September2019 Volume86,Issue9

Monthly Meeting, Monday, September 15, 2019 Microclimates in Your Garden: It's Not Hawaii, It Just Looks Like It! with Bruce Ritter

Bruce Ritter has been pushing the limits of what he can grow ever since he lived in New York, and has not stopped now that he gardens in Sacramento. He has had both great successes and dismal failures in his attempts to grow the “impossible.” He freely admits that he is in a state of zonal denial.

Bruce and his partner Linda are the cofounders of the Sacramento Botanical Garden, and are in the process of creating a botanical garden for the city of Sacramento.

Monthly Meeting, Monday, October 21, 2019 Hooked on Foliage with Ted Kipping

Much as we all love flowers, one can accomplish much the same effects but of much longer duration through the creative juxtaposition of foliage. Join the membership of the California Horticultural Society with Life Member, Ted Kipping, in viewing engaging images celebrating this so satisfying way of enhancing your gardens.

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Monthly Meetings Location – San Francisco County Fair Building, Ninth Avenue at Lincoln Way in Golden Gate Park

Free parking is available behind the San Francisco County Fair Building off Lincoln Way.

4:00 pm – Botanical Garden walk with the featured speaker Meet outside the entrance gate to the San Francisco Botanical Garden. Please note that if you don’t enter with the California Horticultural Society as a group, you will need to pay the entry fee, unless you are SFBG member or a resident of San Francisco. Please be on time.

5:30 pm – No-host dinner Fresca, 737 Irving Street (near Ninth Avenue)

7:15 pm – Announcements, Plant Forum, and Program Meeting at the San Francisco County Fair Building. Cal Hort members attend for free. Non-members are welcome; Cal Hort requests a donation of $5.

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A Visit to the Fairest Cape International Conference – August 28–31, 2020

Presented by Cape Horticultural Society in association with Mediterranean Gardening International

The Cape Horticultural Society (CHS), in association Mediterranean Gardening International (MGi), is hosting a 4-day conference in Cape Town, South Africa, with speakers on various aspects of the flora, biomes, and gardens of Cape of Good Hope, “The Fairest Cape,” as well as garden visits in the greater Cape Town area. The theme running through this weekend is looking back at what our portion of the Cape Floral Kingdom has given to the world, what we are doing now, and what is being done for the future. Pre- and post-conference tours are also planned. The main event will be based at The Athenaeum, a handsome 19th-century Victorian villa.

Attendees will have the opportunity to participate in these optional pre- and post-conference tours:

§ August 23–27Five-day coach tour to Namaqualand / Nieuwoudtville / Lamberts Bay / West Coast National Park

§ September 1One-day drive to either Silvermine Nature Reserve / Hout Bay – weather permitting, or Stellenbosch / Worcester—depending on numbers

§ September 2– 4Three-day coach tour to the Overberg including the Overberg Renosterveld Conservation Trust / Flower Valley Trust / Cape Agulhas / Harold Porter National Botanic Gardens.

Pricing will be developed based upon response. We look forward to meeting our international affiliates! For more information, contact Glenda Thorpe, info@capehorticulturalsociety.co.za, and download a proposed itinerary here: https://tinyurl.com/y35mtptk

Cape Horticultural Society (capehorticulturalsociety.co.za), in Cape Town, South Africa, was established in 1903 to encourage, improve, and extend the cultivation and decorative arrangement of flowers, shrubs, vegetables, and other plants by arranging lectures, exhibitions, and other activities.

MGi (mediterraneangardeninginternational.org) is an international group of societies for people with an interest in Mediterranean plants and gardens. Each society is independent, but we come together to share our knowledge and experience of gardening and plants in the Mediterranean climate zones of the world. Since 2016, an international event has been held every year for members to meet and do exactly that. California Horticultural Society and Cape Horticultural Society are both affiliate members.

CaliforniaHorticulturalSociety San Francisco County Fair Building Ninth Avenue and Lincoln Way San Francisco, CA 94122

Do You Grow These? If you have enjoyed growing the following types of plants which our members have requested, please collect and contribute seed for our exchange.

SPECIFIC: Humulus japonicum ‘Variegatum’ Delphinium nudicale Hesperaloe noctunra Salvia ‘Pozo Blue’ Anaphalis margaritacea Ceanothus leucodermis

CATEGORY: conifers edible plants

GEOGRAPHIC: California natives in general, particularly wild flowers South African native bulbs and shrubs Mediterranean natives Latin American natives from seasonally dry areas

TOLERANCES: drought, heat, shade

Of course, donations of any and all kinds of seeds are welcome! Plants which have given you pleasure will please others of our members, too. Before Thanksgiving, please bring your seeds to a Cal Hort meeting or to: Dave Tivol 130 Locksunart Way #2 Sunnyvale CA 94087-4666

Volunteering

The California Horticultural Society has maintained its quality programs because of the dedication of the volunteer officers, chairs, and members. The future of Cal Hort depends upon its member volunteers to provide leadership. Please consider joining the council to contribute to decisions and make a difference: contact Bart O'Brien at bobrien1202@gmail.com.

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COUNCIL 2018-2020 (Second Term) Mark Delepine, Andy Stone 2019–2021 (Second Term) Mary Engle, Bart O’Brien 2019–2021 (First Term) Ellen Frank, Dave Tivol OFFICERS President Bart O’Brien Vice President Andy Stone Recording Secretary Mary Engle Treasurer Carl Meier Membership Chair Charlotte Masson

Not Too Early to Renew

The membership renewal notices will go out after the October meeting but why wait? Why not renew now—you’ll have plenty of other things to do during the holiday season! You can download a form from the website: https://calhortsociety.org/about/membership/