Educational: Rhododendron Species Foundation On Federal Way near Seattle, this organisation is the foremost repository of species material on this continent. Not much in the way of pictures, but worth a good visit to have a look, and for species fans, repeated visits to their plant release catalogue to browse. UBC Botanical Garden An excellent local garden complex with many rare Rhododendron species UBC Hortline A great place to post questions (and get answers) about just about anything to do with plants. Vireya Rhododendrons An excellent site to wander around even if you don’t have room for these lovely tropical plants. See what you are missing, and maybe find a niche or two in the house for a couple. Mystery Photo Site I don’t read Japanese, but I had to include this one. When it asks you if you want to download the Japanese language add-on, you might as well say no, and then it will load the web page. Click on the highlighted links (a few are in English like ‘Lepidotes’ etc.) one at a time to have a look at some really excellent photographs. A great way to spend a few, or more than a few minutes! Western North American Species Project The mission of the Project is to research and identify all locations of the indigenous Rhododendron species of the western United States and Canada and create a computerized archive of this information. Commercial: Greer’s Gardens Harold Greer is a very knowledgeable plantsman – he literally wrote the book (or at least one of them, and one of the most useful, at that). Hennings Steve Hennings' site with many links and his own Rhododendron and Azalea Bookstore Glendoick Gardens Peter and Ken Cox, run a garden and nursery in Scotland. Worth a browse through their catalogue, though you may not be ordering many plants from afar The Lake Tapps Rhododendron Garden and Nursery The Lake Tapps Rhododendron Garden and Nursery in Washington State, has a searchable catalogue, and some scenes from their garden. A Sandy Rhododendron A commercial site with many pictures and an interesting ‘Meta Tour’ – if you don’t want to search for a particular plant, hit that button and it will bring up pictures at random – you get to see hundreds of rhodos, for a few seconds each. Talk about a screen saver! You have to be quick if you see one you don’t know and really like the look of, so you can stop it and read the write-up Rhodo Direct Largely mail order business run by a young couple in New Zealand Clubs: The American Rhododendron Society Our parent organisation, and the mother lode for rhodo information, and a wonderful multi-linked newsletter produced by Betty Spady that can take hours to wander through. ARS District 1 This is a site that connects to all of the chapters in BC that have websites, and maintains a calendar of events. If you want to see what is happening in the clubs around you, look here. ARS Newsletter A direct link to the ARS newsletter Royal Horticultural Society The site of the Rhododendron, Camellia and Magnolia Group of the RHS Alpine Garden Club of BC This club promotes the propagation of alpine plants and the native plants of BC Victoria ARS Chapter The Victoria chapter of the ARS has an updated site with events and articles. ARS – Danish Chapter Much content in English, and pictures of the Danish expeditions to Sikkim. Worth a visit. Tappan Zee ARS Chapter This chapter is located in New York and New Jersey Azalea Society of America Some of this site is limited to members, but much of it is open for readers and it includes material on care and cultivation as well as a free newsgroup that you can join whether or not you are a member of the Society. The Rosebay Chapter Site The New England chapter of the ARS has assembled an interesting site. Sign on and look for the links to 3 different areas. The first is their newsletter, and you can browse current and past issues for articles of interest. The second is a link to Your Gateway – a slightly clunky arrangement of a huge number of photos from members’ gardens, but once you get the hang of it, you can spend hours there. The third area is a similar area for the Species Study Group, also quite useful to examine. La Société Bretonne du Rhododendron This site tells you what is available in English or only in French, has sections on local European hybrids and an area on propagation techniques that anyone who intends to try to grow plants from seed or graft should visit Fraser South Chapter A website dealing with activities in the Fraser Valley east of Vancouver. Seattle Rhododendron Society Newsletter, rhodo of the month, and educational material. North Island Rhododendron Society Based in the beautiful Comox Valley and serving surrounding communities of northern Vancouver Island Gardens: Exbury Gardens The Gardens created by Lionel de Rothschild Kew Gardens Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh Bodnant Gardens (Wales) Dart's Hill Garden Park A 3 hectare garden in Surrey BC, containing many rare plants and many Rhododendrons. Built over many years by enthusiast owners, it has now become a public garden. Milner Gardens Meerkerk Gardens Located on Whidby Island, in Washington State, this site has some nice pictures and references. Sofiero Castle, Sweden Excellent site with lots of pictures. Miscellaneous: Free Rhodo Screensaver Go here to download a free Rhododendron Screensaver with musical accompaniment – very nice photos that come up in series and fill the screen, and music that can be turned on or off at will (temporarily not functioning - e-mail me for a copy of the program) Free Customizable Screensaver This is a small downloadable shareware screensaver that let's you attach to any digital photos you may have of your plants (or anything else)and create a custom personal screensaver. "Rhodoland" A new website created by a Dutch hobbyist with some useful information and a handy classification of rhodos by colour. Yahoo Rhodo An e-mail based group of friendly people with tremendous collective Rhododednron knowledge.