Vanroot Growers, Inc. was started December, 20th, 2013. Ryan has been in the horticulture industry his entire life, he started as a young boy helping his father water plants at Broadview Nursery, he then landscaped for his father's company (Planscape) here in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Ryan's first job not working for his dad was working at a local wholesale nursery 'Trelan' in Fort Wayne; this is where we started dating. Ryan and I then moved to Minnesota he worked at a retail nursery/greenhouse for a short time before making the transition to Bailey's Nursery and taking on the responsibility of irrigation for a 300+ acre tree farm. Ryan really enjoyed working for Bailey's and the access of all of the waterways for canoeing, however, he felt the need to move closer to home. Our next stop was Chicago, where he worked for Mariani; one of the biggest landscapers in the area, he became a crew foreman, and had opportunities to work at the Chicago Botanic Garden installing lights on 'evening island', and the Morton Arboretum renovation.