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Telaflora: 

 Design'America on August 12 



The New Hampshire/Vermont Unit of Telaflora Florists is proud 

 to have been asked to work with the New Hampshire Plant 

 Growers' Association at their 1992 Summer Program. The Unit 

 will conduct its annual Design-America Competition at this 

 event. The finest floral designers from both Vermont and New 

 Hampshire will present their creative artistry and be judged by 

 their peers. In addition, the Unit has invited vendors of floral 

 supplies to join in the Tailgate Trade Show. The two hundred 

 Telaflora shops in Vermont and New Hampshire are eagerly look- 

 ing forward to this event. 



Everett Aldrich 

 Vice President 

 NHA'T Telaflora Unit 



New Members 



Greenhouse Supply of Maine 



PO Box 97 



Orono, ME 



(207) 866-7919 



H. F. Mitchell Co. 



421 Park Street West 



North Reading, MA 01864 



(508) 664-0096 



Outback Farm 



RFD *2, Lane Road 



Chichester, NH 03263 



(603) 798-4200 



David Wheeler 



HC 69, Box 174 



Wolfboro, NH 03894 



(603) 569-3550 



New Hampshire's 

 Secret Flow^er Shows 



John Hart 



The Granite State Flower Show 

 wasn't held this March, but two 

 other shows of interest did take 

 place. The first, the Seacoast 

 Flower and Landscape Show, ran 

 three days (March 13-15) at 

 Pease Air Force Base. The show 

 has been presented for six years 

 as a fund-raiser by the Ports- 

 mouth Regional Visiting Nurses 

 Association. 



Each year has seen the Ports- 

 mouth show grow in size and at- 

 tendance. The exhibits have also 



improved considerably in quality 

 year after year. While a couple 

 of entries were rather overly com- 

 mercial and under-designed, many 

 of the gardens and landscapes 

 presented were on a par with past 

 offerings of the Granite State 

 Garden and Flower Show, which 

 in turn has often compared favor- 

 ably in quality with the New En- 

 gland Flower Show in Boston. 

 Those involved in the planning 

 and building of the show extend 

 a welcome to other people in the 

 industry to participate in 1993. 

 Competition among exhibitors if 

 low, cooperation is high, and ev- 

 eryone said they actually had fun 

 in the process and got some work 

 lined up too. Something to think 

 about next winter. 



Each year for the past twentv 

 or so has seen the Greenhouse 

 Open House on the UNH cam- 

 pus, sponsored jointly by the De- 

 partment of Plant Biology and the 

 Horticultural Technology program 

 at the Thompson School. Usu- 

 ally it falls on the weekend before 

 Easter, which means it roams be- 

 tween March and April from vear 

 to year. This year's Open House 

 was on April 3-4. The date has 

 not been set for 1993. The theme 

 changes each vear, but the format 

 remains similar. There are lec- 

 tures and demonstrations by fac- 

 ulty and staff, tours of research 

 and teaching greenhouses, displays 

 and educational exhibits, a flower 

 and garden show put on by Her: 



Tech students, and all the experts 

 you ever wanted to stump with 

 your plant questions. Free soil 

 tests are offered, as well as diag- 

 nostic clinics for diseases, insects, 

 and weeds. Admission is free. 



I haven't heard anything about 

 reviving the Granite State Flower 

 Show. Fortunately there are 

 these two alternatives in New 

 Hampshire. Elsewhere in the re- 

 gion, Maine does a show and of 

 course there's the Show of Shows 

 in Boston, if you can get to the 

 exhibits through the crowds. 

 Happy Spring to all. 



John Hart teaches at Thompson 

 School of Applied Science. 



The Marty Mitchell 

 Scholarship Fund 



We still have hopes of obtaining 

 over $10,000 for the Marty Mit- 

 chell scholarship fund. Many stu- 

 dents are finding it difficult to 

 pay for the college education to- 

 day, yet we need good teachers of 

 vocational agriculture. To date 

 we have $6,755 towards our goal. 

 Marty has done so much for agri- 

 cultural education over the years 

 that it's time for us to show our 

 appreciation and at the same time 

 encourage others with an interest 

 in agriculture and teaching. 



If you've already sent your gift, 

 thanks. If you forgot, please do it 

 now while it's still on your mind. 

 Please send checks to: UNH Fund 

 'Marty Mitchell Scholarship,' De- 

 velopment Office, John S. Elliot 

 Alumni Center, University of 

 New Hampshire, Durham, NH 

 03824. 



Let's help others as Marty 

 helped us. 



David L Howell 



Adult & Occupational Education 



Program 



College of Life Sciences & 



Agriculture 



UNH, Durham. 



Interest on the money received ujill 

 be used for scholarships for all stu- 

 dents in the College of Life Science 

 and Asriculture. *• 



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