NEW HAMPSHIRE 



NEW 



Events... 



Past... 



This year's Farm & Forest (February 

 2-5) drew good crowds--the Food 

 Festival--a new feature--was well re- 

 ceived; "and-it may have been a ma- 

 cho thing— but in spite of the storm, 

 there was a good crowd on Saturday- 

 more people at the auction than ever 

 before; more bidders and more money 

 made. ..getting home was a little 

 rough..." Planning has started for next 

 year's event. 



And the seminar "How to Plant 

 The Tree" in IV\anchester on Febru- 

 ary 16 had capacity attendance (120, 

 with 40 on the waiting list) and was 

 "just terrific," with the main speaker, 

 Alex Shigo, receiving a standing ova- 

 tion. Ninety-five percent of the at- 

 tendees were from New Hampshire 

 and 55% were from the industry, so 

 the results of the skills learned 

 should be visible in New Hamp- 



shire's parks and landscapes. 

 ...and Future. 



The Fourth Annual Plant Sale and Rare 

 Plant Auction will be held at the Hay 

 Estate (the Fells State Historic Site at 

 the )ohn Hay National Wildlife Refuge), 

 Rte 103-A, Newbury, NH, on Saturday, 

 August 19 from 9 am until I pm. The 

 auction begins at 1 1:30. 



Choice plants and shrubs from 

 specialty vendors will be on sale 

 and there will be guided house and 

 garden tours. Proceeds will benefit 

 the ongoing preservation of the gar- 

 dens and landscape of the estate. For 

 more, call Ann Loeffler at 603-526- 

 4153 or IVlary Williams at 603-526-4719. 



There are two Garden Trails now in 

 New Hampshire. One sometimes for- 

 gets that there's a vigorous garden 

 and landscape industry in the north- 

 ern part of the state and a reminder 

 of that is that the Mount Washington 

 Valley Garden Trail (this year's tour 



for the public will be August 5-6) 

 was begun 33 years ago by loan 

 Sherman, co-owner of WMWV, in 

 Conway. Originally a beautification 

 campaign, today it's a highly orga- 

 nized competition and show, with 

 gardens in a wide range of catego- 

 ries (commercial, private, etc.) com- 

 peting for prizes and prestige. After 

 the judging, the public can take a 

 self-guided tour. 



The newer trail is the Seacoast 

 Garden Trail, organized last year by 

 Beth Simpson, Rolling Green Land- 

 scaping & Nursery, Greenland. The 

 dates for this self-guided tour are 

 July 14-15. Seacoast entry blanks are 

 available April 20. 



Information: for the Mount Wash- 

 ington Valley Trail, the person to call 

 is Margo Ellis at 603-367-8587; for 

 the Seacoast trail, it's Beth Simpson 

 at 603-436-2732. 



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