Membership

Mount Arrowsmith Rhododendron Society (MARS) welcomes members from all over Vancouver Island and beyond!

Join us now (or renew your membership) to enjoy these great benefits:

• • Eight monthly meetings including door prizes, plant raffles, educational presentations, and social time with coffee, tea, and goodies.
  • Access to Zoom presentations by associate clubs and other gardening organizations.
  • Three issues of the prestigious Journal of the American Rhododendron Society (JARS).
  • Membership in the American Rhododendron Society (ARS), which includes access to the ARS seed exchange and all regional meetings.
  • Name badges and annual membership cards.
  • The colourful and informative monthly MARS newsletter.
  • Social activities:  MARS holds several members-only potluck dinners throughout the year.
  • Bus tours to unique gardens and other places of interest (there is an additional cost for transportation, meals, and accommodations).
  • Advice from rhododendron experts familiar with the local growing conditions.
  • A chance to connect with enthusiastic gardeners of all ages!
  • Click here for a PDF list of MARS membership benefits

Membership is $40.00 (no GST) per year for up to 2 people who share the same address, and includes membership in both MARS and the ARS as well as 3 digital-only issues of JARS.

If you wish to receive print issues of JARS as well as the digital editions, the membership cost is $50.00 (no GST) per year.

If you currently belong to another ARS chapter, we’re pleased to offer Associate Memberships for only $10 (no GST) per year.  Dues must be paid by December 1 for the coming calendar year.  You can join by mail, in person, or by submitting the online form below.

A point of interest:  MARS does not keep any membership fees for the local club.  All membership fees go to the ARS, and all our activities and expenditures are supported by the fund-raising and volunteer efforts of our members.

We hope you’ll join us!

If you’re already a MARS member, you can use the links below to renew your membership, too. Welcome back!

To join MARS online:

Click here to join using our online membership application

 

To join MARS in person:

• Click here to download a printable membership application
• Fill out the membership application and bring it, along with cash or a cheque made payable to ‘MARS’ (sorry, no debit or credit cards) to the next MARS meeting.  Click here to view the meeting schedule

 

To join MARS by mail:

• • Click here to download a printable membership application
  • Fill out the membership application and mail it, along with a cheque made payable to ‘MARS’ to the following address:
    MARS
    PO Box 342
    Qualicum Beach, BC V9K 1S8
  • (Or you can pay by sending an Interac e-Transfer to .)

Questions about membership?  Please click here to contact us.