About Us

The Australian Rhododendron Society was formed in Victoria in 1960, on the initiative of a number of members of the Ferny Creek Horticultural Society, Victoria, having a particular interest in the rhododendron genus, with the objectives of encouraging interest in and disseminating information and knowledge about the genus Rhododendron, and to provide a medium by which all persons interested in the genus may communicate and co-operate with others of similar interest.

Rhodo spotting -R selense ssp dasycladum in NW Yunnan

OFFICE BEARERS

President : John O'Hara (VIC) - johnohara@optus.com.au
Vice President : Andrew Rouse (VIC) - awrouse@bigpond.com
Secretary: Emma Moysey (VIC) - emmamoysey@bigpond.net.au
Registrar : Lesley Eaton (TAS Hobart) - lesley.eaton@bigpond.com
Membership : Richard Florey (VIC) - awrouse@bigpond.com
Treasurer : Prue Crome (VIC) - prue@crome.net.au

Website/Social Media : James Pethybridge (VIC) - james@blackwoodridge.com.au

Branch and Local Contacts
John O'Hara (VIC) - johnohara@optusnet.com.au
Robert Hatcher (SA) - hatcherhouse@internode.on.net
Ant Dry (TAS EVRG) - antdry@bigpond.com
Bruce Christie (Illawarra NSW) - president@irrg.org.au
President Tamborine Mt Bot Gardens (QLD) - president@tmbotanicgardens.org.au

Latest Newsletters
A new garden in the Dandenong Ranges Botanic Gardens, Olinda Victoria, is a multi partnered project that has seen the collection from the 10 north Queensland mountains where our endemic rhododendron species are.

Australian Cloud Forest Collection..Now Open