Mission Hills Garden Club

06/20/2026

Garden Club Members Pot Luck meeting 
Saturday, June 27
Mission Hills Nursery
2-4 PM   
RSVP at link in bio or on the website

Bring your favorite finger foods appetizer and/or dessert.  

We will provide wine, drinks, paper goods, and shade!

The program will begin with a welcome from Chris Chase, President of Mission Hills Garden Club. 

Following Chris will be Bev Lauren, Mission Hills Garden Walk Co-Chair.  Bev will talk about the history of the Walk, this years widely successful event and looking forward to 2027.  The annual Garden Walk is the only fundraiser of the year and provides resources to support the work of the Garden Club Committees which support the whole Mission Hills community. 
This meeting is all about you and your Garden Club membership. You will learn more about what your Garden Club does, how you can take advantage of your membership, and how to volunteer to help out. You will hear from all committees: Community Enhancement Activities, Monthly Program Events at the Church and Mission Hills Nursery, Coffee and Wine in the Gardens, Field Trips, the Website and Social Media, Scholarships Awards and Ceremony and many other things, including meeting one of last year’s scholarship winners!

Please come ready to provide suggestions for the upcoming year and to volunteer!

06/14/2026

Tony Gurnoe has conducted research related to native tree species in 7 different southwestern states for agencies including the U.S. Forest Service, the Bureau of Land Management, and the State of California and institutions including San Diego State University. Tony also spent several years collaborating with university researchers in Baja California, particularly focused on the taxonomy and conservation of rare oaks. Prior to all that, Tony led horticulture, science, and conservation departments at the San Diego Botanic Garden. In 2022, he founded Treehugger Care & Consulting, a company focused on proactive approaches to preserving trees throughout our region. He is an International Society of Arboriculture Certified Arborist, a Certified Urban Forest Professional, and maintains Tree Risk Assessment Qualifications. Tony also serves as the chairman of the City of Encinitas’ Urban Forest Advisory Committee. He has extensive and unique experience cultivating and studying trees from San Diego or the surrounding region and looks forward to sharing some of the most important things he has learned along the way.
The Plant Forum has returned! So please bring some of your plants to share with members... 

All you have to do is:
1) Bring a cutting or a potted plant to a meeting.
2) BEFORE you leave home, take a minute to print out a slip of paper with the common and scientific name of the plant, where it is native to (if you know that), what city it is growing in, your name, and a couple of sentences about your experience with the plant.

Online registration required 
Member (and one guest) registration is FREE
Non-member -  join or renew your membership for $30.00 and attend all meetings free. (https://sdhort.wildapricot.org/Join-Renew)
Bring plants or cuttings to share at the Plant Forum (https://www.sdhortnews.org/post/plant-forum-july-2025-meeting) before the meeting.

Social hour and Plant Forum  at 1:30 PM
Presentations at 2:00 PM
Location - San Diego Oasis
17170 Bernardo Center Dr.  San Diego, CA 92128 (https://share.google/ROjQvoydG1xOUE6Hz)
In the Innovation Center on the lower level

06/13/2026

It was a GREAT day to be at the San Diego County Fair’s Garden Show! 

The presentation made by our President, Chris Chase, won many accolades.  Other presenters throughout the afternoon were also very educational.  As usual, the individual flowers (gladiolas, dahlias) inside the O’Brien building were amazing specimens of perfection and the displays outside were intricate, educational and inspiring! Make sure to build a stop at the Garden Show into your visit to the Fair.  The daily schedule of presenters is available online.

06/12/2026

Ticket sales are now on! Solana Beach Eco Rotary is presenting THE LITTLE THINGS THAT RUN THE WORLD

August 1, 2-5pm at Dove Library in Carlsbad.

This is a fun and educational film that uses stunning photography and scientific insight to show how insects serve as the ‘glue of life’. The movie is 1’45” long and there is a short Q & A expert panel after the movie. It’s suitable for all ages, though children ages 7 and older may enjoy it most.

We aim to fill the auditorium so get tickets now for yourself, friends and family.

Scan the QR code or use this link to get tickets:
https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/movie-night-121

06/04/2026

The Mission Hills Garden Club celebrated our Scholarship Recipients last night at a beautiful home and garden in Mission Hills (Thank you Mike and Ed!)

We would like to thank the garden club scholarship committee and helpers Judith, Peggy, Chris, Kim, Cathi, Elaine, Barbara, Deanna, Michaela, Kory, Steve and Salem.

Two of our four recipients were at the celebration last night - Timothy and Benjamin! We enjoyed talking to them about their plans for the future and we are impressed. All scholarship recipients will get a membership in our garden club and we look forward to seeing them at our meetings and events.

Two previous scholarship recipients came to our party last night to bring us up to date on their past year - Jovanni and Timothy! Jovanni has done a lot of work planting trees and has a plaque with his name on it in San Diego. And, Timothy has been very busy completing his AA degree!

05/30/2026

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Come by tomorrow and ask Jeff for your own monarch stick. Tell him Toni sent you.
While supplies last

05/28/2026

Dear Flower Friends,
Many of you like handmade pottery for displaying your arrangements or holding your potted plants. Clay Associates is having their annual June Gallery Show and Sale June 6 - 14 at their studio at 3667 Adams Avenue, San Diego, CA 92116. Hours are Saturday: 10 am to 6 pm and Sunday - Friday: 12 pm to 6 pm. See flyer attached.
Best,
Rose Tyson, volunteer

05/26/2026

Garden Club Members Pot Luck meeting
Saturday, June 27
Mission Hills Nursery
2-4 PM
Bring your favorite finger foods appetizer and/or dessert. We will provide wine, drinks and paper goods.

This meeting is all about you and your Garden Club membership. You will learn more about what your Garden Club does, how you can take advantage of your membership, and how to volunteer to help out. We will review past events like the Mission Hills Garden Walk, Monthly Program Events at the Church and Mission Hills Nursery, Coffee and Wine in the Gardens, Field Trips, Community Enhancement Activities, the Website and Social Media, Scholarships Awards and Ceremony and many other things.

Please come ready to provide suggestions for the upcoming year!

RSVP here: https://www.missionhillsgardenclub.org/event-6706357

05/25/2026

What’s growing in your garden?

05/25/2026

Everyone was very pleased at our recent event with Susan Frazee, the author of the book Martin Snell and His Worm Hotel.