San Diego Horticultural Society

Looking for some ideas of unusual low water plants to grow in your garden? Here’s some ideas from Australia.

Zoom general meeting of the San Diego Horticultural Society tonight at 6p did you get your email with the link? if not request one! [email protected] Join us for a presentation on Manzanitas & More - Creating Garden Structure with Natives from Su Kraus of Moosa Creek Nursery to learn how utilizing hardy, evergreen native shrubs creates the all important backbone of your garden. The wildlife benefits and bloom cycle of native shrubs add interest and activity to the garde...n. Su finishes the presentation with helpful hints on how to select your plants and where to find them! Su Kraus is owner and joint founder of Moosa Creek Nursery, a wholesale nursery specializing in California native plants. In 2004 when the nursery was conceived, nobody expected it to become one of Southern California’s premier native plant nurseries - least of all, Su! Intended as a retirement project, the nursery quickly became an overriding passion and today the Moosa Creek team grows over 400 species and varieties of California native plants. As manager of the nursery Su has guided many projects to successful fruition, including large scale restoration projects such as the Stadium Wetlands project in San Diego, the restoration and landscaping portion of Robertson Ranch in Carlsbad and freeway planting projects on many of San Diego’s freeways for Caltrans. Additionally, Moosa Creek Nursery has been on a mission to make California’s native plants more easily available and accessible to Southern California’s gardeners through its network of retail nursery partners. Su Kraus has a degree from University of Warwick, UK and a masters in International Business from University of Buckinghamshire, UK. Su had a background in business, and raised 4 wonderful children with husband Hank, before California natives took over her life. The meeting recording will be available online at San Diego Horticultural Society's YouTube channel the week following the live presentation.

Today is California Clean Air Day and our friends at Mission Trails Regional Park have created a video about the park's native trees and trees' impact on air quality. Enjoy the video, and share whether you have any of these trees in your yard!

From our online newsletter archive, Sharing Secrets column - https://www.sdhortnews.org//sharing-secrets-using-househol

From our online newsletter archive, Sharing Secrets column - https://www.sdhortnews.org//sharing-secrets-using-househol

We're excited to share a link to our September 2020 meeting which included a special live performance of horticulturally rich songs with recording artists Dominique Arciero and her husband, Sean Watkins, of the Grammy Award-winning band, Nickel Creek. Karen England, the San Diego Horticultural Society's Board President, discussed growing and using the plants featured in the songs, and the performance was recorded at "Stage B" (the porch) at Karen England's home, Edgehill Herb Farm, in Vista, California.

From our online newsletter archive, Sharing Secrets column - https://www.sdhortnews.org/post/2019/08/01/non-kink-hoses