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Ludwig's Rose Tour to Germany 13 ‐ 24 June 2013

Day 1 (13/06/2013): Arrival at Zurich ‐ Kartause in Warth‐Weinigen 45 km Kartause ‐ Hotel Zurich / center about 12 km

Check with LH about 07:35 clock ‐ pick up at the Zurich airport by your driver. Drive to Warth‐ Weinigen ‐ visit the Kartause.

"Gardens of delight" The diversity of the Kartause is reflected in their gardens. The small and the large cloister garden within the monastery walls are places of silence and reflection. Around the monastery you will meet many testimonies of historical or current use of garden. In one of the cell gardens a reconstruction of a medieval herb garden has been created according to the scheme of St. Gall Monastery Plan. The baroque garden with geometric boxwood borders and elegant fountains in the center is used since the 19th Century as a place of representation and recreation. In early summer, you are met with an extravagant splendor of more than 1,000 rose bushes of some 250 historic roses. Their own hops and vineyards beyond the monatery walls and Ittinger forest, which are partially preserved as nearly untouched nature, forms one park combined with the Thurvorland."

"Rosengarten ‐ roses around the estate" Since 1981, the summer gardens of roses shape Kartause. The Rose Society Winterthur and Surroundings developed and implemented together with the nursery of the Kartause the planting plan. Around 250 different, mostly historical roses delight visitors today.

Accomodation: Kartause has two hotels. Thanks to its integration into the monastery, they invite you to experience the silence and the breath of nature. All 68 single and double rooms are comfortably furnished and reflect a modern monastic ambience.

Day 2 (06/14/2013): Center Zurich ‐ Mainau Island (approx. 80 km) Breakfast. Drive from Zurich to Lake Constance.

Amazing sceneries await you in abundance. Fore mostly the botanical treasures! We invite you to explore the park and gardens, nature and botany of the island with all your senses. The impressive rose collection of great about 1,200 species and varieties is on two locations on the island of Mainau ‐ where fragrance, beauty and elegance of the queen of flowers are an enchanting, sensual experience: the Italian rose garden on the south side of the castle

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and in the most beautiful promenades of the island ‐ the route through the streets and wild rose bushes on the south shore of the island.

Mainau ‐ guided tour "Learn from the pros ‐ Horticulture specialist guide in the Park" (duration 90 minutes) Mainau Garden expert will lead you through the park ‐ this tour is aimed at garden lovers and professionals and all those who have a special interest in plants and gardening topics. Get information about flowers, gardening, rare woods and other topics.

Free time to explore the island on your own ‐ Return to Constance, free time for a stroll around the city (or, if desired, guided tour) Overnight stay in Constance..

Accomodation: IBIS Hotel: "This newly built 2‐star Ibis Hotel Konstanz is centrally located, just a 3‐minute walk from Lake Constance. The hotel offers 115 soundproofed, air‐conditioned rooms. Free wireless. In the immediate vicinity you will find a playground, a beach, a swimming pool and a garage. The old town offers great opportunities for long shopping spree. "

Day 3 (06/15/2013): Konstanz ‐ Baden‐Baden and Alsace 200 km Breakfast at hotel. Trip to Baden‐Baden, where you spend the day + Alsace. Patrons plant, Garden Spa (Baden‐Baden) + any small city tour with Casino etc.

Rose gardens in Baden‐Baden "The Gönneranlage garden ‐ a jewel located directly on the Oos, midst the Lichtentaler Avenue was donated by the German‐American Coffee king Hermann Sielcken, named after the Baden‐Baden Mayor Albert Gönner , designed by Professor Max Laeuger and opened on 11 October 1909. In the strictly symmetrical hedge‐ garden roses are grown and maintained since 1952. Meanwhile, about 360 varieties of roses can be counted. Upon entering the garden via the 'Josephine‐ bridge', one sees beyond a lawn flanked by rose bushes the Josephine Fountain with a large pond, in which there are goldfish and water lilies. The fountain was built by the Munich sculptor Joseph Flossmann (1862‐ 1914) designed in Art Nouveau style. The left figure personifies the Spa, the right figure, the drinking. Bridge and fountain are named after Mrs Sielcken, the wife of the founder.

