Pollinator Observations at Home

yellow flower with bee

July 2020 by Sarah Morgan, Education Manager While we have not been able to see all of you at the Garden, we hope you have connected with the plants in your life and enjoyed learning at home with us through our children’s educational series, Fun at Home, with activity sheets and videos. This time has […]

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Creating a Sustainable Landscape: Making the Most of Our Low Annual Rainfall in Southern California is Just the Beginning

April 2020 by Tony Gurnoe, Director of Horticulture Water is the lifeblood of any garden, and this is especially evident to horticulturists in Southern California. San Diego Botanic Garden frequently sees less than 10 inches of rain in a year, and nearly all of that comes between the months of November and March. Despite having […]

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SDBG Bamboo Garden Inspired and Planted by the American Bamboo Society Founded at the Garden in 1979

April 2020 by Jeremy Bugarchich, Curator of Collections San Diego Botanic Garden’s Bamboo Garden is a lush forest filled with a wide variety of flora from all over the world. Tranquility can overwhelm the senses when you first embrace the array of the towering plant life that is our bamboo collection. Complimented with an assortment […]

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The Dickinson Family Education Conservatory: Building a Plant Collection and a Community

people look in the greenhouse

January 2020 by Tony Gurnoe, Director of Horticulture Seven years ago when I started working at San Diego Botanic Garden (SDBG), nobody quite knew what would become of the big dirt lot at the north end of our recently opened Hamilton Children’s Garden, but it was evidently destined for something important. This Garden has reached […]

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Birds, Butterflies, and Blooms

monarch butterfly on a purple flower

October 2019 by Tony Gurnoe, Director of Horticulture Gardens grow out of motives as diverse as the plants contained within. Some are created to attract wildlife, while others are meant to teach and entertain, or even just to be beautiful. The intersection between so many far-reaching garden intentions resides in flowers. Flowers embody bounty and […]

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SDBG’s Spectacular Tropical & Temperate Rainforest Garden

April 2019 by Jeremy Bugarchich, Curator of Collections An inspiring showcase of diversity is the epitome of what is the Rainforest Garden at San Diego Botanic Garden. This garden is a wonderment of plants from regions all across the world, grown together in harmony. Exploring the Rainforest Garden in depth, you can observe we have […]

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Rare and Endangered Plants in Our Backyard

by Tony Gurnoe January 2019 Sunsets are coming earlier and mornings are once again laden with dew here in Encinitas. Respite from long, hot summer days, prospects of rain, and the residual warmth held in the earth make this a perfect time to plant native species. California is home to more than 6,500 taxa of […]

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