Microbial Magic . . . Thanks to EDCO!
The SeaWeeders achieved a long-sought dream of visiting the EDCO Anaerobic Digester facility in Escondido on May 23!  Yes, we are mulch...
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Events + Tips
Apr 9
Six Solana Beach Gardens Featured on Recent Native Plant Society Tour
Congratulations and kudos to our neighbors whose front yards were showcased during the California Native Plant Society's San Diego garden...
Feb 16
Our growing pollinator habitat
In April 2021, Mayor Lesa Heebner and Solana Beach City Council members signed the Mayors’ Monarch Pledge to help make Solana Beach...
Feb 6
New Poop Post at the P. O.
The SeaWeeders asked, and the City of Solana Beach swiftly answered by installing a new pet waste station at our popular Post Office in...
Feb 6
From grocery store to sculpture garden . . . History of the Solana Beach Post Office
The first U.S. Post Office in what is now the City of Solana Beach operated out of a grocery store run by Addie Waits and her husband...
Dec 13, 2023
Wreath Weaving 2023
Thanks to all who joined a fun afternoon of wreath-making with our new friends from the Boys & Girls Club San Dieguito La Colonia...
Jan 28, 2023
SeaWeeders Visit Master Topiary Artist
About a dozen of our Garden Club members delighted in a December field trip to the three-acre Elfin Forest garden and studio of master...
May 17, 2022
Enjoy our Origami Butterfly Gallery
Look at the beautiful butterflies our booth visitors created during Fiesta del Sol in Solana Beach, May 21-22, 2022. Click the video to...
Feb 3, 2022
It's official, Western Monarchs are back
The Xerces Society added its weighty voice to a chorus of positive reports that the Western Monarchs have rebounded. "In a surprising...
Dec 14, 2021
Cookies, Eggnog and Wreaths!
Our 2021 wreath-making-meeting was a hit, once again. About a dozen gathered December 4 to share garden cuttings and create holiday...
Jun 8, 2021
How is your pollinator garden growing?
SeaWeeder Cindi and I recently visited the pollinator garden planted April 23 at La Colonia Community Center. We were delighted to see...
May 5, 2021
Replay our May 20 meeting to learn more about Western monarchs and native milkweed
Ann Baldridge, Community Programs Director of the Resource Conservation District of San Diego County* talked about the monarch life...
Apr 13, 2021
Solana Beach Steps up for the Western Monarchs
As reported March 6 by the San Diego Union Tribune, “Western monarch numbers have been steadily dropping for decades, from 1.2 million in...
Oct 18, 2020
2020 Mulch Day at the Post Office
On October 10, several Teen Volunteers in Action and some of their parents joined the SeaWeeders in layering newsprint and mulch at the...
Mar 12, 2020
Mulch Party at El Viento Pocket Park!
On March 11, Skyline 6th graders helped us move 10 yards of mulch into place around new plantings and boulders at El Viento Pocket Park,...
Mar 5, 2020
Bonsai Basics
On March 4, we learned bonsai pruning basics with Oriental tree artist Joe Elmer. Sixteen miniature trees were designed. Joe will return...
Jan 2, 2020
Get another life out of your holiday flowers.
Amaryllis, Hippeastrum & Paperwhite Narcissus are very popular holiday gifts. Once the blooms have faded you can plant them outside in a...
Dec 1, 2019
Annual Poinsettia Sale
In advance of the holiday season, our annual fundraiser traditionally has been a sale of poinsettia plants. Proceeds are earmarked for...
Nov 28, 2019
Holiday Wreath Weaving
In December, we gather and gab and turn garden "waste" into holiday decorations. Cooler temperatures provide the perfect opportunity to...
Oct 30, 2019
RoundUp Round-up in Solana Beach
On October 6, 2018, we collected an estimated 850 pounds of pesticides and herbicides at the Bulky-item + Pesticide Cleanup Day, at La...
Although our regular meetings have been curtailed due to Covid restrictions, we've been able to get outdoors and tend to our projects and gardens.
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