FROM THE BOARD 



Endowment Update 



Peter van Berkum 



I hope you are all familiar with the New Hampshire 

 Horticulture Endowment by now We had our intro- 

 ductory "Take off" at the New Hampshire Plant Growers' 

 Summer Meeting and this was met with enthusiasm. 

 We've been writing about it in the newsletter. Then, we 

 had our first real fund-raising event — The Phon-a-thon!!! 



We're thrilled to say we were met with great re- 

 sponses. By the end of our two-day phon-a-thon, we'd 

 raised $60,000! Unbelievable — since our initial goal is 

 $100,000, we're better than half-way there! 

 The responses on the phones were very encouraging. ..a 

 lot of support, everybody pitching in. We no longer 

 have any doubt that we will reach our goal this year. 



First, I'd like to thank the volunteers who sat in on 

 the phone: Richard Campos, Nancy Carlisle, Doug Cole, 

 Susan Englund, Dave Giurleo, Tammy Hathaway, Ann 

 Hilton, lohn Howes, Henry Huntington, Dennis Kathan, 

 IVlac McPhail, Scott Murray, Bob Rimol, Rick Simpson, 

 Bill Stockman, George Timm, 

 and Kirk Wyant. 



The list of donors is 

 getting quite long. This is 

 something we are very proud 

 of — the amount of support 

 coming from our members, 

 as well as from other peo- 

 ple in the trade. The fol- 

 lowing is the list as of Au- 

 gust 29: 



Nancy Adams, Barrett 

 Greenhouse and Nursery, 

 Belknap Landscape Corpora- 

 tion, Berger Peat Moss, Ber- 

 gevin's Greenhouse, Black- 

 berry Farm (n memory of 

 Lillian M. Howes), Blue Star 

 Peat Moss, Biy Farm, Andrea 

 and Dave Capron, Nancy 

 Carlisle Interior Plantings, 

 Stewart Weston/Chadboume's 

 Florist, Churchill's Garden 

 Center, Clausson's Green- 

 houses, D.S. Cole Growers, 

 Inc. (in memory of Charles 

 Wylcek), Colebrook Nursery, 

 Davis Engineering, Deerfield 

 Gardens, Demers Garden 

 Center, Ellison's Greenhouse 



the seed of a great 

 idea is growing into 

 a reality! 



(in memory of Robert Ellison), Gillyflower Glen, The 

 Green Thumb of North Haverhill, Greenstuff (in memory 

 of Maura McHugh), Griffin Greenhouse Supply, A Grow- 

 ing Concern, Susan Hutchins Greene, Tammy Hathaway, 

 Ann Hilton, jaderloon Greenhouse Company, Kathan 

 Gardens, Konjoian's Floriculture Education Services, 

 Lake Street Garden Center, L'Annscapes, La Rue Farm, 

 The Pierce Family/Landscape Clinic Nursery (in honor of 

 Raymond Gelineau), Ledgeview Greenhouses, Bill 

 Lefebvre, D. McLeod, Inc., McSherry's Nursery, Meredith 

 Gardens, Gary and Sabrina Matteson, The Mixed Border 

 Nursery, Newton Greenhouses, Orchard Hill Green- 

 house, Outdoor World (in memory of |im Ludlow), The 

 Person Family of Moultonboro, Pleasant View Gardens, 

 Inc., Portsmouth Gardens, Prides Corner Farm, Putnam's 

 Flowers and Gifts, Ouietaire Corp., Revay's Garden Center, 

 Rimol Greenhouse Systems, Inc., Rolling Green Nursery, 

 Rosemont Farm, Round Table Farm Greenhouses, Calvin 

 Schroeder, Spider Web Gar- 

 dens (in memory of Roger 

 and Bernice Williams), Strat- 

 ham Circle Nursery and Land- 

 scape (in honor of Jim Lud- 

 low), Don Still, Sullivan 

 Greenhouses/Life Everlasting 

 Farm, Sunderman Manufac- 

 turing Company, Tenney 

 Farms, Uncanoonuc Mountain 

 Perennials, van Berkum Nurs- 

 ery, Village Greenery, Kirk 

 Wyant, and Wier Tree Farm. 



We would like to thank 

 everyone who has partici- 

 pated in any way at this 

 time. Watch for more news 

 on the Horticulture Fund — 

 we'll be keeping you posted 

 on its growth and on the 

 setting up of the grant- 

 awarding committee. 



Goal: 



r 



^U pledc 



$100,000 



90,000 

 80,000 

 — - 60,000 

 50,000 

 40,000 

 30,000 

 20,000 

 10,000 



pledges as of 9/1 



Petfr van Berfewm is co-oviner 

 of van Berkum Nursery, 

 4 ]ames Road, Deerfield; 

 he can be reached at 

 603-463-7663. 



OCTOBER & NOVEMBER 



