Valleybrook Gardens hosting trip to South Africa for green industry professionals

For more than a decade, Valleybrook Gardens, which has facilities in British Columbia and Ontario, Canada, has organized tours at nurseries, garden centers and botanic gardens around the world. This year, owners John and Kelly Schroeder are planning a two-week trip to South Africa. Here's a note from John about this year's trip:

A unique opportunity exists to visit South Africa from October 15-29 with John and Kelly Schroeder of Valleybrook Gardens. The Schroeder's have been leading tours for nursery industry travelers for over a decade, and this will be their third trip to South Africa. Their trips are fun and educational, with plenty of opportunities to enjoy the interesting countries and places they visit. South Africa is an outstanding horticultural destination with amazing plants, a thriving garden center industry, and beautiful scenery. The tour will include Capetown, Johannesburg and the Garden route. An optional safari will ensure this is a trip of a lifetime.

“Travel is one of the things that I really enjoy doing. I love to see different parts of the world, and I love to experience new things,” John Schroeder said in a 2013 interview. “There is so much you can learn from the way people do things in other countries. Some of the garden centers we’ve seen in Europe and South Africa are just amazing in terms of what they’ve been able to accomplish.”

Contact John at 800-824-1120 or js@valleybrook.com for more details.