Back to School Bus Trip
Join us on Saturday August 9th, 2025 for a day of learning, touring and plant shopping (with pre-ordering opportunity) in the Guelph area.
THE ADVENTURE
A luxury coach bus will transport about 55 participants to several interesting and fun locations - check below for full details.
PRICING
Tickets: $85.00 for EHS Members; $105.00 for guests/non-members. It could be a good time to become an EHS member and save on your ticket price!
TICKET PRICE INCLUDES:
Motor coach transportation, venues as outlined below, lunch at Guelph University’s Turfgrass Institute, all taxes and the bus driver’s tip.
Join us on Saturday August 9th, 2025 for a day of learning, touring and plant shopping (with pre-ordering opportunity) in the Guelph area.
THE ADVENTURE
A luxury coach bus will transport about 55 participants to several interesting and fun locations - check below for full details.
PRICING
Tickets: $85.00 for EHS Members; $105.00 for guests/non-members. It could be a good time to become an EHS member and save on your ticket price!
TICKET PRICE INCLUDES:
Motor coach transportation, venues as outlined below, lunch at Guelph University’s Turfgrass Institute, all taxes and the bus driver’s tip.
Join us on Saturday August 9th, 2025 for a day of learning, touring and plant shopping (with pre-ordering opportunity) in the Guelph area.
THE ADVENTURE
A luxury coach bus will transport about 55 participants to several interesting and fun locations - check below for full details.
PRICING
Tickets: $85.00 for EHS Members; $105.00 for guests/non-members. It could be a good time to become an EHS member and save on your ticket price!
TICKET PRICE INCLUDES:
Motor coach transportation, venues as outlined below, lunch at Guelph University’s Turfgrass Institute, all taxes and the bus driver’s tip.
BUS TRIP DETAILS:
This tour will encompass both sides of the garden gate, ornamentals and natives living and thriving together, just like in most of our gardens. And although it’s a back to school learning experience, there will be no final exam. (We promise)
EHS BACK TO SCHOOL BUS TOUR | AUGUST 9, 2025
Bus Departure
A luxury coach will depart from Fairfield Senior Centre parking lot at 8am.
First Stop 9-10:00am Aspen Grove Gardens:
The largest private botanical garden in Guelph. A six acre garden featuring 3,000 types of plants, curated by Robert Pavlis. The garden features waterfalls, ponds, pagodas, art and garden whimsy. It contains more than 3,000 plants combining both native and ornamental species.
Second Stop 10:30am The Trial Gardens at University of Guelph:
Rodger Tschanz will guide us through the trial gardens at the University. These gardens are where new cultivars and plants are tested for changing weather patterns and zone challengers. It’s the only University operated ornamental trial garden in Ontario and is part of a network of research centres across North America, set up to determine which plants grow higher and fuller, bloom quicker, stand up in extreme weather conditions and resist common plant diseases.
Lunch at the Guelph Turfgrass Institute from 12-1:30pm
The lunch menu includes salad, wraps, sandwiches, sweet treats and asst cold beverages - all offerings use locally sourced ingredients with GF, VG options. Please advise of any dietary restrictions when you purchase your Bus Tour ticket on the EHS website SHOP.
Return to Fairfield at approximately 5:30-6pm, depending on traffic.
For Questions please contact Paula Bond at brideofbond@hotmail.com