The basic mission of the NENA 

 Legislative Committee is to "identify 

 common legislative concerns within 

 the region and to help develop suc- 

 cessful approaches to these con- 

 cerns." These concerns include taxa- 

 tion issues (there is a wide range of 

 taxation policies on poly houses, for 

 example), pesticide regulation, land 

 use restrictions and water manage- 

 ment (in Massachusetts, the NENA 

 worked to defeat legislation allowing 

 no pesticide application within a 

 quarter mile of any public water source 

 or private well), and horticultural re- 

 search and development. 

 The committee will concentrate on 

 legislative issues common to all six 

 states and will work to keep NENA 

 members updated. If there is a legis- 

 lative issue that concerns you, you can 

 contact Bill at Spider Web (hardens 

 (603-569-5056). 



New Officers 



The New Hampshire I^andscape Asso- 

 ciation has elected its 1990/91 offi- 

 cers. These are James Myers, Presi- 

 dent; David Alessandroni, Vice-presi- 

 dent; Bob Bickford, Secretary/Trea- 

 surer; and Elizabetii Boot, Director. 

 James Myers, a landscaper from 

 Berwick, Maine, intends to pursue the 

 NHIA goals of education, profession- 

 al development, and public aware- 

 ness of the green industry. 



A Spring Show Wrap-up... 



The feedback on the First New En- 

 gland Landscape Elxposition (March 

 14-15) sponsored by the New Hamp- 

 shire Landscape Association "was 

 positive," according to Guy Hodgdon, 

 one of the show's organizers. About 

 six hundred people — including ex- 

 hibitors — attended, "wliich was good 

 for the first year." The landscapers 

 plan to hold the event again in 1992. 



The University of New Hampshire 

 Greenhouse Open House (April 5-6), 

 sponsored by the Plant Biology De- 

 partment and Thompson School, 

 UNH, Durham, was "successful in ev- 

 ery way," according to George Estes, 

 Chairman of the Open House Com- 

 mittee. Between two and three thou- 

 sand people attended. In looking at 

 the addresses of those people reg- 



istering for the door prize, it was 

 noted that, although some people 

 came from great distances, 95% 

 came fi-om within a 55-mile radius. 

 The prize was won by Nelson Baum 

 of Wells, Maine (which, by the way, 

 is 40 miles from Durham). 



The Fiftii Annual Seacoast Area 

 Flower and L,andscape Show, held 

 March 15-17 in Portsmouth, "worked 

 out very well," according to Brenda 

 Schure of the Portsmouth Regional 

 Visiting Nurses Association. Two 

 last-minute cancellations were 

 filled by Dover High School's 

 horticulture program and Real 

 Fallou, a landscaper from 

 Goffstown. Both displays had 

 large amounts of forced plant ma- 

 terial, which added even more 

 to the show's color. 

 The very first seacoast show 

 began five years ago in response 

 to a particularly grey winter. A 

 dozen flower arrangements 

 were displayed in a small func- 

 tion room in Luka's Restaurant. 

 A lot of people came. 

 Each year, more people have 

 come. This year, over 2500 

 people— 500 more than last- 

 attended. And the planning com- 

 mittee for the 1992 Show (its 

 first meeting was on April 29) 

 wants next year's bigger and 

 better attended than ever. 

 Brenda hopes to get more sea- 

 coast landscapers involved; 

 she's surprised when she finds 

 — even now — area landscapers 

 who still haven't heard of the 

 event. But there will be fewer 

 of them by next year, adding 

 even more to the show's flowers 

 and color. 



vertise and promote equipment, sup- 

 plies, and services useful to New 

 Hampshire agriculture and forestry 

 and (2) commodity and interest 

 group exhibits which show the 

 products and activities of the com- 

 mercial farming and forestry done 

 in this state. 



Friday will be advertised more to- 

 ward tile agricultural community 

 and Saturday, toward the general pub- 

 lic. But people can come on either 

 day they choose. 



For information, contact Lynne Blye 

 at (603) 271-3696. 



...and Farm Days in 

 Weare 



New Hampshire Farm Days, or- 

 ganized by Granite State Dairy 

 Promotion and tiie NH Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, wiU be 

 held on Friday and Saturday, 

 July 26-27, at the Knoxland 

 Farm in Weare, New Hamp- 

 shire. 



Exhibits will include both (1) 

 commercial exhibits which ad- 



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