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The conference is co-sponsored 

 by The Ecological Landscaping As- 

 sociation, UMass Extension, and 

 New England Wild Flower Society. 

 Preregistration deadline is February 

 19; registration at the door is 

 $130.00. For more information, 

 contact Kathleen Carroll at 413- 

 545-0895. 



NEARLY THREE WEEKS LATER, 

 on March 17, the 1999 Perennial 

 Plant Conference will be held at the 

 Bishop Center at the University of 

 Connecticut in Storrs. 

 Again, it promises to be a very full 

 and interesting day. Fourteen top- 

 ics are offered in two concurrent 

 sessions ("Production" and "Land- 

 scape/Retail"). 



Both Peter and Leslie van 

 Berkum are speaking ("Perennial 

 Production the New Hampshire 

 Way" and "Color Designing with 



Perennials," respectively); other 

 topics include "Production and 

 Trends in Siberian and Japanese 

 Iris" (Phil Boucher, Tranquil Lake 

 Nursery, Rehoboth, MA), "Clema- 

 tis for Northern Gardens" (Richard 

 Hawke, Chicago Botanical Garden, 

 Glencoe, IL), and "Use and Care 

 of Disease-resistant Antique Roses" 

 (William Welch, Texas A&M Uni- 

 versity, College Station, TX). 

 Pesticide recertification credit is 

 available pending state approval. 



Seating will be limited and early 

 registration is advised. The regis- 

 tration deadline is March 10. For 

 information, contact Mark Brand 

 at 860-486-2930. 



AND IN PROVIDENCE, the 

 1999 New England Turfgrass Con- 

 ference at the Rhode Island Con- 

 vention Center on March 2-4 of- 

 fers a trade show of over 325 turf- 



related booths, pesticide applicator 

 recertification credits, and educa- 

 tional sessions on turf management 

 and machinery maintenance. 



The industry's focus is less on 

 home grounds than on the surfaces 

 required in the big sports and rec- 

 reation industries — on golf courses 

 and playing fields, in stadiums . . . 

 so I suppose it's no surprise that 

 the keynote speaker is Doug Flutie, 

 quarterback for the Buffalo Bills. No 

 topic's been announced, but his per- 

 spective as a player could be fun 

 and even interesting. 

 For information, call 401-848-0004. 



(As a footnote showing possible 

 directions of the turf industry. In- 

 vention Submission Corporation an- 

 nounced on December 1 1 that one 

 of its clients, Mr. J. DiBenedetto, of 

 Brookville, New York, has invented 

 "'The Moveable Grass Playing Field 

 System,' to roll in a grass playing 



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