Uploaded to YouTube by pnwlocalnews on Apr 21, 2010. They call him Plant Hunter. Steve Hootman has been at the Rhododendron Species Foundation and Botanical Garden for 18 years. In those years, he has traveled all over the world, bringing back seeds from rhododendrons found only in the wild. And by wild, that means climbing […]
April 13, 2012. With over 10,000 rhododendrons from all over the world, the Rhododendron Species Botanical Garden is an exotic adventure waiting to happen. And it’s just a short drive down I-5. [Read the entire article ] by Jackie Hiltz