April 13, 2025 Meeting - “What’s In My Mix” and “My Favorite Plumeria"
2025-04-13 13:00 - 15:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Jean Farb Middle School, 4880 La Cuenta Drive, San Diego, CA, 92124, United States
Join us at our April 2025 meeting on Sunday, April 13 at 1pm PDT at Jean Farb Middle School to hear from an All-Star panel of SCPS Plumeria vendors on “What’s In My Mix” and “My Favorite Plumeria”. Our All-Star panel will include Doug Ingles, Luis Lopez, John Mason, Doug Nadasdy and Erryl Sloan. Be sure to bring notetaking materials to make notes on all of the info they have to share at the meeting.

Annual Cutting Sale - May 24 & 25, 2025
2025-05-24 - 2025-05-25 | Casa del Prado, 1800 El Prado Room 101, San Diego, CA, 92101, United States
Annual Cutting Sale – Southern California Plumeria Society

June 8, 2025 Meeting - Informational Sessions
2025-06-08 13:00 - 15:00 | Jean Farb Middle School, 4880 La Cuenta Drive, San Diego, CA, 92124, United States
The June 2025 meeting will be at Jean Farb Middle School (4880 La Cuenta Dr, San Diego, CA 92124) at 1pm PDT. For this month, we have two informational sessions that you’ll be able to attend. For one session, we will have DeLayne Harmon, a UC Master Gardener of San Diego County, will be presenting “Keeping YOU Sharp: A look at garden YOU care, and tool care“. This presentation will focus on how we use our bodies and our tools in the garden to keep us gardening safely and happily for as long as we can! Our second session will be “What’s In A Name: Registering Your Plumeria” by Carl and Joy Herzog, two of the original founders of the Southern California Plumeria Society. This session will be addressing what you need to do to register your unregistered plumeria cultivar with the Plumeria Society of America.

July 13, 2025 Meeting - A Glimpse into one of Alabama's Newest Botanical Gardens and the Development of the Plumeria Grove
2025-07-13 13:00 - 15:00 | Zable Hall at Alliant International University, 10455 Pomerado Road, San Diego, CA, 92131, United States
The program for the July 2025 meeting will feature Hayes Jackson who will be Zooming in from Alabama to share “A Glimpse into one of Alabama’s Newest Botanical Gardens and the Development of the Plumeria Grove” with us. Longleaf Botanical Garden is a recent recipient of grant funding from the Southern California Plumeria Society to develop their new Plumeria grove – covering everything from growing medium to signage.
July is also the time of the year when SCPS members vote for SCPS Board Members (a rotation of three board members each year) and vote for their favorite Plumeria photo that will grace the pages of the 2026 calendar. The top vote getter of the calendar contest will be on the cover of next year’s calendar.
Please take note that for the July 2025 meeting, SCPS will be meeting in a different location. We were recently informed that Jean Farb Middle School is resurfacing their parking lots – making our usual meeting space unreachable. So for July, we will be meeting at Zable Hall on the San Diego campus of Alliant International University in Scripps Ranch. The campus is located at 10455 Pomerado Road, San Diego, CA 92131. Unlike other San Diego universities, there is no fee to park! Please see this link for suggested parking areas on campus.

August 10, 2025 Meeting - "Make and Take Lei Making" Tutorial
2025-08-10 13:00 - 15:00 | Jean Farb Middle School, 4880 La Cuenta Drive, San Diego, CA, 92124, United States
At the August 2025 meeting, SCPS Flower Show Coordinator Kim Schultz will briefly review some of the ins-and-outs of the upcoming 2025 SCPS Flower Show. Then we will have Margery Ohlson, a very talented SCPS member who has won a lei category of the SCPS Flower Show several times, leading us in a “Make and Take Lei Making” tutorial session.
Items to bring for the “Make and Take Lei Making” session:

Plumeria blooms – the more the better, for yourself and to share with those that aren’t blessed with a lot of blooms
Lei needle (some may be available for purchase at the SCPS store) or
5-inch Doll needle (available at most craft stores and on Amazon – please note that Margery tested this out and feels this is the best option)
Size 10 crochet thread (available at most craft stores and on Amazon)
Scissors

Additionally, we are back at Jean Farb Middle School for the August meeting.

Plumeria Festival
2025-09-06 - 2025-09-07 | Casa del Prado, 1800 El Prado Room 101, San Diego, CA, 92101, United States

February 15, 2026 Meeting: Essential Guide to Garden Hand Tools
2026-02-15 13:00 - 15:00 | Jean Farb Middle School, 4880 La Cuenta Drive, San Diego, CA, 92124, United States
First meeting of 2026 will be on Sunday, February 15, 2026 at 1pm at Jean Farb Middle School.

DeLayne Harmon is a UC Master Gardener of San Diego County with over 4,000 hours of volunteer service since becoming an MG in 2020. She is the current chair of the Tool Care Committee. Her presentation, the Essential Guide to Garden Hand Tools, covers how to select, care for and use various garden hand tools including planters, diggers, weeders, the ergonomics of tool usage, tool selection and a short ‘how-to’ on caring for your tools. As a career educator, DeLayne is an energetic and informative speaker who loves to share her love of gardening, and her knowledge of some of the tools we use to make the job safer and even more enjoyable.
PLUS: Free Tool Sharpening available for the first 20 people who sign up! Sign up today!

March 8, 2026 Meeting: Rise and Shine with SCPS
2026-03-08 13:00 - 15:00 | Jean Farb Middle School, 4880 La Cuenta Drive, San Diego, CA, 92124, United States
March Meeting
**Please note that Daylight Saving Time begins this day – please adjust your clocks accordingly**

Join us at 1pm on Sunday, March 8, 2026 for “Rise and Shine with SCPS” featuring Dawn-Michelle Atallian, Doug Nadasdy and Steve Salley. This tremendous trio will be revealing to us what they do to bring their Plumeria out of winter dormancy and prepare them for the upcoming growing season. All combined, this knowledgeable trio have well over 85 years of experience growing Plumeria! Be sure to bring note-taking materials to take down all of the great info!

April 12, 2026 Meeting: Pruning Standards for Propagating Plumeria"
2026-04-12 13:00 - 15:00 | Jean Farb Middle School, 4880 La Cuenta Drive, San Diego, CA, 92124, United States
For April, we will have Jeff Sharp sharing his Plumeria knowledge and presenting on the “Pruning Standards for Propagating Plumeria“.

Annual Cutting Sale - May 23 & 24, 2026
2026-05-23 - 2026-05-24 | Casa del Prado, 1800 El Prado Room 101, San Diego, CA, 92101, United States

June 14, 2026 Meeting
2026-06-14 13:00 - 15:00 | Jean Farb Middle School, 4880 La Cuenta Drive, San Diego, CA, 92124, United States

July 12, 2026 Meeting
2026-07-12 13:00 - 15:00 | Jean Farb Middle School, 4880 La Cuenta Drive, San Diego, CA, 92124, United States

August 9, 2026 Meeting
2026-08-09 13:00 - 15:00 | CA

Plumeria Festival 2026 - September 5 & 6, 2026
2026-09-05 - 2026-09-06 | Casa del Prado, 1800 El Prado Room 101, San Diego, CA, 92101, United States
