John said. "There's no point in 

 putting It on it we can't do it right." 

 The Granite State Garden &. Flow- 

 er Show is a non-profit corporation 

 that was formed when three organi- 

 zations — the New Hampshire 

 Landscape Association, the New 

 Hampshire Federation of Garden 

 Clubs, and the New Hampshire 

 Plant Growers' Association — each 

 committed $1000 seed money 

 seven years ago. 



The loans were paid back from the 

 profits of the first show, but the 

 corporation still exists. Board 

 members will meet in March to 

 "try to see where the flower show 

 should be going." 



The New Hampshire Farm &. For- 

 est Exposition is the first of next 

 spring's shows, taking place 

 February 6-8 at the Center of New 

 Hampshire Holiday Inn and 

 Conference Center m Manchester. 

 The theme hasn't been decided, 

 but "seems to be going in the 

 direction ot stewardship" — what 

 does caring tor the land really 

 mean? 



The program will come later as well 

 (there are matching grants avail- 

 able to outside organizations spon- 

 soring speakers), hut some of the 

 displays are sure: the maple people 

 will be serving maple milk and you 

 can win an apple at the fruit grow- 

 ers' booth. Six calves (one from 

 each breed) will be there, as well as 

 a draft horse and a llama. From 5 to 

 9 on Friday night the 4-H kids will 

 do hands-on demonstrations; on 

 Saturday morning (before the auc- 

 tion), the Extension will sponsor a 

 program entitled "Playing It Safe" 

 — about using different safety gear. 



So there already seems to be plenty 

 to do. It's free. It sounds like fun. 

 For more information, call Donna 

 at (603) 271-3552. 



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Next is the second Annual New 

 England Landscape Exposition. 

 Sponsored by the NH Landscape 

 Association, it will be held March 

 11-13, also at the Center of New 

 Hampshire. 



From the Griffin Guru 

 CHECK IT OUT! 



Many times during your business career, you will be faced with a 

 decision on which piece of equipment to purchase or which structure to 

 build. Unlike an auto or a truck, you can't take the equipment for a test 

 drive. You can, however, ask the salesperson to provide the name and 

 location of someone who has a similar item and whether or not that 

 person would mind showing it off. You could at least take the time to 

 check it out by giving the person a call. Better than that, make a date 

 and go to see it in operation. If you're going to spend your hard-earned 

 money, you should take every opportunity to make sure it's the right 

 thing for you. 



The program is pending, but the 

 general plan — layout, talks, trade 

 show — "will be basically the 

 same," Guy Hodgdon, NHLA 

 spokesperson, says. TTiere will be 

 recertification credits available for 

 people from all six New England 

 states. 



One change is that "we've stayed 

 away from a keynote speaker. There 

 will be a keynote panel instead, 

 with each member showing slides ot 

 a rarely seen (usually because 

 there's no public access) New 

 Hampshire landscape. 

 And the Pearson Annual Awards 

 Banquet has been combined with 

 the Exposition this year. This will 

 be held Thursday night. The price 

 is separate from that o\ the 

 exposition, but the public is invited 

 to attend. For information, contact 

 Guy at (207) 439-5189. 

 ■« 



The Seacoast Area Flower & Gar- 

 den Show's annual "Celebration of 

 Spring" will definitely be "bigger 

 than ever" this year. To be held on 

 March 13-15, the show will be at 

 the old recreation building at Pease 

 Air Force Base. Brenda Schure is 

 excited about the move: the show 

 had begun to outgrow the Armory; 



this year, there will be plenty of 

 space (2500 square feet, compared 

 with last year's 14000); the new 

 location's easier to get to ("the base 

 entrance is right oft the Spaulding 

 Turnpike; take your first left after 

 the chapel; it's a quarter mile down 

 the street"); and there's plenty of 

 parking. 



A mailing has been sent "to ev- 

 eryone we can think of — land- 

 scapers, retailers, florists — looking 

 for participation. TTie facilities are 

 more elaborate — there are several 

 rooms (carpeted) off the main 

 display area that will he used for 

 smaller scale talks and displays. 

 Floral arrangements, tor example, 

 will be in one of these. 

 Brenda says, "This year we're going 

 to be classv." So-^for information, 

 call her at (603) 436-0815. 



Otho Wells, the chairperson of this 

 year's University of New Hamp- 

 shire Greenhouse Open House 

 Committee, says "there's nothing 

 definite other than it will be Friday 

 and Saturday, April 3 and 4. But 

 we're working on it." For 

 information, call Otho at (603) 

 862-3208 



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