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When Carlsbad resident Sharon Corrigan visited the 37-acre Montecito botanical garden Lotusland with the San Diego Horticultural Society, she was bowled over.
“I’m not one to remember botanical names of plants,” Corrigan said, “but I was enchanted and excited by plants I knew as houseplants that were in the ground at Lotusland and towered 20 or more feet over my head. It is hard to describe the charm of wandering around the property not wanting to miss anything and being constantly surprised. I grew up near Huntington Gardens and the L.A. Arboretum and, although I love them both, Lotusland is over the top.”
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Jim Bishop, former president and current board member of the San Diego Horticultural Society, loves sharing his garden. A warm and genial man with an engaging smile when he removes his mask, briefly, for photographs Bishop, named the society’s 2019 Horticulturist of the Year, described the evolution of the 1939 Spanish colonial-style Mission Hills home and expansive but steep-sloped terraced garden he shares with his partner, Scott Borden, and two charming tuxedo cats, Stanley and Gracie. His eyes lit up as he explained the European influences for the mosaic pathways and focal points he’s designed and constructed to enhance his garden.