LIGHT MEET 



Gateway Gardens 



430 LOUDON ROAD, CONCORD 



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'n Wednesday, September 14, from 5:30-7:70 P.M., NHPGA 

 members and friends will have a chance to tour one of the 

 Concord area's newer and larger garden centers. 



What's interesting about Gateway Gardens is that it 

 didn't develop over a long period of time, but appeared 

 suddenly in finished form on what used to be field this 

 spring. The buildings include a big barn (40x70; 35 feet 

 to the peak) and two Rough Brothers houses (30x70 and 

 30x80). There's a nursery yard and parking for 30 cars. 



So what has the first five months been like? Did real- 

 ity live up to expectations? Will the marketplace modify 

 the original design? 



Come and find out. Owners Kirk Weyant and Sue 

 Englund will give a tour and talk about (among other 

 things) the initial planning— how Gateway evolved on pa- 

 per, some of its innovative features (a children's section, 

 for example), and some of the strategies used to quickly 

 create a customer base large enough to support an op- 

 eration of this size. 



And there'll be refreshments and a chance to socialize. 

 Gateway Gardens is located on Route 9 about a half mile 

 from where it turns off from Route 393/4/202. The phone 

 number there is (603) 229-0655. 



ASSOCIATION OFFICERS 



President 



BOB DEMERS, IR. 



Demers Nursery & Garden Center 



636 South Mammoth Road 



Manchester, NH 03103 



625-8298 



Setrelalnj I Treasurer 



CHRISTOPHER ROBARCE 



UNHASAS 



Horticultural Facilities Manager 



Durham, NH 03824 



862-1074 



Directors 



ANDREA CAPRON 



TAMMY HATHAWAY 

 61 Squamscott Road 



HENRY HUNTINGTON 

 Pleasant View Gardens 

 RFD#3, PO Box 3701 

 Pittsfield, NH 03263 

 435-8361 



PETER VAN BERKUM 



4 lames Road 



Deerfield, NH 03037 



463-7663 



ROGER WARREN 



469-3226 (H 



NH 03770 

 ; 448-61 10 (Wl 



RICHARD ZOERB 



Cloeckner & Company, in 



72 Hawkstead Hollow 



Nashua, NH 03063 



886-8665 



NH PLANT GROWERS ASSOCIATION 

 The Plantsman Editor 

 UNH Research Greenhouses 

 Durham, NH 03824 



NON-PROFIT 



ORGANIZATION 



US POSTAGE PAID 



PERMIT NO. 43 



