…. Does this look fun to you? Consider our Internship Program Download the 2018 Intern Program Details ——————————————————————- The Rhododendron Species Botanical Garden (RSBG) Internship Program is designed to provide practical hands-on experience in the following areas of interest: general horticulture, garden maintenance & renovation, propagation, nursery management, and retail nursery management. Botanical Garden & Nursery […]
It’s estimated that 150-200 species of plants, animals, and insects go extinct every 24 hours … not the least of which is the Rhododendron.
Details can be found on the 2017 Rhododendron Species Symposium page.
Details: Western Regional Rhododendron Conference 2016 Western Regional Rhododendron Conference will be held on September 30th-October 2nd Best Western Agate Beach Inn in Newport, OR Both Dennis Bottemiller and Steve Hootman will be guest speakers – consider the coastal trip! See the flyer for details and Registration Form.
Download Late Winter 2016 #1 Rhododendron strigillosum welcomes you to the gar-den as you enter to the courtyard. This early flowering species puts on a spectacular display every year. It has distinctive bristles on the midrib, petiole, and foliage. R. strigillosum is native to Sichuan and NE Yunnan, China. Turn left on the […]
Download Application form Internship Program The Rhododendron Species Botanical Garden (RSBG) Internship Program is designed to provide practical hands-on experience in the following areas of interest: garden maintenance & renovation, propagation, nursery management, and retail nursery management. 2016 Opportunities Botanical Garden & Nursery Internship One full-time position available in 2016 for up to 6 […]
December 8, 2015 I have just returned from a very successful three and a half week plant-hunting expedition to China. This was a trip designed to cover a great deal of territory in a short amount of time, all made possible by the increasing number of modern paved highways now being completed throughout the country. […]
Download Winter 2015 From the Garden Shop, walk straight to visit #1 Betula jacquemontii to your left. The Himalayan White Birch is native to Kashmir in the western Himalayas and is known for its distinct, bright white bark and resistance to all of the problems that plague most other white birches in cultivation. Take a […]
August 27, 2015 Today’s discussion covers two topics although they are closely intertwined with one other. For the first portion, those of us in the Mediterranean climate of the Pacific NW have thoroughly enjoyed/ suffered through what people will either say was the greatest or worst summer ever. This depends of course on whether you […]
I vividly remember my first visit to this special garden in Fort Bragg on the coast of northern California. I was still fairly new to rhododendrons and the RSBG and it was my first exposure to maddenias and many of the tender big-leafs growing outside without protection. With its year-round mild temperatures, this coastal garden […]
Sunday, Oct. 19th is WAG FEST. Dog owners and their well-behaved dogs are invited to enjoy the Garden together. WAG FEST is the ONLY day dogs are welcomed into the Garden. Please view / download our WagFest Guidelines. The Wag Fest Celebration gets underway at 1:00 pm The amazing F.I.D.O. Drill Team will perform followed […]
During the Fall Foliage Festival and Plant Sale we will be offering some free, instructional seminars. Friday, Oct. 24 – Bonsai Day 1:00 pm “Bonsai Landscape” by Dave De Groot Dave will use several small Cryptomeria to create a “Bonsai Landscape” scene of a grove of trees surrounding a rock formation with pool. It’s an amazing […]
