San Diego Horticultural Society

03/11/2026

Hope you can join us on our Spring Garden Tour! Coming Up Soon! Limited tickets available so get yours now.

01/27/2026

Every year the board of the San Diego Horticultural Society selects an important member of the local horticultural community to honor as our Horticulturist of the Year. The award recognizes an individual for a lifetime of achievement and service.

You can read more about honorees at:

Every year the board of the San Diego Horticultural Society selects an important member of the local horticultural community to honor as our Horticulturist of the Year. The award recognizes an individual for a lifetime of achievement and service.

12/07/2025

Perfect holiday gift for your horticultural friends- clothing and merchandise with the SD Horticultural Society logo.

We create amazing designs.

08/12/2025

Sharing Gardens returns in October!
And the great news we already have a garden a month lined up between now and April 2026.
This is an opportunity to visit a beautiful garden, take a self-paced garden tour, and socialize with other society members.

You do need to be a member and register in advance to attend. Use the link below to learn more.

https://www.sdhort.org/FeaturedGarden

05/06/2025

Here’s a full article about blue-eyed grass being San Diego’s official wildflower. After reading the article, click the ‘home’ link at the top to view all of the articles in this month’s newsletter.

Text and photos by Jim Bishop, for Let's Talk Plants! May 2025.It's official. Blue-eyed grass is now the official flower of San Diego. The Western blue-eyed grass scientific name is Sisyrinchium bellum, in Spanish it is pasto des ojitos azulesç and in the Kumeyaay language kuushaaw. It occurs natur...

03/21/2025

Running out of time to buy tickets for the best garden tour in San Diego County.
Tickets at: https://www.sdhort.org/event-5970062

03/11/2025

Don't miss our Spring Garden tour. Tickets at SDHORT.org/2025-Tickets

The San Diego Horticultural Society has teamed up with the Association of Professional Landscape Designers-San Diego District, to feature the work of some of the best local garden designers and three of its members’ personal gardens!

This year’s spring garden tour in Escondido and Poway offers a chance to tour eight diverse gardens that are larger than your average city lot with lush-looking, low-water plantings.

Each garden has its own personal style and takes advantage of the unique characteristics of the site. Here‘s an extraordinary opportunity to see professionally designed and member home gardens.

02/07/2025

Early Bird tickets now on sale for the Spring Garden Tour.
Purchase before February 25th and save $5.

Tickets at: https://sdhort.org/event-5970062

11/05/2024

Anyone know who built the raised walkway in Jim Wright’s Clairemont Garden?

10/18/2024

Some of the door prizes for tomorrow’s monthly meeting on growing proteas. You can’t win if you don’t attend.
Learn more and register to attend: https://www.sdhort.org/event-5897008