AMPSHIRE NEWS 



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Spring Shows Revisited 



THE BREATH OF SPRING 

 Flower Show at The Cheshire 

 Fairgrounds Arena in Keene 

 (March 26-29) saw a 10% increase 

 in paid attendance this year — 8617 

 people. There was no keynote 

 speaker, but workshops, coordi- 

 nated by Bruce Clement, Cheshire 

 County Cooperative Extension, 

 were well-attended. The most com- 

 mented-upon exhibit was a floral 

 display showing Dorothy's early 

 travels through Oz (this year's 

 theme was "Flowers Over the 

 Rainbow"): four munchkin houses 

 surrounded by "hollyhocks, roses, 

 tulips, hyacinths, fountains, and a 

 bridge;" then, a six-foot-tall scare- 



crow in a field of four-foot high 

 corn. ..and the Tin Man in the 

 orchard... faces carved on the apple 

 trees; and finally, the "gloomy 

 castle (lots of stonework) where 

 nothing but the hat of the melted 

 witch remains." 



The tentative date for next 

 year's show is March 24-26 — three 

 full days. For more, contact Steve 

 Curtin at 603-355-6335, extension 161. 



THE SEACOAST FLOWER, 

 Home, and Garden Show (Durham, 

 March 26-28) also saw a marked 

 increase in attendance — "over 

 16,000," compared with "around 

 13,000" last year. The increase was 

 due in part to the larger number 

 of nurseries and landscape firms 

 setting up displays. Twenty-three 

 of them were there — in the lobby, 

 on the arena floor, on the con- 

 course — and more are hoped for 



next year. 



Next year's dates are March 24-26. 

 For informauon, call 603-356-7750. 



THE NEW HAMPSHIRE ORCHID 

 Society's show (March 18-21 in 

 Nashua), although at the same 

 time as the New England Flower 

 Show, was also "a great success." 

 The trophy donated by the New 

 Hampshire Plant Growers' Associa- 

 tion for "Best Cut Flower Display" 

 was awarded Ford Flower Com- 

 pany of Salem. Designed by 

 Cookie Santerre, the tabletop ex- 

 hibit held a spectacular display of 

 Oncidium "Gower Ramsay," the 

 "dancing lady orchid." ( Ford's de- 

 signers also created cut flower ar- 

 rangements that were intermingled 

 with the Windham Garden Club 

 exhibit at the show.) This year's 

 trophies were orchid pots hand- 

 crafted by Orchid Perfection of 



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