NEW HAMPSHIRE 



The 1995 NHPGA 

 Twilight Meeting 

 Schedule Announced 



The Board of the New Hampshire 

 Plant Growers' Association has for- 

 malized the schedule of its 1995 

 Twilight Meeting Program. These 

 meetings allow members to see 

 other operations and share prob- 

 lems and solutions on an informal 

 basis. This year, three are planned. 



On Wednesday, April 19, AllGro, 

 Inc., will be hosting a twilight meet- 

 ing at its composting facility in Roch- 

 ester. This is an unusual opportu- 

 nity to visit behind the scenes at a 

 large-scale state-of-the-art facility 

 and to understand some of the 

 problems and techniques in this new 

 world of composting and recycling 

 leff LeBlanc will be your host. 



On Wednesday, June 14, the 

 Demers family will be your hosts at 

 the Demers Garden Center in 

 Manchester. Demers is a large- 

 scale, high-volume place (two acres 

 of nursery stock, a retail house, six 

 production houses) and innovative 

 marketing, new trends in plant ma- 

 terial, and efficient production 

 techniques will be major themes. 



On Thursday, September 21, 

 Beth and Rick Simpson will talk 

 about the changes taking place at 

 Rolling Green Nursery in Green- 

 land. The nursery itself has begun 

 to evolve into a garden, with care- 

 fully placed buildings and produc- 

 tion houses set within a designed 

 landscape. This landscape, using 

 much of the material (perennials 

 are a specialty) available for sale, 

 is becoming a major aspect of mar- 

 keting — a reason in itself that cus- 

 tomers return. 



As these dates approach, details 

 will be on the back cover of The 

 Plantsman. All three are worth a visit. 

 Plan ahead — mark your calendars 

 now — and we'll see you there. 



New Part-Time Degree 

 Program 



The Thompson School of Applied 

 Science at the University of New 



February & March 1 995 



Hampshire, Durham, has announced 

 a new Part-Time Degree Program in 

 Horticultural Technology which in- 

 cludes a career specialization in 

 Landscape Operation and Design. 



The number of adult students 

 enrolled in the horticultural tech- 

 nology program at the Thompson 

 School has increased dramatically 

 in recent years and now totals 

 around 50 percent of the student 

 body. The new part-time program 

 has been designed to meet the 

 adult student's needs. 



Students in the new program 

 participate in the same classes and 

 labs as do full-time students. But 

 some of these meet at night and 

 others, only one or two days each 

 week. This enables a student to fit 

 school around a flex-time job, or 

 within work-release time. 



Completion of a part-time asso- 

 ciate in applied sciences degree 

 normally takes five years, but time 

 can be compressed or extended to 

 meet individual needs. 



For information, contact Emily 

 Tousant at 603-862-1025. 



NHPGA Scholarship 

 Winners Announced 



Two seniors at the Thompson School 

 of Applied Science have been 

 awarded the 1994 New Hampshire 

 Plant Growers' Association Scholar- 

 ships. 



Mark Hatfield, from Epping, New 

 Hampshire, describes himself as a 

 non-traditional student ("my first 

 time back to school in 16 years") 

 "solely responsible for my educa- 

 tion and finding it increasingly dif- 

 ficult to make ends meet." While 

 working his way though school, he's 

 maintained a Grade Point Average 

 of 3.97. 



Kris Romaniak, from Farmington, 

 New Hampshire, is beginning to 

 turn his lifelong interest in plants 

 ("even in grade school, I would 

 help my grandfather in the veg- 

 etable garden, learning valuable 

 tips and pointers") into a career. 



He enrolled at Thompson School 

 and has liked every part of it. 



"from pulling shade cloth to build- 

 ing stone walls." After graduation, 

 he'd like to pursue a bachelor's 

 degree in Landscape Architecture. 

 He plans to work in various fields 

 of horticulture while doing this and 

 has applied for an internship at 

 Longwood Gardens. Long-term plans 

 include opening his own landscap- 

 ing business, first concentrating on 

 maintenance, then shifting into de- 

 sign, and eventually having a 

 greenhouse and nursery "to be 

 able to supply my customers with 

 a large array of services." 



But, as Kris admits, it's a long 

 road. His family can pay for only 

 his first two years. He commutes 

 from home in order to save money 

 and is "applying to every scholar- 

 ship I can " "This scholarship would 

 not only help out my parents, but 

 would put me on the road to re- 

 ceiving a bachelor's degree in the 

 field I love so much." 



These scholarships are funded 

 through the generosity of many 

 people — the donating vendors, the 

 auctioneer, Peter Callioris, and ev- 

 eryone who makes a purchase — all 

 at the Summer Meeting. 



Showtime '95 



A Quarter Century Celebrated 



The Greenhouse Open House, co- 

 sponsored by the Plant Biology 

 Department and the Thompson 

 School, will be held at the Univer- 

 sity of New Hampshire in Durham 

 on April 7-8. It will be 25 years-old 

 this year, but there will be few 

 changes in the successful mix that 

 has attracted so many people for 

 so many years. There will be ex- 

 hibits and lectures, interior land- 

 scape displays designed by the 

 T-school students, soil testing and 

 plant sales, and lots of people avail- 

 able to answer questions. 



Low-key and people-friendly, it's 

 just the place for the practical gar- 

 dener. For information, Otho Wells 

 at 603-862-3208. 



A Mix of the Masters 



Orchids and artworks — an appropri- 



