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]anuary 



JANUARY 8-10 Erna's Expo 97, 

 The Meadowlands Exposition 

 Center, Secaucus, NJ; to register: 

 1-800-376-2463. 



JANUARY 13-15 The bbth Massachusetts 

 JurfCrass Conference & Trade Show, 

 Hynes Convention Center, Boston, 

 MA; lames Conant at 508-362-1 136. 

 JANUARY 14-15 Connecticut 

 Nurserymen's Association Annual Meeting, 

 Trade Show, & Seminars, Aqua Turf, 

 Southington, CT; 860-872-2095. 

 JANUARY 15 Maine Landscape and Nurs- 

 ery Association (MeLNA) Annual Meeting 

 at the Augusta Trade Show, Augusta 

 Civic Center, Augusta, ME; 207-225- 

 3998. 



JANUARY 1 7 Pesticide Compliance Assis- 

 tance Presentation, North Country Re- 

 sources Building, Route 3, Lancaster, 

 NH; 603-271-3550. 

 lANUARY 21 MeLNA Annual Trade 

 Show, Sheraton Tara, South Portland, 

 ME; 207-225-3998. 



JANUARY 22 FTDA District 1-C Meeting, 

 6:30 pm at Carbone's, Bedford, NH; 

 details: Betty Covey at 603-893-4578. 



¥«*■ TUESDAY, JANUARY 21 New 

 Hampshire Plant Growers Association/New 

 Hampshire Landscape Association ]oint 

 Winter Meeting, Old Mil! Restaurant, 

 Epsom; Peter van Berkum at 603-463- 

 7663. 



lANUARY 21-22 RINA Education Day 

 and Trade Show, Doubletree Inn, 

 Newport, Rl: 508-761-9260. 

 lANUARY 30-FEBRUARY 1 New 

 England Grows, Hynes Convention 

 Center, Boston, MA; call 508-653-3009 

 or fax 508-653-4112. 



February 



FEBRUARY 7 Pesticide Compliance Assis- 

 tance Presentation (in conjunction with 

 Farm & Forest), Center of New 

 Hampshire Holiday inn, Manchester, 

 NH; 603-271-3550. 



FEBRUARY 7-8 New England Christmas 

 Tree Conference (sponsored by the NE 

 Christmas Tree Alliance), Sheraton 

 Tara, Nashua, NH; Frank Crandall at 

 401-364-3387. 



FEBRUARY 7-8 farm and Forest 

 Exposition, Center of New Hampshire 

 Holiday Inn and Convention Center, 

 Manchester, NH, 603-271-3788. 



FEBRUARY 19 The Vermont Association 

 of Professional Horticulturalists (VAPH) Am- 

 nual Meeting, Holiday Inn, Rutland, VT; 

 Connie Gardner at 802-253-8565. 

 FEBRUARY 20-23 The Rhode \sland 

 Spring Flower & Cmden Show, Rhode Is- 

 land Convention Center, Providence, 

 Rl; Nancy Syme at 1-800-766-1670. 

 FEBRUARY 20-23 The Sixteenth Annual 

 Connecticut Flower and Garden Show, 

 Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, CT; 

 860-529-2123. 



FEBRUARY 26-MARCH 12 1997 

 Advanced Creen School, Royal Plaza, 

 Marl-boro, MA; : Kathleen Carroll 

 (413-545-0895) or Mary Owen 

 (508-892-0382) 



FEBRUARY 28-March 2 Vermont Flower 

 Show, Burlington Sheraton, Burlington, 

 VT; Connie Gardner at 802-253-8565. 



March 



***' WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5 Semi- 

 war: "Cultivating your Best Assets — Perso«- 

 nel Management Issues for Ornamentals 

 Firms," Fish & Game Building, Con- 

 cord, NH; Mike Sciabarrasi at 603- 

 862-1700. 



MARCH 8-16 New England Flower Show 

 ("Secrets of the Garden"), Bayside 

 Exposition Center, Boston, MA; 617- 

 536-9280. 



MARCH 18 New Hampshire Landscape 

 Association Spring Conference, Barton/ 

 Cole Hall, UNH, Durham, NH; Guy 

 Hodgdon at 1-800-639-5601. 

 MARCH 21-23 "The Breath of Spring- 

 Flower & Garden Show, Best Western 

 Hotel, Keene, NH; Steve Curtin at 

 603-355-6335, ext. 161. 



The Plantsman Is published In early February, 

 April, lune, August, October, and December 

 with copy deadlines being the first of each prior 

 month. While camera-ready ads are preferred, 

 set-up assistance is available at a nominal fee. 

 Free classified advertising is offered as a mem- 

 ber service. We will carry a short message (no 

 artwork or logos) for one or two Issues of The 

 Plantsman. 



The photographs on the front and back covers are views from Riff Flower Shop, 

 downtown Lancaster, taken on November 3, 1996, by Richard Raymond. 



For further information, please contact the editor: 

 Robert Parker atthe UNH Research Greenhouses, 

 Durham, NH 03824, 603-862-206 1 ; or PO Box 5, 

 Newflelds, NH 03856, 603-778-8353. 



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