Rose Garden at the Beutig

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You will understand why the" World Federation of Rose Societies has awarded this rose garden the "Award of Garden Excellence ". Rose arches span the paths, flower beds and lawns overflowing with colorful flowers, arbors laden with blooms invite you to relax on comfortable benches enjoying lovely roses all colors, no matter where you look. And in between you find the rose novelties of the current year. To award these with the highest award of Germany for roses, the "Golden Rose of Baden‐Baden" each year rose lovers, breeders and an international jury meet in Baden‐Baden to judge the novelties. The New Rose Competition in Baden‐Baden is one of the largest in Europe. Among lovers Baden‐Baden trades as the secret rose capital of Germany. The garden on the Beutig can keep up with the renowned test gardens in Paris, Rome and the English St. Albans. The International New Rose Competition, organized by the Office of the garden city of Baden‐Baden on the Beutig celebrates its 60th competition this year.

Société Alsacienne et Lorraine des Amis des Roses / Rose Alsatian friends Rose Garden, which was inaugurated in 1898 by 'Countess Stefanie Wedel' ‐ 8500 roses in 550 varieties. We are pleased to receive this South African group of rose lovers. We will be lead through the rose garden in German. Afterwards, enjoy a cup of tea with rose biscuits.

Accomodation: HELIOPARK Bad Hotel zum Hirsch / Baden‐Baden: "The HELIOPARK Bad Hotel zum Hirsch is located in the pedestrian zone of the traditional and historic spa town of Baden‐Baden and has 71 rooms and suites, spas equipped with its own thermal spring water of Baden‐Baden. The rooms and suites are designed with attention to detail in the Art Nouveau style. The restaurant "La Galerie" invites you to breakfast, at the "Cristal" they serve small dishes as well as in‐house coffee and cakes, "Davidoff" fireside bar invites you to linger. Wireless Internet access is available throughout the house free of charge. We look forward to you. "

Day 4 (16/06/2013): Baden‐Baden ‐ Rose Nöggenschwiel village about 180 km ‐ Steinfurth, Bad Nauheim, about 375 km Breakfast at hotel. Trip to the Black Forest in the Rose Village Nöggenschwiel ‐ guide (beginning 12 clock / lasts about 1.5 hrs + then liquor / liqueur ‐ possible lunch in the village, if desired.

Rosendorf Nöggenschwiel in the Southern Black Forest Countless rose gardens characterize the entire village image ‐ in summer you will be met by colourful flowers at the village entrance. This incomparable sea of roses is possible due to many volunteers. The commitment is great, whether rose care, guest relations or at events such as the Rose Nöggenschwieler days, here everyone happily gets involved. A new attraction you

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cannot miss is the Black Forest Rose Collexction. Opened in 2008, the roses grow beautifully here. Together with the nearby attractions of the Black Forest and the neighboring Switzerland, Nöggenschwiel is worth a visit.

Continue to Bad Nauheim / Steinfurth.

Accommodation: Best Western Rosenau (located towards Rosendorf Steinfurth, journey time about 5 minutes). "The Best Western Hotel Rosenau is a modern fully‐equipped 3‐star superior conference and business hotel with a family atmosphere on the outskirts of Bad Nauheim.

Day 5 (06/17/2013): Program in Bad Nauheim Steinfurth Breakfast at hotel.

Rose Union eG. The Rosen‐Union eG. was established in 1961 as an association of Rose nurseries in and around Steinfurth that produce roses but do not want to retail themselves. This task is up to the Rose Union. The Rose Union produces roses from breeders around the world and therefore has a very broad and extraordinary range of roses. All the important and well‐known varieties, but also many rare roses are available

We do tours of our facility. Here you learn about the workings of us as a cooperative, rose Storage, rose treatment, new tests, shipping and distribution channels, plant protection; we have a 5,000 m² display garden with over 300 different varieties. The tour in our operation takes about 90 minutes There is also in the area rose fields and field‐cut rose‐fields, which can be visited. The time required for this is then about 1 hour.

Rose Nursery Schultheis

The Rosenhof Schultheis is the oldest German Rosen Nursery and can look back on 139 years of rose breeding. Today, the family business in the 5th Generation of Henry and Christian Schultheis. The company is specialized in the mail order roses. The Rose offer leaves almost nothing to be desired, because with more than 1000 varieties of roses Schultheis it is not only one of Germany's largest rose grower, but also features the largest species diversity. 100,000 roses are annually grown and shipped mostly to private clients in Germany and other European countries. The Rosenhof is particularly known for its large selection of historical roses that are very trendy. Their most successful breedings are Sternenflor, Felidae and Rosendorf Steinfurth. Everything here revolves around the queen of flowers.

