February 2022 by Brandi Eide, Deputy CEO and Senior Director for Horticulture and Facilities As the new year begins, we are excitedly preparing for upcoming projects, and thankful for recent accomplishments. We kicked off the year with a celebration; the Garden was awarded a grant for new signage in the Bamboo Garden from the American […]
January 2022 by Colin Khoury, Senior Director for Science and Conservation We begin this new year with a flurry of new science and conservation activity, both at the Garden and further afield. Our ongoing work to help conserve rare oaks, cycads, manzanitas, coyote bush, and other threatened plants has increased dramatically over the past few […]
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 […]