San Diego Gardener

Plants, science, data, technology, policy and systems for food security, climate change adaptation and sustainable ag development. USDA Zone 10b; Sunset Zone 24

[San Diego Gardener @sd_gardener]

Happy National Orchid Day!
See you in San Diego's Balboa Park next weekend, April 21-23!
#nationalorchidday #earthday #orchidsoftheearth #balboapark #sandiego @AmericanOrchid @SDOrchids

[San Diego Gardener @sd_gardener]

San Diego County Orchid Society hosts its winter show and sale this weekend in Balboa Park! Learn more at https://t.co/sdPXvfWrUY. @SDOrchids @BalboaPark

[San Diego Gardener @sd_gardener]

@alexhiniker @msrlocke …Barrio Logan demanded a park to make up for what had been lost.” 3/3

[San Diego Gardener @sd_gardener]

@alexhiniker @msrlocke https://t.co/v6C9aoxn3H

“In the early 1960s, a heavily Latino neighborhood in southeastern San Diego known as Logan Heights was bifurcated by the construction of Interstate 5. Just a few years later, the newly built Coronado Bridge carved another path through the community… 1/n

[San Diego Gardener @sd_gardener]

@alexhiniker @msrlocke …and dislocated even more families.
Though Mexican Americans had long been accustomed to not being included in decisions made by government officials, many began to feel more empowered during the civil rights movement. So residents of the neighborhood they called… 2/n

[San Diego Gardener @sd_gardener]

@WritesRights @alexhiniker Ooh, nice! I do Globle after Wordle. https://t.co/D1d2ybzbKQ

[SDCOS @SDOrchids]

Mark your calendar! #Orchids #BalboaPark #SanDiego

[San Diego Gardener @sd_gardener]

Scientists have made a breakthrough in a genetic approach that improves food crops’ ability to photosynthesize. Resulting in 20% increased crop yield for soybeans, the discovery holds promise for reducing food scarcity. https://t.co/9vGMkHCVk2

[SDCOS @SDOrchids]

This weekend #orchids will be in #BalboaPark. Free admission. Plants for sale.

[San Diego Gardener @sd_gardener]

@orchids2c Delightful Tripp

[San Diego Botanic Garden @SDBGarden]

Monstera, Pothos, and Ferns, Oh My! @NBCLA features our World of Houseplants exhibit, opening Sat., July 16 and running through Sept. 5 ! #houseplants #plants #Planttwitter #plantCare https://t.co/thzJpmirio

[San Diego Gardener @sd_gardener]

Google and ⁦@WorldResources⁩ launched a new mapping tool that provides unprecedented detail about how land is used around the world. Called Dynamic World, it’s the first global land cover data set available in near-real-time at high resolution. https://t.co/fxl9e7Rbms

[IUCN Orchid Specialist Group @IUCN_Orchids]

We often think of illegal #wildlife poaching as something that happens the Global South.

Recent space of #orchid thefts in England highlights that illegal wildlife trade happens all over the world

https://t.co/9va9TROgwV

[National Geographic @NatGeo]

For decades, bristlecone pines, which can survive for up to 5,000 years, were thought to be the planet’s oldest living things.

Now a tree in Chile is posing a challenge https://t.co/Yqch2RC3oi

[San Diego Gardener @sd_gardener]

The largest known plant on Earth - a seagrass roughly three times the size of Manhattan - has been discovered off the coast of Australia. It is believed to have spread from a single seed over at least 4,500 years. #plants https://t.co/e483S4Ltjd

[The San Diego Union-Tribune @sdut]

'World of Orchids' show at San Diego Botanic Gardens offers abundance of blooms and knowledge https://t.co/ixnkgoGW5R

[San Diego Gardener @sd_gardener]

Seven days. #turtledove #mourningdove

[San Diego Gardener @sd_gardener]

One and a half turtle doves.

[San Diego Gardener @sd_gardener]

#Orchid #Conservation Alliance Zoom-posium now-1:30 pm PDT. Tom Givnish, drivers of biodiversity. Lou Jost & @MarcoMonteros8, Fundación EcoMinga. Sebastian Vieira, Corporacion SalvaMontes. @MartaKolanowsk1, La Palma Reserve. Peter Tobias, closing remarks. https://t.co/nvW7p83XcR

[San Diego Gardener @sd_gardener]

@Flower2Day @SDOrchids