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Preliminary Itinerary

Garden Tour Photos

Bremen Convention Booklet

Bremen Convention Photos

Articles for Newsletter Editors and Web Designers

Preliminary Promotional Presentations (PowerPoint & PDF)

Preliminary Itinerary (updated Feb. 8, 2017)

Holland: Pre-Tour Part 1
Sunday, May 6
 North Americans leave on overnight flights. (new starting date by eliminating rest day)
Monday, May 7
Arrive in Amsterdam, Schiphol Airport
Tuesday, May 8
Zaanse Schans Village with Windmills of Zaanse Schans; Keukenhof Gardens in Lisse
Wednesday, May 9
Esveld Nursery in Boskoop; Arboretum Trompenburg in Rotterdam; drive to Wageningen
Thursday, May 10
private garden of Dr. Lou Traas in Blaricum; Utrecht Old City Centre tour; Fort Hoofdijk Botanic Garden
Friday, May 11
Van Gimborn Arboretum in Doorn; Appeltern Gardens; Arboretum Belmonte in Wageningen
Saturday, May 12
Palace Garden of Het Loo; drive to Bremen

RHODO 2018 at Westerstede, Germany: Pre-Tour Part 2
Saturday, May 12
Palace Garden of Het Loo; drive to Bremen [new arrivals meet us in Bremen]
Sunday, May 13
visit of the RHODO 2018 in Westerstede, Hobbie Rhododendron Park [& more arrivals of new participants at Bremen]
Monday, May 14
Hachmann Nursery with lunch; Thiensen Arboretum; garden in Southern Jylland; drive to Rode in Denmark

Denmark & South Sweden: Pre-Tour Part 3
Monday, May 14
Hachmann Nursery with lunch; Thiensen Arboretum; garden in Southern Jylland; drive to Rode in Denmark
Tuesday, May 15
3-4 gardens of Jylland, Bangsbo Park at Frederikshaven, take ferry Gothenburg, Sweden
Wednesday, May 16
visit of Gothenburg Botanic Garden, 2 private gardens near Helsingborg
Thursday, May 17
Sofiero Castle, privat garden near Helsingborg, cross the Oresund, visit Kronborg Castle near Helsingor3 gardens near Copenhagen
Friday, May 18
3 gardens near Copenhagen
Saturday, May 19
1-2 Danish gardens on the way back to Bremen, Germany
Sunday, May 20
gardens on the way back to Bremen, Germany

2018 Convention in Bremen Germany
Sunday, May 20
gardens on the way back to Bremen, Germany [new arrivals join us in Bremen]
Monday, May 21
ARS Board Meetng and DRG Meeting. welcome session in the evening; [new arrivals join us in Bremen]
Tuesday, May 22
Convention - Part I: "From the wild...." & Explorer's Club
Wednesday, May 23
Bus 1 & 2: Bremen Rhododendron-Park; Bus 3 & 4: Ammerland bus tour: zu Jeddeloh Nursery, Park of the Gardens, Van den Berk Nursery
Thursday, May 24
Bus 1 & 2: Ammerland rhododendron gardens & nurseries: zu Jeddeloh Nursery, Park of the Gardens, Van den Berk Nursery; Bus 3 & 4: Bremen Rhododendron-Park
Friday, May 25
Convention - Part II: "...into your life" & Gardener's Club & signing hour
Saturday, May 26
Bus 1 & 2 and Bus 3 & 4: Ammerland rhododendron gardens & nurseries: Schroeder Nursery, Bruns Rhododendron-Park and Nursery
Sunday, May 27
departure day for those not going to Finland

Finland: Post-Tour [new list of gardens and new Finland garden photos (January 26, 2017)]

Sunday, May 27
Flight from Bremen to Helsinki by air
Monday, May 28
Haaga Rhododendron Park, Porvoo Old Town, Lunch atArboretum Mustila, Sapokka Water Garden and Fuksinpuisto Park, dinner in Expoo
Tuesday, May 29
Ilola Arboretum, lunch at Wiurila Manor, Arboretum Apaskeri, dinner in Turku
Wednesday, May 30
Rhodogarden in Parainen, lunch in a seaside restaurant in Korppoo
Thursday, May 31
departure day

Note: The Pre-Tours and Post-Tour will be optional.

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Bremen Convention Booklet(updated Apr. 12, 2017)

Bremen Convention Booklet (pdf) (powerpoint)

Note: The version of Hartwig Schepker's booklet have revised photos with no stripping.

