wicked Plants:
The Deliciously Dark Side of the Plant Kingdom
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2009 Speakers
December 14, 2009
Rene van Rems, AIFD
It's Not What You've Got, It's What You Do with It:
Fabulous Holiday Decor from Overlooked Garden Treasures
November 9, 2009
David MacLaren, Curator of Asian Gardens at The Huntington Library
See Fang Yuan--From Dream to Reality:
Development of The Huntington's Chinese Garden
October 12, 2009
Bryan Endress, Horticulturist, San Diego Zoo
Seeds of Success:
Securing San Diego's Incredible Plant Diversity
September 14, 2009
David Fross, Horticulturist
California Native Plants for the Garden:
A Personal Perspective
July 13, 2009
Mary Irish
Plants for Drier Gardens
June 8, 2009
Special Speakers Event, featuring George Little and David Lewis
The Garden as Companion
May 11, 2009
Various Experts
From Garden to Table: Delicious Tips from the Experts
April 13, 2009
Mike Evans
Engagement: How to be a Part of Your Native Plant Garden
March 9, 2009
Pamela Berstler
The Deep Psychology of Unsustainable Design:
How Sustainable Practices Change Our Ideal Landscape
February 9, 2009
Dave Egbert
Big Ideas for Small Gardens, Water-thrifty, Fire-safe Landscapes:
The California Casual Garden
January 12, 2009
Fred Clarke
Orchid Collecting in Venezuela
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2008 Speakers
December 8, 2008
Pete Anderson
Backyard Vineyards in San Diego County
November 10, 2008
Koby Hall
Photo Essay from Pacific Northwest
October 13, 2008
Bob Dimattia
Bamboo, the Earth, and Us
September 8, 2008
Renee Shepherd
What's New and Unique from Seed
August 11, 2008
Pat Welsh
The Secret Life of Cool Season Crops
July 14, 2008
Robert Herald
Philadelphia's Best Public and Private Gardens
May 12, 2008
Ken Druse
Making More Plants: Adventures in Horticulture
April 14, 2008
Duane Johnson
Developing Bioenergy from Camelina, a New Crop for the U.S.
March 10, 2008
Marcia Donahue
Planting Sculpture, Sculpting Plants
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