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American Rhododendron Society, Cal Chapter, monthly meeting will be held Thursday, May 15, 2008 at 7:30 pm, 666 Bellevue, at the Oakland Lakeside Park Garden Center across from Children's Playland on Lake Merritt. NEWCOMERS WELCOME!
Info call Marilynne at 510-223-0443
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The California Chapter of the American Rhododendron Society was founded in 1952 by local Rhododendron enthusiasts. The chapter currently has over 100 members in the San Francisco Bay Area, Australia, New Zealand, Japan and Hawaii. Members of the California Chapter enjoy monthly meetings which are held every third Thursday of the month from September to May. The meetings start at 7:30 pm and continue until 9:30 pm.

Meetings generally include a guest speaker who is knowledgeable about rhododendrons or good companion plants. Topics in the past have in included "Exploring for Rhododendrons in the wilds of China, India and Tibet", "New Hybrids on the Oregon/Washington Coast", "Satsuki Azaleas", "Rhododendrons in the wild", "Sudden Oak Death" and "Vireyas." Each meeting usually ends with a silent auction of plants provided either by our guest speaker or by the club. Members and friends also enjoy field trips to local gardens and nurseries.

The annual show and plant sale features hundreds of blossoms and trusses of all the major Rhododendron species including Vireyas, Madeniis and Azaleas