NEW HAMPSH 



The original location has four 

 plastic greenhouses with about 8000 

 square feet of growing space. Since 

 September, four houses with ap- 

 proximately the same square foot- 

 age have been put up at the farm 

 site. 



Now, crops and functions are be- 

 ing organized within the two places. 

 The original site still does some re- 

 tail business, but the wholesale as- 

 pect is growing: in November, its 

 houses were being used to grow 

 Christmas cactus, cyclamen, and 

 azaleas. The farm site is strictly 

 wholesale, with two houses of foli- 

 age plants (for re-wholesaling) and a 

 crop of poinsettias. Post-Christmas 

 crops now planned include prim- 

 roses, cineraria, kalanchoe, and hi- 

 biscus. 



Spring plans include four-inch 



dahlias and more "vine crops" — 

 two-pacs, each cell 3 1/2 inches 

 square and three seeds per cell, of 

 squash, cucumbers, pumpkins... 

 "people basically buy just two hills 

 and this allows them to choose 

 more than one variety for the lim- 

 ited space in their gardens." 



Future plans include a new work 

 area/office at the farm site. A sign 

 for the original site is at the Alton 

 traffic circle (the farm site is a mile 

 beyond that), but "call before you 

 visit." The new phone number is 

 603-875-4444; the fax, 603-875-4446. 



New Durham, 



Merrymeeting Garden Center — for- 

 merly on the corner of Route I I and 

 Depot Road in New Durham — has a 

 new name and a new location. Merry- 

 meeting Gardens is now one mile 



south on Route 1 1 . 



The changes were ones of con- 

 solidation. Les and Nathalie Turner 

 decided to stop renting their busi- 

 ness location. To buy the spot was 

 too costly, so they sold their old 

 home and bought a house on 3 3/4 

 acres of land one mile south on 

 Route 11. Consolidating the loca- 

 tions of their home and business 

 was the first step; the second was to 

 specialize — he'll concentrate on a 

 broad range of perennials. The trees 

 on the land also suggests emphasis 

 on shade material and wildflowers. 



Merrymeeting Garden Center 

 closed on Labor Day. The show 

 greenhouse was moved to the new 

 location; the tomato greenhouse was 

 moved and made into two smaller 

 houses; the first 1000 perennials are 

 already in the ground. Work will 



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And here's who to contact so it can work for you: 



The Green Spot. Ltd., Dept. of Biolngenuity 



93 Priest Rd.. NotUngham, NH 03290-6204 



Tel: 603/942-8925 Fax: 603/942-8932 



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