Chestnut Hill Garden club has de- 

 signed a 19 X 12 planting it hopes 

 reflects the character of the granite 

 (yes, they're using lots of rocks) state . 

 A pine needle-covered granite walk- 

 way divides the space into an area of 

 native plants growing at the edge of 

 the woods and a garden of perennials 

 and shrubs. All plants used must be 

 within a "six-week window" and the 

 window chosen is late spring. Ferns 

 will be there, but at the fiddlehead 

 stage, and dogwood will be used only 

 for the color of its bark. Some plants 

 on each side will compliment each 

 other. For example, the species 

 aruncus idioicus) will be growing in 

 the woods while Aruncus athusifoUa 

 will be blooming in the garden. 

 Frank Wolf, of Lake Str-eet Garden 

 Center in Salem, NH, is one of sever- 

 al gi-owers (Weston Nurseries is an- 

 other) forcing plant material for the 

 project. Along with the Goatsbeard, 

 such natives as Jack-in-the-pulpit 

 (Arisaema triphyllum), Bloodroot 

 iSanguinaria canadensis), and 

 Bunchberry {Cornus canadensis) 

 are blossoming in Frank's green- 

 houses. 



Frank is forcing material — flowering 

 cherry, perennials, birches — for a 

 display of his own as well. He will be 

 exhibiting at the Granite State 

 Flower and Garden Show at Man- 

 chester in March. The design is still 

 evolving, but he does see "a lot of 

 things in flower — and probably a 

 garden gate." 



...and Recreated 



Also at the Boston Flower Show will 

 be a recreation of Celia Thaxter's 

 garden on Appledore Island in the 

 Isles of Shoals. Created by Virginia 

 Purviance, a landscape designer 



from Middleton, RI, and Doyle Rob- 

 erts, Head Gardener at Clover Patch , 

 Newport, with assistance from a vari- 

 ety of groups in the Newport area, it 

 will show only a 15x25 portion of the 

 garden, but it will be against a back- 

 drop of the cove painted by scenery 

 designers from the Boston Ballet. 

 And poppies, foxglove, hollyhocks — 

 even hop vines — are all thriving in 

 the greenhouses (and coolers) of the 

 Newport Preservation Society. 



Thaxter's tum-of-the-century garden 

 (seen in the paintings of Childe 

 Hassam) has disappeared, but in re- 

 cent years, a group of seacoast gar- 

 dening enthusiasts has fought 

 muskrats and poison ivy to bring it 

 back to life. The Rhode Island group 

 will have its own set of problems 

 (heat generated by the crowds, lack 

 of light), but right now everything's 

 going well. 



The Boston Flower Show is held 

 March 9- 16 at the Bayside Exposition 

 Center, Boston. 



Two NHPGA Scholar- 

 ships Awarded 



Scholarships of $500.00 were award- 

 ed to University of New Hampshire 

 students Sandra Edwards and Rob- 

 ert B. Baron by the NH Plant Glow- 

 ers' Association. There were eight ap- 

 plicants for the Thompson School 

 scholarship and five for the scholar- 

 ship for a four-year school student. 

 Sandy, a second-year student at the 

 Thompson School of Applied Sci- 

 ence, said in her application that "I 

 am convinced gr-eenhouse manage- 

 ment is what I want to do because I 

 had the opportunity to work at the T- 

 School greenhouse facilities over the 

 summer. I performed various tasks 

 and Hked them all." Future plans in- 



WELCOME TO OUR 

 NEW MEMBERS: 



Robert Towle 

 Black Forest Nursery 



6 Forest Lane 



Boscawen, NH 03303 



m 



Ledge View Farm 



180A Bumfagen Road 



Loudon, NH 03301 



Bruce Holmes 



Skidelsky 



695 Grand Avenue 



Ridgefield, NJ 07657 



elude transferring to the four -year 

 vocational education department at 

 UNH next fall. "I want to pass on my 

 excitement to other kids who are 

 looking for a fun, rewarding career, 

 and at the same time still be a grow- 

 er working with plants." 



Bob, a junior in Plant Biology De- 

 partment at UNH, has a major in 

 pi ant science with a minor in resource 

 economics. During the summer, Bob 

 is "self-employed in a landscaping 

 business which services over eighty 

 customers. The business is a family- 

 owned operation which employs my 

 three younger brothers, my father 

 and myself I have gained valuable 

 experience and responsibility from 

 the business which I feel will aid me 

 in employment after graduation." Al- 

 though he eams some of the money 

 needed for his education during the 

 summer, it is not enough: "Any assis- 

 tance contribu ted.. .will be greatly ap- 

 preciated. You can be assured that I 

 will make the best of your generosity 

 in pursuing my goals and career 

 plans." 



The scholarships wei'e presented at 

 the Winter Meeting. 



HARRY STOLLER & CO., Inc. 



109-113 Essex St., Haverhill, Mass. 01830, (508) 373-6838, (800) 322-0332 

 We cater to the small and medium size nursery in any quantity desired: 



1. New heavy grade domestic burlap sqs. 

 untreated & no-rot-treated 



2. Open burlap bags 



3. New windbreak burlap 



4. Balling bags 



5. Wire baskets 



6. Flat-folded burlap basket liners 



7. Truck covers 



8. Sisal twine & poly twine 



9. Woven polypropylene sqs. 



F K I! R U A K Y / M A K C H 1991 



