We are a local community of people who love plants for their beauty, diversity, usefulness and ecology. We welcome you to join us.
Featured Website
Calscape – the website of the California Native Plant Society May we draw your attention to the newly revamped Calscape website. Calscape
Did you know?
Homeowners Insurance in 92131 VHFHSZ: Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone is our new legislated reality. If you are a homeowner and a
Our Most Recent Club Meeting
Our November meeting was our “Everything Pumpkin” annual harvest potluck at the at Scripps Miramar library Community room. We also passed the club president’s baton
Flourishing in our gardens.
Fishbone Cactus
The leaves give it the name fishbone cactus or zig-zag cactus but it is the
Plant Tumor
Do plants get cancer? The answer is, ‘Yes’, if cancer is defined as dysregulated cell
Welcome to the Scripps-Mesa Garden Club
Testimonials
I used the plant donation table to find a drought tolerant ground cover to landscape around a neglected community welcome sign in Serra Mesa. BB
I used to think of gardening as a solitary sport, which it can be, but I have met so many other enthusiastic garden lovers through the Club that I now feel like I am part of a supportive team. DS
your chance to say how the club has benefited you
Initials
Ordinarily I go to the woods alone,
with not a single friend,
for they are all smilers and talkers
and therefore unsuitable.
I don’t really want to be witnessed talking to the catbirds
or hugging the old black oak tree.
I have my ways of praying,
as you no doubt have yours.
Besides, when I am alone
I can become invisible.
I can sit on the top of a dune
as motionless as an uprise of weeds,
until the foxes run by unconcerned.
I can hear the almost unhearable sound of the roses singing.
If you have ever gone to the woods with me,
I must love you very much.
How I Go Into The Woods by Mary Oliver
Feature Article
This is your opportunity to contribute to our club and website through writing and/or art to inform each other. See our current feature article on Planting a Spring Meadow.