A PreBrexit visit to the UK

Why would you combine gardens, art, and fashion, with Viking history, Monty Python, Outlander site locations, Scottish highlands, castles. and folk music all in one trip? Oh and Rhododendrons too! Because in the UK, you can, and Jason Martinez did!! Please join us while he shares his adventure with you.
On Wednesday March 18, 2020 at 7:30 PM, in the basement of the Los Altos Masonic Lodge (close to the elevator and the stairs), 146 Main Street, Los Altos, the De Anza Chapter of the American Rhododendron Society will feature a program by Jason Martinez on a trip he took to the United Kingdom.
Among the places in the United Kingdom that Jason Martinez visited are Kew Gardens (noted for its rhododendrons), Tate Modern Museum, Wallace Collection, Lost Gardens of Heligan, Port Isaac, Bath, and York.
https://www.kew.org
https://www.tate.org.uk
https://www.wallacecollection.org
https://www.heligan.com
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Isaac
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bath,_Somerset
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/York
In Scotland Jason Martinez visited locations such as Inverewe Gardens, Glendoick Gardens (noted for its rhododendrons), Roslyn Chapel, and Orkney.
https://www.nts.org.uk/visit/places/inverewe
https://www.glendoick.com
https://www.rosslynchapel.com
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orkney
Jason Martinez is very knowledgeable about rhododendrons. Until recently he was in charge of the Rhododendron Garden at the San Francisco Botanical Garden, as well as the Ancient Plant Garden, the Mediterranean Garden and the Garden of Fragrance.
https://www.sfbg.org
https://www.sfbg.org/plant-collections
https://www.sfbg.org/visitormap
Earlier this year Jason Martinez took over the grounds of an area in the West end of Golden Gate Park between 41st Ave to Great Highway at Ocean Beach, including the area of the two windmills (Dutch and Murphy), the Beach Chalet, and the Soccer Fields.
https://goldengatepark.com/windmills.html
https://www.beachchalet.com/
https://www.yelp.com/biz/beach-chalet-soccer-fields-san-francisco
Hopefully soon rhododendrons such as maddenies will be planted in the area.
Jason Martinez has taken part in several of Steve Hootman's expeditions for the Rhododendron Species Botanical Garden.
https://rhodygarden.org/rsf-foundation/history/
https://rhodygarden.org/our-plants/expeditions/steve-hootman-expeditions/
In the expeditions, seed was collected, making it possible for people to purchase plants grown from seed collected in the wild.
https://rhodygarden.org/shop/order-plantsseeds/
https://rhodygarden.org
Some of the species in the catalog had their first introduction into North America or their first introduction into cultivation.
Speaking of Monty Python at our meeting you will not have encounters with Dennis Moore.
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2nrqgb
You shall not get pie in your face.
https://www.youtube.com/watch
At our meeting, you shall not meet idiots.
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/xu50l
The members of the De Anza Chapter are very knowledgeable and several are also members of other garden clubs; and if you have plant challenges, we can help you solve them.
There will be refreshments.
Information on the De Anza Chapter, and the rest of the American Rhododendron Society, can be found at:
http://deanza-ars.com
https://www.rhododendron.org
https://www.rhododendron.org/membership.htm
If you would like to find out about superb gardens, please come to our meeting.