CALENDAR 



CONTENTS 



May 



8 "Heritage Plant Sale," 9:30-2, 

 Strawbery Banke, Portsmouth, NH; 

 603-436-1100. 



June 



17 Connecticut Greenhouse 

 Growers Association "Evening 

 at the Greenhouse," Woodland 

 Gardens, Manchester, CT (Joint 

 program with Connecticut Nur- 

 serymen's Association); to register: 

 203-261-9067 



18-19 (Friday: 5-8pm; Saturday: 

 9am-2pm) Eleventh Annual 

 Pocket Gardens of Portsmouth 

 Tour, sponsored by South Church, 

 292 State Street, Portsmouth, NH; 

 603-436-4762 



W 24 New Hampshire Plant Grow- 

 ers Association Twilight Meeting/ 

 Garden Center Evaluation Work- 

 shop, Spider Web Gardens, Center 

 Tuftonboro, NH; Ann Hilton at 

 603-435-6425, workshop informa- 

 tion: Dave Seavey at 603-225-5505 

 26 "Hay Day" — a family day at 

 The Fells, John Hay National 

 Wildlife Refuge, Newbury, NH; 

 603-763-4789 



July 



21 Massachusetts Nursery and 

 Landscape Association Summer 

 Meeting, Forest Park, Springfield, 

 MA; 413-369-4731 



21 "Cruise into Lake Sunapee's 

 Past," 4:30-6:30pm, Sunapee Har- 

 bor; information and reservations: 

 Friends of John Hay National 

 Wildlife Refuge at 763-4789 



22 Open House, W.H. Milikowski, 

 Inc., 10 Middle River Road, 

 Stafford Springs, CT; 1-800-243- 

 7170 



August 



W 4 New Hampshire Plant Grow- 

 ers' Association Summer Meeting, 

 Pleasant View Gardens Pembroke 

 Facility, Pembroke, NH; informa- 

 tion: Robert Demers at 603-625- 

 8298 



8 New England Nursery Associa- 

 tion and Rhode Island Nursery 

 and Landscape Association Joint 

 Summer Meeting, The Glenns; 

 508-653-3112 



14 Connecticut Nurserymen's 

 Association Summer Meeting, 

 Burnett's Landscaping and Salem 

 Country Gardens, Salem, CT; 

 203-445-0110 



13 Benefit Auction, The Fells, 

 John Hay Memorial Wildlife Ref- 

 uge, Newbury, NH; 763-4789 



14 Eighth Annual Plant Sale, 

 The Fells, Newbury, NH; 763-4789 

 25 Open House, Griffin Greenhouse 

 and Nursery Supply, 1619 Main 

 Street, Tewksbury, MA; 978-851-4346 



Departments 



3 FROM THE BOARD 

 5 FORUM 



9 NEW HAMPSHIRE NEWS 

 15 ELSEWHERE IN THE NEWS 

 Features 

 19 It is Spring. I've Got the 

 Gardening Bug for Fruits 

 William Lord 



22 MEMBER PROFILE 



Candia Gardens 

 25 Wanted— Dead or Alive 



Dealing with Exotic Invaders 



Diane E. Yorke 

 Columns 

 12 KIWI CORNER 



Paul Fisher 



17 THE GREEN SPOT 



Mike Cherim 

 21 PIONEER POINTERS 

 24 Z NOTES 



Jim Zablocki 

 28 HOW ABOUT HERBS 



Tanya Jackson 



Credits 



Cover: praying mantis, photo by 

 Mike Cherim. 



Pages 1 and 22: Candia Gardens 

 Photos by Rick Raymond. 



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