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he New Hampshire Plant Growers' Association 

 Annual Winter Meeting, our second joint meeting with 

 the New Hampshire Landscape Association, will be 

 held on Wednesday, January 18, at the Granite Street 

 Bar & Grill, 50 Philippe Cote Street, IVlanchester 



After registration and coffee (8-8:301 and a brief 

 business meeting (8:30-Q— both groups will have their 

 business meetings at ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 

 this time), the days ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 

 program of speakers 

 begins. Topics have 

 been chosen to inter- 

 est members of both 

 organizations and the 

 program is varied, with 

 speakers coming from 

 a variety of disciplines. 



There have been a 

 pany safety handbook 



WINTER MEETING 

 1995 



FAMILIAR PLACE, NEW IDEAS 



lot of questions about a com- 

 which will be required in IQ95. 

 The first speaker (unannounced as of November firstll 

 will clarify what is expected and how to go about do- 

 ing it. it's something you should know. 



The next speaker is Robert Childs. Bob is an in- 

 structor of entomology in the Stockbridge School of 

 Agriculture at the University of Massachusetts, an Ex- 

 tension Specialist, senior editor of the \^^4 New En- 

 gland Recommendation Guide for Insects, Diseases, and VJeeds 

 oj Shade Trees and VJoody Ornamenlah, and coordinator of 

 the Urban Forestry Diagnostic Lab at UMass Amherst. 



The last speaker before lunch will be |ohn Bartok, 

 Extension Agricultural Engineer, Natural Resources 

 Management and Engineering Department, University 

 of Connecticut, Storrs. Since \9bb, he's been a mem- 

 ber of the Cooperative Extension System providing 

 technical assistance to the greenhouse/nursery indus- 

 try and various energy programs in New England. 

 He's authored or co-authored 400 technical papers, 

 bulletins, and articles on greenhouse systems, con- 

 trolled environment plant growth, and energy alterna- 

 tives, writes the monthly "Technology" column for 

 Greentionse Manager, and is author of four books, in- 



cluding Greenhouse Engineering. He'll discuss designing 

 greenhouse systems — layout, materials flow, organizing 

 structures around work patterns. 



After lunch (12-1) and a chance to socialize, there 

 are two other speakers. 



The first is Heather McCargo, Head Propagator at The 

 Garden in the Woods, in Framingham, Massachusetts, the 

 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^- botanical garden of the 

 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^H New England Wildflower 

 Society. She knows her 

 Northeastern natives, 

 how to propagate them, 

 and their landscape 

 uses. Her topic: "Culti- 

 vation and Propagation 

 of Native Plants." 



The second is Jo- 

 seph Hudak, "a nationally recognized landscape archi- 

 tect who has served more than 3000 individual and 

 corporate clients in the course of his 40-year practice. 

 Plant materials instructor for twenty years in the De- 

 partment of Landscape Architecture at Harvard 

 University's Graduate School of Design, he's written 

 several books, including the original Gardening W/(A Pe- 

 rennials Month by Month. This American classic on pe- 

 rennials, first published in IQ76 and reprinted in 1985, 

 was taken as a selection of the Garden Book Club and 

 is largely responsible for the popularity of perennials 

 today." 



It's a full day — new topics and old friends in a fa- 

 miliar setting. 



The price is $24.00 for the first person from each 

 company and $22.00 for each person after that. Reg- 

 istration material is included in your membership re- 

 newal package. (You may have it already.) If you want 

 the entire day's events (meeting and meal), return 

 your registration form by lanuary seventh. Walk-ins 

 are welcome — the price ($18) doesn't include the 

 meal. (There are other restaurants nearby.) 



So mark lanuary 18th on your calendar. We hope to 

 see you then. 



NH PLANT GROWERS ASSOCIATION 

 The Plantsman Editor 

 UNH Research Greenhouses 

 Durham, NH 03824 



NON-PROFIT 



ORGANIZATION 



U.S. POSTAGE PAID 



PERMIT NO. 43 



