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WELCOME TO THE DUNEDIN RHODODENDRON FESTIVAL
Thank you to all those that participated in the 2009 Dunedin Rhododendron Festival. What a magnificant festival it was! With over 50 events taking place over nine days the festival there was something on for everyone.
The 2009 event details will remain on this website until we are ready to update the 2010 event calendar.
The 2010 Festival will run from 17 - 25 October 2010.
If you wish to receive your copy of the festival programme in the mail each year or have any enquiries please email info@rhododunedin.co.nz or phone (03) 477 1092.
THE FESTIVAL TRUST
The Dunedin Rhododendron Festival is overseen by a charitable trust.
There are nine members in the Trust, all of whom are voluntary. In addition there is one paid part-time festival co-ordinator.
FESTIVAL HISTORY
The Dunedin Rhododendron Festival has a well established history as a favourite community event.
In 1984 Dunedin moteliers Clark Walker (Pacific Park), Ken Hall (The Esplanade), horticulturalists Mick Reece (Dunedin Botanic Garden) and Ralph Markby (Dunedin Rhododendron Group), and the Dunedin City Council developed a week long celebration focused on the Botanic Gardens' Rhododendron Dell, which is acknowledged as one of the world's most significant plantings of rhododendrons.
Today the Dell covers 15 acres of land where there are over 3500 rhododendrons comprised of 178 species and over 200 named hybrids.
Dunedin Rhododendron Week, organised and administered by the Rhododendron Festival Committee, was a progression from Rhododendron Day which the Dunedin Horticultural Society had been celebrating for some 25 years.
Today the Festival is a four day celebration full of garden fetes, garden tours, exhibitions, lectures, workshops, garden parties and other recreational events.
DUNEDIN
Dunedin, with great pleasure, welcomes garden and Rhododendron lovers to the city during Rhododendron Festival 2007 to view the spectacular displays of Rhododendrons in private and public gardens.
Diverse microclimates abound in Dunedin's temperate coastal setting providing a variety of environments for Rhododendrons and plants from around the world.
Check out the Tourism Dunedin link opposite for more information on Dunedin including accommodation, dining, entertainment, shopping, transport, attractions, activities and much more.
FEEDBACK
Festival Feedback is important to us.
Please feel welcome to send us your comments and suggestions so that the festival continues to be a premiere attraction for visitors to the city and local residents.
Email: info@rhododunedin.co.nz
Postal: PO Box 980, Dunedin 9054