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Rose Museum The world's only museum dedicated to art and cultural history of the rose can be found in the district of Bad Nauheim Steinfurth. Since 1868, the village became a center of the rose world. In 1990, the Museum of the queen of flowers was opened. Collection, research and exhibition exclusively revolve around the prickly flower. Porcelain, flowers, rose books, graphics and paintings are some of the collection. In this museum, interdisciplinary thinking and intuition is already reality: natural history, art history and cultural history form a close relationship in this museum. Visitors will learn not only how roses are grown, but also how they are built. Everything is based on the five, the pentagram. Find out why the rose symbol of femininity, love, beauty, transience and secrecy. The Rose Museum has enjoyed a long‐standing relation to Bulgaria, England, France, Japan and Turkey. International events on the one hand and the exchange of knowledge and works of art on the other hand for many years to enrich the work of the museum. In 1998, a German‐Japanese Haiku stone in the Rose Museum and set up an international haiku stone 2006 in Japan. A Bulgarian Rosenöldestille tells visitors to the museum of the over 300‐year tradition of the rose oil.

Accommodation: in Bad Nauheim as day beforerday.

Day 6 (18/06/2013): Bad Nauheim ‐ Kassel 160 km ‐ about 155 km Sangerhausen After breakfast departure to Kassel. Visit the Rose Island in Wilhelmshöhe Mountain Park. Meeting with the Association of Rose Island Wilhelmshöhe.

"For 30 years now, the Association Roseninsel Wilhelmshöhe in collaboration with the Administration General government palace and gardens, care for the roses in the park Wilhelmshöhe. This historical area does not only boast with important art treasures, but also found in Kassel, is the great garden art created with exquisite park trees from around the world. The Landgrave and later Elector of Hessen‐Kassel followed their passion for collecting and their constant interest in plants, they called for the most important European artists, architects and gardeners to the Kassel court. Friedrich II and his gardener Daniel August Schwarzkopf laid out the basis of a collection of roses in the park Weissensteiner. Schwarzkopf was one of the pioneers in the introduction of English landscape garden in Germany. The rose created by him, ' Perle von Weissenstein' is seen to be the first German hybrid and still flourishes today in our rose collection. More roses from Schwarzkopf are 'Belle de Weissenstein ', Pourprée de Weissenstein',

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Petit Hessoise 'and ' Centifolie de Hesse'. The next Landgrave and Elector Wilhelm I and Wilhelm II designed the park ‐ now Wilhelmshöhe ‐ and thus keep on planting roses again and again. Elector Wilhelm I had his court miniaturist‐painter, Salomon Pinhas, paint a large part of his collection. The association is obligated to abide by the historical model of the system of Daniel August Schwarzkopf, to complete the collection add some wild‐ and shrub roses. We are proud that the Wilhelmshöher Rose collection with over 1000 roses is known by Rose lovers world wide. World Rose President David Ruston, Australia declared it the most romantic rose garden in the world. "

"One of the most romantic rose gardens in the world" In Wilhelmshöhe Mountain Park is located at Lac Rose Island and on an extensive collection of roses with shrub and climbing roses. Already in 1767, the first time a rose garden in the park Wilhelmshöhe was created. The "Island of Roses" and with her shrub roses created in the landscape park around 1790. To 1775 by the then gardener Daniel August Schwarzkopf bred the 'pearl of white stone.' It is the oldest German breeding Rose and you can always admire in full bloom in June. A mecca for rose lovers: Since 1978 planted and maintains the "Association Roseninsel Wilhelmshöhe" volunteer a new collection of roses, which is linked to the historic Rose stock. You can now find there about 1000 different shrub roses, climbing roses and wild roses. The Park and the Rose collection is freely accessible. A guide to rose collection at the Museum Shop Wilhelmshöhe Castle and available at the visitor centers. "

Continue to Sangerhausen.

Overnight in Sangerhausen

Accomodation: Hotel Kaiserhof, Kelbra (resin): "In the midst of the Goldene Aue, at the foot of the fabled Kyffhäuser Hills is the hotel. We have a great new spa with ozone pool, sauna and solarium. "

Day 7 (19/06/2013): Sangerhausen

Europa Rosarium History & Development of the European Rosarium. "The largest collection of roses in the world was founded in 1903. It houses over 8,300 varieties of roses and species. The diversity of the queen of flowers, from antiquity to modern times, is presented in a 13‐acre Rose Park. A unique, ordered collection, compiled by experts over 100 years, scientists, breeders and friends of the rose shared insight into the history of the rose. "

Trained Rosariums Guides guide you through the most important and largest collection of roses and give you valuable information about the collection of roses and their stories and answer all "rose" questions with words and deeds. Duration: 2 hours

Overnight in Sangerhausen as yesterday.

