CALENDAR 



April 



■•■*■« WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19 

 NHPGA Twilight Meeting. AllGroTM, 

 Inc., Composting Facility, Roches- 

 ter, NH; information: Jeff LeBlanc 

 at 1-800-062-2440. 

 APRIL 26-30 fourth Annual New 

 Hampshire Orchid Society Show 

 (theme: "Gallery in Bloom"), Currier 

 Gallery, Manchester, NH; informa- 

 tion: loanna Eckstrom at 

 603-654-5070. 



May 



MAY 13-14 Hyperion Daylily Sale, 

 The Seacoast Science Center at 

 Odiorne Point, Rye, NH; informa- 

 tion: 603-436-8043. 



]une 



)UNE 13 MeLNA Twilight Meeting. 

 4pm at Gnome Landscape & De- 

 sign, Falmouth, ME; information: 

 Edith Ellis at 207-225-3998. 

 *■■«*• WEDNESDAY, |UNE 14 

 NHPGA Twilight Meeting, Demers 

 Nursery & Garden Center, 656 

 South Mammoth Road, Manchester, 

 NH; information: Bob Demers, jr., 

 at 603-625-8298. 



JUNE 16-17 Seventh Annual Garden 



Tour of 'Pocket Gardens of Portsmouth,' 



sponsored by South Church, 



292 State Street, Portsmouth, NH; 



information: Pat DeGrandpre at 



603-431-7899 or Beth Fischer at 



603-868-2458 



)UNE 18 "A Day in the Garden"-a 



NH Rose Society fundraiser; Lowe's 



Own Root Roses, Nashua, NH; 



information: Mike Lowe at 



603-888-2214. 



JUNE 24 NH Rose Society Annual 



Show, Barton Hall, UNH, Durham, 



NH; information: Dave Jordan at 



603-437-0306. 



]uly 



JULY 12 Connecticut Nurserymen's 

 Association Summer Meeting, Summer 

 Hill Nursery, Madison, CT; informa- 

 tion: 203-872-2095. 

 JULY 15-16 The Second Annual Sea- 

 coast Garden Trail, information: Beth 

 Simpson at 603-436-2732. 



August 



*'*■«' FRIDAY, AUGUST 4 New 

 Hampshire Plant Growers Association 

 Summer Meeting, Pleasant View Gar- 

 dens, Pittsfield, NH; information: 

 Henry Huntington at 603-435-8361. 



AUGUST 5-6 The 1995 Professional 

 Plant Growers Association (PPGA) An- 

 nual Geranium Conference. Pleasant 

 View Gardens, Pittsfield, NH; infor- 

 mation: 603-435-8361. 

 AUGUST 5-6 MoMMf Washington Valley 

 Garden Trail-, information: Margo Ellis 

 at 603-367-8587. 



AUGUST 7 Mflssflc/iMsetfs Certified 

 Horticulturist (MCH) Exam, 9am at 

 Eastern Region Cooperative Exten- 

 sion Center, Waltham, MA; informa- 

 tion: 508-534-1775. 

 AUGUST 8 Twilight Meeting, 

 Woodman Farm, UNH, Durham, NH; 

 information: John McLean at 

 603-868-2345. 



AUGUST 9 NENA/RINA |oi«( Summer 

 Meeting. Tuckahoe Turf Farm, Rich- 

 mond, Rl; information: Ken 

 Lagerquist at 508-761-9260. 

 AUGUST 19 Fourth Annual Plant Sale 

 & Rare Plant Auction, Hay Estate, 

 Newbury, NH; information: Ann 

 Loeffler at 603-526-4153 or Mary 

 Williams at 603-526-4719. 

 AUGUST 23 Vermoftt Association of 

 Professional Horticulturists (VAPH) 

 Summer Meeting, information: lane 

 Wilkening at 802-899-3361. 

 AUGUST 24 Griffin Greew/ioMse & 

 Nursery Supplies 8th Biennial Open 

 House, 1619 Main Street, Tewksbury, 

 MA; information: 508-851-4346. 

 September 



*¥¥ THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 

 NHPGA Twilight Meeting, Rolling 

 Green Nursery, Greenland, NH; 

 information: Rick & Beth Simpson 

 at 603-436-2732. 



October 



%'•* WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18 

 NHPGA Pesticide Applicator Recertifica- 

 tion Meeting, Granite Street Bar & 

 Grill, Manchester, NH; information: 

 Bob Demers, Ir., at 603-625-8298. 



The Plantsman Is published In early February, 

 April. |une, August, October, and December 

 with copy deadlines being the first of each 

 prior month. While camera-ready ads are pre- 

 ferred, set-up assistance Is available at a nomi- 

 nal fee. Free classified advertising Is offered 

 as a member service. We will carry a short 

 message (no artwork or logos) for one or two 

 Issues of The Plantsman. 



Cover. European Dune Grass (Elymus arenarius), photograph by Fred Dabney 



For further Information, please contact the 

 editor: Robert Parker at the UNH Research 

 Greenhouses, Durham. NH 03824. 603-862- 

 206 1 ; or PC Box 5, Newflelds, NH 03856, 603- 

 778-8353. 



April & May 1995 



