{"id":3546,"date":"2024-08-16T14:20:09","date_gmt":"2024-08-16T04:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/?p=3546"},"modified":"2024-08-16T14:20:09","modified_gmt":"2024-08-16T04:50:09","slug":"rhododendrons-in-south-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/?p=3546","title":{"rendered":"Rhododendrons in South Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Mt Lofty Districts Historical Society has a unique interest in the gardens which are an important component of our local history.  Our next event presented by Dr Jeff Jenkinson from the South Australian Rhododendron Society explores one of the plants which has thrived in our area since early settlement, established by those equally interesting garden pioneers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All details in the flyer below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please RSVP as requested <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-attachment-id=\"3547\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/?attachment_id=3547\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Jeff-Jenkinson-small-Flyer-2024.jpeg?fit=906%2C1281&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"906,1281\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Jeff-Jenkinson-small-Flyer-2024\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Jeff-Jenkinson-small-Flyer-2024.jpeg?fit=212%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Jeff-Jenkinson-small-Flyer-2024.jpeg?fit=724%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"724\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Jeff-Jenkinson-small-Flyer-2024.jpeg?resize=724%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3547\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Jeff-Jenkinson-small-Flyer-2024.jpeg?resize=724%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 724w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Jeff-Jenkinson-small-Flyer-2024.jpeg?resize=212%2C300&amp;ssl=1 212w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Jeff-Jenkinson-small-Flyer-2024.jpeg?resize=768%2C1086&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Jeff-Jenkinson-small-Flyer-2024.jpeg?w=906&amp;ssl=1 906w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Mt Lofty Districts Historical Society has a unique interest in the gardens which are an important component of our local history. Our next event presented by Dr Jeff Jenkinson from the South Australian Rhododendron Society explores one of the plants which has thrived in our area since early settlement, established by those equally interesting &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/?p=3546\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Rhododendrons in South Australia&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paNLq6-Vc","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1269,"url":"https:\/\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/?p=1269","url_meta":{"origin":3546,"position":0},"title":"Our Next Event:  Grant Memorial Lecture","date":"August 21, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Mt Lofty Districts Historical Society Inc. in collaboration with The \u00a0Rhododendron Society of South Australia, invites you to the Grant Memorial Lecture, with guest speaker Jim Fogarty, International Landscape Architect and Media Personality. 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