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Day 8 (20/06/2013): Sangerhausen ‐ Osterwieck about 110 km

Guided tour of Osterwieck. We will see one or two gardens, visit the childhood home and former nursery. Then enjoy a cup of coffee with strawberry cake in "Grandma's Garden" or in the plantation with wonderful views of the Brocken. After a relaxing break we gowill to the nursery Werlaburgdorf Lehnhoff, where the senior director would like to lead the group through his rose‐breeding. In the evening there will be at the request of Mr. Taschner Harzer homebutchery cold meats and salads, at the Fallsteinklause.

Accomodation: Fallsteinklause

Day 9 (06/21/2013): Osterwieck ‐ forest about 350 km Visit + snack Rosengut Langerwisch, overnight hotel "Rose City"

Rosengut Langerwisch GmbH & Co.KG "Located in the south of Berlin and Potsdam, the Rosengut is much more than a tip for garden lovers. At more than 18,000 square meters of greenhouse space and 250,000 sqm outdoor crops each year several million balcony and garden plants are grown, 70.0000 roses and hundreds of perennials. "

Accomodation: Hotel Rose City Forest: "You will find our hotel Rose City Forest in southeastern Brandenburg, in the sunniest area of Lower Lusatia, in a quiet, forest and lakes location.

Day 10 (06/22/2013): Forestry ‐ Berlin about 150 km City Tour ‐ Free time ‐ Shopping

Accomodation: Holiday Inn Berlin‐Mitte: "The first class hotel Holiday Inn Berlin‐Mitte welcomes guests in the government district center, the new green heart of Berlin, next to the park Humboldthain. From here you can reach the new center of Berlin at the Reichstag, Museum Island, Berlin Cathedral, Potsdamer Platz and the luxury shopping boulevard "Unter den Linden" and "Friedrichstraße" in minutes. "

Day 11 (23/06/2013): Berlin ‐ Uetersen about 320 km ‐ Small Offenseth‐Sparrieshoop 20 km ‐ 40 km Hamburg

Rosen Tantau Distribution GmbH & Co. KG "As a major rose grower in Germany and even the world, Tantau offers a wide range (about 250 varieties) of high quality garden roses. Plant varieties can be found in our innovative dealer or directly from us. "

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W. KORDES 'SONS Rose schools GmbH & Co. KG " If it is tour group led by Ludwig Taschner, then we can organise everything easily, as Mr. Taschner is a close family friend Kordes for decades and is also our foreign representative in South Africa. For this reason, we want to intensely care for this group ‐ at no cost.

Hamburg city tour in the late afternoon or the next day

Accomodation: Lindner Hotel Am Michel: "In the best location of Hamburg ‐ the gateway to the world, close to Hamburg Michels, the bustling port city, the famous warehouse district and the impressive St. Pauli landing stages, is your casually elegant hotel in Hamburg, Lindner Hotel Am Michel. In the immediate vicinity of the green oasis is Planten and Blomen and centrally located in the heart of the city between Hamburg landmark St. Michaelis church, the office and commercial districts at the Willy‐ Brandt‐Strasse and the harbor. Within a radius of 1.5 km is downtown, and the St. Pauli jetties.

Day 12 (24/06/2013): Hamburg ‐ International Garden Show Rosarium Uetersen ‐ Hamburg, about 70 km

igs presentations with guided tours

2.5‐hour professional guide + participants can then have free time to explore the garden show on their own.

Rosarium Uetersen

Overnight in Hamburg as the day before.

Day 13 (25/06/2013): Hamburg City ‐ Hamburg Airport about 12 km Free time in Hamburg for sightseeing ‐ shopping. Transfer to the airport for the flight to South Africa.

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Services included: • All transfers / Travel in modern minibus (15‐seater) with driver • 12 nights accommodation in a double room with shower / WC and breakfast (buffet) in hotel facilities, good middle class (centrally located in the cities) • All entrance fees, guided tours, meetings • National and local taxes (except unplanned increases for 2013 and the organizers are not in the contract known additional taxes) • Disaster relief fund for each participant • Travel documents for all guests

Optional / Not Included in your package: • Flights from / to South Africa • Travel insurance + travel interruption insurance (with 20% excess) in an insurance group (10 people, or individual insurance at 2.8% of the price) • Travel Health Insurance • Excursions • Other meals • Drinks with meals • Dinner in the Fallsteinklause: Harzer house butcher sausages and salads ‐ € 10 pp (everyone pays for themself).

Tour price: € 2,200.00 / per person in a double room at 10 full‐paying travellers € 3,400.00 / per person in a double room with 5 full paying travellers Single supplement € 439.00

Contact: Natalie [email protected] 012 544 0144

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