General Meetings
March 2026 - Guest Speaker: Shawn Styles, CBS 8
February 2026 - Guest Speaker: Fred Clarke, The Flower Fields
January 2026 - Guest Speaker: Tomatomania
October 2025 - Guest Speaker: Farmer Roy Wilburn
September 2025 - Guest Speaker: Joe Noel, Salk Institute
August 2025 - Guest Speaker: Carlos Camacho, Altman Plants
July 2025 - Guest Speaker: I love a Clean San Diego
May 2025 - Guest Speaker: Dr. Elsa Cleland, UC San Diego
April 2025 - Guest Speaker: Dr. Niamh Quinn, All about RATS, UCCE
March 2025 - Guest Speaker: Dr. Kristen Guirguis, UCSD Scripps Institute of Oceanography
February 2025 - Guest Speaker: Scott Logan, Gottlieb Garden
January 2025 - Guest Speaker: Maggie Schaber, The Flower Fields
September 2024 - Guest Speaker: Ari Novy, San Diego Botanic Garden Transcript available to download here: septmgasdcmeetingtranscript
August 2024 - Guest Speaker: Fred Clarke, The Flower Fields
July 2024 - Guest Speaker: Dr. Bill Edwards
June 2024 - Guest Speaker: Dr. Lindsey Pedroncelli
May 2024 - Guest Speaker: Master Food Preservers
April 2024 - Guest Speaker: Tom Jesch, Waterwise Botanicals
March 2024 - Guest speaker Davis Ross and George Allmon, Walter Andersen Nursery
February 2024 - Guest speaker David Godshall, Landscape Architect, presentation only
October 2023 - Guest Speaker Fred Clarke with the Flower Fields
September 2023 - Passcode: rltiYG#7
August 2023 - Guest speaker: Jacques Chirazi, UCSD Extension Biomimicry Professional | Passcode: 3D0S7%9H
July 2023 - Guest speaker: Rita Perwich and Beth Von Boxtel; MG Rosarians | Passcode: w22KPak*
June 2023 - Guest speaker: Dr. Luca Carmignani, UC ANR Fire Advisor | Passcode: r7q*7yvL
May 2023 - Guest Speaker: Dr. Gerry Spinelli, UC Horticultural Advisor | Passcode: 9s*4T6+I
April 2023 - Guest Speaker: Greg Alder; Master Gardener | Passcode: Z5e0jT?b
March 2023 - Guest Speaker: Barb Sands, Master Gardener | Passcode: .NHJ8DFP
February 2023 - Guest Speaker: Janet Taylor, CDFA | Passcode: ztRf@wv0
October 2022 - Guest Speaker: Allison Bray; County Vector Control | password: .3k1+=mc
August 2022 - Guest Speakers: Madeline de Vries Hooper and Jeff Hughes of GardenFit | Password: s*WJn1dE (NOTE: Audio quality is bad)
July 2022 - Guest Speaker: Nicholas Staddon - Everde Growers | password: Nc+5CzcN
Other Trainings
UC TV Master Gardener Training Videos
The Fruit Bush Pruning Method (Stanislaus County MG)
Insect Master Class - Recordings and Resources
Branding Training - for school gardens committee (July 2025)
Advanced Continuing Education
March 2026 - Richard Reid - Dress rehearsal of "Beyond Bananas"
July 2025 - Tom Del Hotal, Summer Fruit Tree Care - Pruning and thinning
February 2023 - Tom del Hotal, Sustainable Fruit Tree Care
November 2023 - Keith Lombardo, National Parks Service
October 2023 - Barb Sands, The Kingdom of Morraco
April 2023 - Rhana Kozak, Nature Bathing | Passcode: RuY8Bu?d
February 2023 - San Dieguito River Valley Conservancy | Passcode: S%R*@r2A
December 2022 - Houseplants with Denise Godfrey | Passcode: F#@G5dG8
November 2022 - Beans with Dr. Travis Parker | Passcode: W&YW49EO
October 2022 - Foraging Southern California - Dr. David Kent | Passcode: 7Ce!k=Ui
September 2022 - Medicinal Herbs for the Drought-tolerant San Diego Garden - Lanny Kaufer | Passcode: 9s0@j%d1
July 2022 - "Trees for Tomorrow Start Today" - Dr. Janet Hartin
To download and listen to Dr. Hartin's presentation, click the link above to be redirected to Box.
Book Club
July 2023 - | Passcode: 93KRb^Bz
May 2023 - A life on our Planet (documentary) | Passcode: 6?!ehn8P
March 2023 - The Land Where Lemons Grow | Passcode: M%.F.Xu8
February 2023 - Where Lilacs Still Bloom | Passcode: 7R5QThm+
January 2023 - The Arbornaut | Passcode: $G1eE97u
December 2022 - Kiss the Ground | Passcode: y1@ep6WN
October 2022 - Bicycling with Butterflies | Passcode: R7Ed?4W0
July 2022 - Plant Hunter | Passcode: 6gM@v5&X