NEW HAMPSH 



Research Fund Begun 



At its October 1 1 Meeting, the Board 

 (Ann, Bob, Chris, Henry, Peter, and 

 Tammyl listened to a presentation 

 by Mm Truncellito, a member of 

 Davis, Towie, Gearan & Truncellito, 

 a Concord insurance and financial 

 services firm, who spoke briefly on 

 investment possibilities for a 

 NHPGA fund, the interest from 

 which would be used to support 

 research and projects (not neces- 

 sarily in New Hampshire) that would 

 benefit NHPGA members and the 

 states green industry 



After jim left, and after much 

 vigorous and animated discussion, 

 the board voted on a motion made 

 by Henry and seconded by Peter 

 to authorize the investment of 

 $10,000, $5000 in I OOS and the re- 

 maining $5000 — minus expenses-in 



The Board hopes to continue 

 adding to the fund through contin- 

 ued profitability of its current ros- 

 ter of events and perhaps some 

 specific fund-raising 



It feels that continued research 

 is vital to the health of the indus- 

 try and that as government funding 

 declines, organizations such as the 

 NHPGA must fund the new work 



(An omission; in the list of people 

 donating time and effort to the 

 Summer Meeting, we forgot to 

 mention that Rick Perillo, the orga- 

 nizer of the all-you-can-eat barbe- 

 cue of our last few years, contrib- 

 utes an amount based on the num- 

 ber of people he feeds back to the 

 NHPGA for use in its scholarship 

 fund or other membership-oriented 

 activities This years amount was 

 $12^ 00 and will be added to the 

 NHPGA Research Fund We thank 

 Rick and appreciate his support of 

 the NHPGA I 



Membership News 



New Owner 



New faces are at Churchill Garden 

 Center, Route lOIC, in Exeter |im 

 and lean Moser became the new 



owners in mid-October However, 

 in what looks like a very smooth 

 and comfortable transition, |im 

 Churchill will remain as grower, al- 

 lowing |im Moser, as Moser says, 

 "time to get all the ducks in a 

 row ■■ ludy Churchill will continue 

 in the shop Eventually, lean will 

 become involved with that aspect 

 of the business, but right now she's 

 a full-time mother to tour young 

 children 



lim Moser has a degree in orna- 

 mental horticulture from Ohio State, 

 worked for Chem-lawn for ten years 

 before starting his own lawn care 

 business. Granite State Lawn Care, 

 in Manchester, in 1988 



He wanted to get back into or- 

 namentals He thought "wholesale,' 

 then "retail," and — seeing Churchill 

 as a "great opportunity" in an area 

 of the state with major growth po- 

 tential, sold his lawn care business 

 to Chemlawn and bought it 



Moser hopes to expand the or- 

 namental line, "buying in material I 

 believe in "" There may be a few 

 cosmetic changes — nothing major — 

 "Churchill is a good business al- 

 ready." 



To Be Noted 



Henry Huntington, Pleasant View 

 Gardens, Pittsfield, has been 

 elected to a new three-year term 

 on the Board of the Professional 

 Plant Growers Association IPPGAI 

 and will also assume duties as Sec- 

 retary/Treasurer 



Peter S Konjoian, President of 

 Konjoian"s Floriculture Services, 

 Inc , and part-owner of Konjoian's 

 Greenhouses. Inc , of Andover, 

 Massachusetts, has joined the Ohio 

 Florists' Association as a publica- 

 tions and education consultant 



Congratulations and best wishes 

 to both 



Sympathy Extended 



Robert Ellison. 77. of 5 Brentwood 

 Road, died October 20 at the 

 Rockingham County Nursing Home 

 Born in Exeter, the son of Lincoln 

 and Daisy (Davis) Ellison, he was a 



life-long resident He was a gradu- 

 ate of UNH, class of 1037 He 

 worked at Exeter Brass and Gen- 

 eral Electric of Somersworth and 

 retired as Engineer from Raytheon 

 in Andover, Massachusetts He also 

 owned and operated Ellison's 

 Greenhouses, known for its unusual 

 and high quality plant material. 



Sympathy is extended to Bob's 

 family: his wife of 56 years, Dor- 

 othy (Tuttle) Ellison, a daughter, 

 Patricia Washburne of Middleton, 

 Massachusetts, a son. Kenneth, of 

 Goode. Virginia, two grandchildren, 

 a great-grandson, and several 

 nieces and nephews. 



FFA Results 



On October 20, the FFA fall horticul- 

 ture competition was held at the 

 University of New Hampshire in 

 Durham The first place team was 

 Winnisquam (Tilton); second, Co- 

 Brown Nofthwood Academy; third, 

 Manchester School of Technology 

 Individual winners were: first — Gin- 

 ger McVicar (Co-Brown); second — a 

 tie between Breanna Smith (Fall 

 Mountain, Alstead) and Akiesha 

 Samuelson (Winnisquam) , third, Tim 

 Cote (Manchester) 



Congratulations to the winners 

 and thanks to the volunteers who 

 made this event possible. These in- 

 clude Rene Gingras. Vicki Lawrence. 

 Angi Pelletier. Dana Sansom. Maria 

 VanderWoude. and Dave Wilson 



Workshops Announced 



Along with the FTD New Hampshire 

 Cup Design Competition at Bay 

 State Floral in Manchester. New 

 Hampshire, on January 22. a work- 

 shop on "Color in Design" is being 

 planned It sounds fairly compre- 

 hensive. Three designers will each 

 demonstrate work in one of three 

 color areas: "Monochromatic." "Vi- 

 brant." and "Pastel " A professional 

 color counselor will discuss coordi- 

 nating flower colors with the dress, 

 skin tones, and personality of cli- 

 ents (This might be very useful in- 



OCTOBER/ NOVEMBER 1QQ4 



