Oct 7--Steele Lecture:  Trends in gardening with Rhododendrons in Germany.              Hartwig Schepker. Rhododendrons are being produced in millions every year in Germany for all over Europe. Currently modern approaches of using them in gardens are tested including the development of autumn-flowering hybrids or improved foliage plants.  Gardeners need to use rhododendrons as plants for...Read more >

Oct 8—Exploring Rhododendrons in Arunachal Pradesh - Hartwig Schepker will give this second talk at 7:00pm at the BMO Community Room, Central Library, Halifax.  He has made four expeditions into this remote and unexplored part of Northeastern India which was  closed to foreigners until 2000. The talk is full of adventurous stories and covers many...Read more >