
LOS ANGELES GARDEN CLUB
SINCE 1932
90th Anniversary


PAST GUEST SPEAKERS
2022 / 2023 CURRENT PROGRAM
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Debby Dunn (Figoni): We Are In A Drought - Please Help Out (Sep 12)
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Scott Logan & Susan Gottlieb:
The Gottlieb Native Garden - An Intimate Wildlife Journey (Oct 17) -
Danae Horst - Folia Collective: How To Fill Your Home With Happy Plants (Nov 14)
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David Bassani: Rose Pruning - Putting Your Roses To Bed (Jan 9)
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Gabe Verduzco: Beetle Hunter (Feb 13)
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Terry Huang: The Language of Flowers (Mar 13)
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Frank McDonough: It's All In The Soil (Apr 10)
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Sandy Masuo: For The Birds - An Introduction To Birdwatching (May 8)
2021 / 2022
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Martha Hunt, Julie Pittet, Merle Galindo, Benita Ngan:
Floral Designs - Behind the Scenes: Containers, Mechanics, and Tools -
Yvonne Savio: The Dirt on Geophytes for Spring Color
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Florence Nishida: Growing Asian Vegetables
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Nicole Calhoun and Carl Harders: Why Grow Native Plants in Your Garden?
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Laurie Kranz and Dean Kuipers: A Garden can be Anywhere
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Shawn Maestretti+Leigh Adams: Regenerative Landscape and the Climate Crisis
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Linda and Ron Lang: Your Fairytale Escape with a Petite Design Workshop
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Sandy Masuo: Succulent Superstars
2020 / 2021 (Virtual Meetings due to coronavirus pandemic)
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Jeffrey Warner: How To Handle/Protect Citrus Trees in connection with a
serious pest and disease that has caused a countywide quarantine -
LA Urban Farms' Wendy Coleman, Jennifer Crane, Melanie Dorsey:
Grow Your Own Food With LA Urban Farms Vertical Gardens -
Hetty Shurtleff: Floral Designs for the Holiday Season
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Stephen Covolo: African Violet Basics
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John Schoustra: Daylilies: The Hardest Working Flowers in Your Garden
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Charles Southward: How to Create a Bountiful Vegetable Garden
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Kreigh Hampel: Gardeners - The Greatest Recyclers on Earth!
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Loretta Allison: Holistic Garden Design
2019 / 2020
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Misty Odett and Matt Heidrich: Taking the Reins
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Evan Meyer: A Tale of Two Floras: Botanical Adventures at Home and Abroad
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George Spiliotis: Maximizing Enjoyment of Your Garden
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Joanna Glovinsky: Backyard Orcharding 101: Basic Fruit Tree Care
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Yvonne Savio: Wildflower Super Blooms of 2017 and 2019
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Manju Kumar: Living Sustainably in the Suburbs
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Stephanie Fousek: Mushroom Mediums: Expression, Growth, and Gratitude
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Chef Mick Brown and Karen Gallock: Healthier Grilling and Growing Superfoods
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Ann Semaan-Beisch: Late Winter in a Chaparral Garden
2018 / 2019
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Leon Boroditsky: Current Challenges of Urban Forests in Southern California
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Yvonne Savio: Saving Seeds
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Eric Olsen: Raised Bed Gardening: Tips For Success
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Stephanie Fousek: Fungi Fundamentals: A Deep Dive into the Hidden Life of Mushrooms
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Rene Amy: Grow Your Own California-Native Wildflower Meadow
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Cris Sarabia: Greywater 101
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Loretta Allison: The Healing Garden
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Matt Dunaj: Welwitschia Mirabilis, the Ancient King of the Namibian Desert
2017 / 2018
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David Quint: New Landscaping: Preparation and Design
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Scott Logan: Inviting Wild Birds into Your Garden with Nesting Boxes
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Nicholas Staddon: Important Issues Southern California Gardeners are Facing Today
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Malcolm R. Shrimplin:
How to Grow Clivia Miniata through Cultivation, Breeding and Disease Prevention -
Ilaria Mazzoleni:
Bio-Inspired Construction, Sustainable Architecture and Building Tech for the Home Garden -
Lisa Smith: Tree Care Maintenance Around Your Home
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Sandy Masuo: Extreme Plants, Carnivores, Parasites, and Mutants
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Matt Dunaj: Drought Tolerant Planting and How to Build a Greenhouse
2016 / 2017
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Lisa Novick: Using Nature's Technology in Response to Drought
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Robert Feldman: Introduction to Succulent Caudiciforms as Bonsai
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Mary Gray and Annette Gutierrez: The Fine Art of Potting
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Frank McDonough: Low Light Plants for L.A.’s Low Water Use Gardens
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Rosemary Ecker: Butterflies and Birds in Your Garden
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Layla Valenzuela: Southern California Native Plant Identification
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Bryan Chan: Bromeliads, to Grow or Not to Grow
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Delia Hitz: The Integrated Garden
2015 / 2016
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Steven Gerischer: Fabulous Foliage
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Ann Semaan-Beisch+Team LA DWP: A Waterwise Makeover