The followng are photos used in the booklet. Click for high resolution versions.

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Bremen Booklet Photos

(updated Apr. 12, 2017)
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RHODO in Westerstede
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Bremen: Roland
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Bremen: Reception in Town Hall
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Van der Berk Nursery in Rastede
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Schröder Nursery in Wiefelstede
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Bruns Nursery & Park in Bad Zwischenahn
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Rhododendron-Park in Bremen

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Garden Tour Photos

(updated Jan. 26, 2017)
ZaanseSchans Keukenhof Arboretum Trompenburg
Zaanse Schans Windmills in Holland Keukenhof Gardens in Lisse, Holland Arboretum Trompenburg in Rotterdam, Holland
Appeltern Rhodo 2014 Rhodo 2014
De Tuinen Van Appeltern, Holland Palace Garden at Het Loo, Holland RHODO in Westerstede, Germany
Rhodo 2014 Rhodo 2014 Bremen Rhododendron Park
RHODO in Westerstede, Germany RHODO in Westerstede, Germany Bremen Rhododendron Park, Bremen, Germany
Bruns Nursery Froloch Garden Hansen Garden
Bruns Rhododendron Park, Gristede, Germany Inge & Harry Froloch's Garden, Sonderborg, Denmark Peter Hansen’s Garden & Nursery, Nakskov, Denmark
Hobbie Rhododendronpark Nivaagaards Park Westerstede, Germany
Hobbie Rhododendronpark, Linswege, Germany Nivaagaards Park, Nivå, Denmark Lütetsburg Castle Garden, Lütetsburg, Germany
Lutetsburg Castle Garden Westerstede, Germany Oldenburg Castle Garden
Lütetsburg Castle Garden, Lütetsburg, Germany Lütetsburg Castle Garden, Lütetsburg, Germany Oldenburg Castle Garden, Oldenburg, Germany
Park of the Gardens Park of the Gardens Schroder Nursery
Park of the Gardens, Bad Zwischenahn, Germany Park of the Gardens, Bad Zwischenahn, Germany Timo Schröder Nursery, Wiefelstede, Germany
Stockmanns Nursery Askjaer Garden Westerstede
Ermst Stöckmann Nursery, Bad Zwischenahn, Germany Ulla & Svend Aage Askjaer’s Garden, Spottrup, Denmark Westerstede, Germany
Haaga Porvoo Mustila
Haaga Rhododendron Park, Helsinki, Finland Porvoo, a walk in Old Town, Finland Arboretum Mustila, Elimäki, Finland
Sapokka2 Sapokka Ilola
Sapokka Water Garden, Finland Fuksinpuisto Park, Kotka, Finland Ilola Arboretum, Salo, Finland
Apaskeri Rhodogarden Rhodogarden2
Arboretum Apaskeri, Kustavi, Finland Rhodogarden, Parainen, Finland Rhodogarden, Parainen, Finland

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ARS 2018 Articles for Newsletter Editors and Web Designers

These articles were created to promote the 2018 ARS Convention in Europe in Chapter Newsletters, on Chapter Websites and in Chapter emails. The articles were last revised December 27, 2016.

Note: The articles are available in Word (.docx) format, PDF format, HTML format and JPG format.

Word format: I find the word version very difficult to work with since formatting is very fragile. But it they work for you, so much the better.

PDF format: I have included the PDF version since they are simple to use and preserve the text and graphics in the best resolution. They place just like JPG files in word or any other word processor.

HTML format: is for webdesigners and those using HTML email such as MailChimp.

JPG format: The JPG versions come in two versions. The print resolution version is for newsletters, while the email resolution version is for websites and email.

Wide

Wide Format for Newsletters
(revised December 27, 2016)

PDF: WideArticle.pdf

Word: WideArticle.docx

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Column

2 Columns Format for Newsletters
(revised December 27, 2016)

PDF: ColumnsArticle.pdf

Word: ColumnsArticle.docx

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1 Column Format for Newsletters
(revised December 27, 2016)

PDF: SideArticle.pdf

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Websites and email such as Mail Chimp
(revised December 27, 2016)

HTML: ARS2018.html

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Promotional PDF and Power Point Presentations

Finland - Germany

Promo

German Presentation (PowerPoint) (PDF)

Finland

Finnish Presentation (PowerPoint) (PDF)

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