HRI Announces Trek de Hort Fundraising Campaign

The Horticultural Research Institute (HRI) announces its latest adventure, the “Trek de Hort.”  This summer, the American Nursery and Landscape Association’s executive vice president, Bob Dolibois and his wife Susie will travel to Tanzania, Africa to spend their summer vacation trekking to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro. “Kili” is the tallest free-standing mountain rise in the world and the highest peak in Africa at 19,340 feet.

They will make this trip in honor of the green industry that they have served for the past 16 years and in recognition of Gordie Bailey’s visionary trip Tour de Hort, a cross-country bicycle trip, spanning the years 1999 to 2003, which raised $1.25 million for green industry research across the United States. 

HRI is currently accepting donations in honor of the Trek de Hort. Donations can be made in the name of a business, a friend or family members. This fundraiser provides an opportunity for the strong husband and wife teams who own so many of our industry’s businesses to recognize their partnership as Bob and Susie hike together in support green industry research. 

For HRI donors with established named funds, you may make a contribution to your fund in support of the trek. All donations will be used in support of industry research and will go into HRI’s Endowment Fund. 

Visit Trek de Hort for more information.