CALENDAR 



Co 



ontents 



]anuary 



lANUARY 4-6 Christmas Tree Pest Man- 

 agement Course, Keene State College, 

 Keene, NH; information:MarshalI 

 Patmos at 603-352-4550 



JANUARY 9-1 1 ERNA's Best Trade 

 Show, Concord Hotel, Kiamesha 

 Lake, NY; 203-872-2095. 

 JANUARY 10 Maine Landscape & Nurs- 

 ery /Kssociation (MeLNA) Annual Meet- 

 ing, Augusta Civic Center, Augusta, 

 Me; Edith Ellis at 207-225-3998. 

 lANUARY 15-17 Massachusetts Turf 

 Conference, Copley Marriott, Boston, 

 MA: information: Denise Ruszala at 

 413-562-0120. 



lANUARY 16 MeLNA Annual Trade 

 Show, Holiday Inn by the Bay, Port- 

 land, Me; 207-225-3998. 



lANUARY 16-17 Connecticut 

 Nurserymen's Association Annual Meet- 

 ing, Education Seminar, & Trade 

 Show, Aqua Turf, Southington, CT; 

 203-872-2095. 



%■**■ WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17 

 New Hampshire Plant Growers Associa- 

 tion/New Hampshire Landscape Associa- 

 tion ]oint Winter Meeting, Old Mill 

 Restaurant, Epsom; information: Pe- 

 ter van Berkum at 603-463-7663. 

 JANUARY 18 Connecticut Greenhouse 

 Growers Association Annual Meeting, Ag- 

 ricultural Experiment Station, New 

 Haven, CT; 203-261-9067. 



lANUARY 21 FTDA District Meeting, 

 Elliott & Williams Roses, Dover, 

 NH; for details: Debra Defreze at 

 603-474-3020. 



lANUARY 23-24 Rhode \sland Nursery- 

 men's Association Education Day and 

 Trade Show, Doubletree Inn, New- 

 port, Rl; information: Ken 

 Lagerquist at 508-761-9260. 

 lANUARY 26-27 Farw & Forest Exposi- 

 tion, Center of New Hampshire 

 Holiday Inn & Convention Center, 

 Manchester, NH; information: Mary 

 Ellen Pitman on Wednesdays at 

 603-271-3788. 



February 



FEBRUARY 1-3 New England Crows, 

 Hynes Convention Center, Boston, 

 MA; 508-653-3009. 



•W%"W WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7 

 Seminar: "Busiwess Planning for Orna- 

 mentals Firms," co-sponsored by 

 UNHCE, NHPGA, & NHLA; Concord, 

 NH (location to be announced); in- 

 formation: Merrimack County Exten- 

 sion at 603-796-2151. 

 FEBRUARY 16 Ecological Landscaping 

 Association Wi«ter Conference, Holiday 

 Inn, Boxboro, MA (co-sponsored by 

 ELA and UMass Extension); informa- 

 tion: Andrea Knowles at 508-667- 

 5636. 



FEBRUARY 22-25 Rhode Island Spring 

 Flower & Garden Show (theme: "The 

 Gardens of Rhode Island"), Rl Con- 

 vention Center, Providence, Rl; 401- 

 421-7811. 



FEBRUARY 22-25 Hartford Flower 

 Show, Hartford Civic Center, Hart- 

 ford, CT; 860-529-2123. 

 FEBRUARY 26 Law« Care II Semi«ar, 

 Sturbridge MA (co-sponsored by 

 MALCP & UMAss Extension); infor- 

 mation: Karen Connelly at 508-287- 

 0127. 

 March 



MARCH 9-17 New England Flower Show 

 (theme: "Celebration"), Bayside Ex- 

 position Center, Boston, MA; 617- 

 536-9280. 



MARCH 15-17 Vermont Flower Show. 

 Sheraton Inn, Burlington, VT; )ane 

 Wilkening at 802-253-2350. 

 MARCH 25 Thompson School of Applied 

 Science Centennial Lecture. Alex Shigo: 

 "Some Good News for the World of 

 Trees," 7:30 pm. Cole Hall, UNH, 

 Durham, NH; information: John 

 Bozak at 603-862-1099. 

 MARCH 28-31 Bangor Garden Show, 

 Bangor Auditorium, Bangor, ME; 

 Dick Stockford at 207-942-0220. 

 MARCH 29-30 2bth Annual University 

 of New Hampshire Greenhouse Open 

 House, Plant Biology & Thompson 

 School Greenhouses, UNH, Durham 

 NH; information: Bill Lord at 603- 

 862-3203. 



April 



APRIL 26-28 Fiftd A««ua/ New Hamp- 

 shire Orchid Society Show, location to 

 be announced; information: Joanna 

 Eckstrom at 603-654-5070. 



Z-notes 



Jim Zablocki 



The Plantsman Is published In early February, 

 April, |une, 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. 



For further Information, please contact the editor: 

 Robert Parker at the UNH Research Greenhouses, 

 Durham, NH 03824, 603-862-2061; or PO Box 5, 

 Newflelds, NH 03856, 603-778-8353. 



DECEMBER 1995 ♦ JANUARY 1996 