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Kathy Itomura: Designing a Wildlife Habitat Garden
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Yvonne Savio: Recycling/Repurposing Household Items into Garden Tools
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Dr. James P. Folsom: Gardening Sustainably and Beautifully
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Dr. Thomas Cairns: Growing Beautiful Roses
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Debbie James: The Inspiring Iris
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Bruce Blavin: Choosing Rare Fruit Trees for the Home Garden
2014 / 2015
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David Bassani: Waterwise Gardening
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Jerrold Turney: Pruning Techniques
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Ellen Mackey: You too can have a Backyard Orchard
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Paul Vander Werf: It All Starts with the Soil - Focus on Vermicomposting
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Gloria Aminian: Flower Designs by Gloria
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Carol Meyer+Julie Beals: All About Community Gardens
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Steve Downs: How to attract Bees to our Gardens
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David King: Sustainable Gardening Techniques
2013 / 2014
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Bart O'Brien: Have a Plan to Manage your Garden Pests
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David Snow: Lend a Hand to Monarchs
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Steven Gerischer: Hypertufa Containers
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Lili Singer: Perfect Partners: Natives and Edibles
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Camille Van Ast: Sharing my Flower Designs
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Friends of the LA River FoLAR: LA River at a Watershed
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Angela Price: Ten Ways to make the most of your Small Garden Space
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Matt+Rebecca Tufenkian: New and Unusual Plants
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Tomas O'Grady, Enrich LA: A Garden for every School /
Save the Historic Figueroa-Riverside Bridge and Preserve it for Future Park Use
2012 / 2013
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Barbara Eisenstein: Let Your Garden Go Wild
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John Lyons: Incredible Edibles - Winter Vegetable Garden
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Douglas Kent: The Restorative Garden
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Jorge Ochoa: Basic Plant Propagation Workshop
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Eleanor Osgood: The Bird-Friendly Garden
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Gudrun Kimmel: Favorite Floral Designs + Plant Materials
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Jill Morganelli: Growing Fruit Trees with Organic Methods
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Doug Overstreet: Practical Orchid Care
2011 / 2012
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Mick Brown+Karen Gallock: Healthy Grilling - Garden Fresh
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Matt Horns: A Deep Look at Soils
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Tomas O'Grady+Brian Miller: Farm King + Enrich LA
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Friends of the LA River FoLAR: Past, Present & Future
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George Harrison: Camellias in Bloom
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Joyce Dean: Floral Design (Abstract, Creative, Line-Mass)
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Jim Ito: "California Dreaming" Design Contest, Art Show,
Art and Plant Sale at Historical Family Residence
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Michael Baer+Rodney Wilkinson: Sustainable Organic Garden Proper Watering Techniques
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Sharon+Bruce Asakawa: Vegetable Grafting, Book Signing
2010 / 2011
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Douglas Kent: Ocean Friendly Gardens
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Mike Wronkowski: Colors for Fall
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Nicholas Staddon: Behind the Curtain of Monrovia Nurseries
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Eileen Fiumara: Floral Design (Angular, Stretch, Illuminary)
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Chris Greenwood: Roses - Classification of Modern and New Roses in 2011
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Vincent Jacquard: Concept and Hardscape of Garden Design
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Kailay Yu: Miniature Gardens
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Jim Ito: Historical Family Residence Garden Tour
2009 / 2010
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Alicia Katano: LA River - Its History, Present & Future
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Yumiko Kikkawa: Ikebana Demonstration
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Steven Gerischer: Get rid of the Lawn
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Tom Carruth: New Roses to be Introduced in 2010
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Robert van de Hoek: Bluebirds and Nest Boxes in your Backyard
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Joyce Dean: Miniature Design Workshop
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Barry+Donna Woodbridge: Square Foot Gardening
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Allison Mia Starcher: Good Bugs, Bad Bugs
2008 / 2009
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Bart O'Brien: Greater Los Angeles Native Plants
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Francine Spears: Bats are our Garden's Best Friends
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Larry Grammer: Succulents
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Gisele Schoniger (Kellogg): Natural / Organic Gardening
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Steve Gerischer: The Second Bulb Season
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Maurice Levin: Cycad Horticultural Practices SoCal
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Jorge Ochoa: Native Trees and Wild Flowers of Griffith Park
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CA Invasive Plant Council: Plant Right Campaign
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Steve Morgan: Introduction to Orchids















