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NHPGA SUMMER MEETING 

 A Rainy Start, a Sunny Finish 



IT WAS A LITTLE WET in the early 

 morning at the 1993 New Hamp- 

 shire Plant Growers' Summer Meet- 

 ing at Elliott & Williams Roses in 

 Dover, but clearing was slow but 

 steady — and the meal, the auction, 

 the side trips to seacoast attrac- 

 tions were in definite sun. 



Morning activities included tour- 

 ing the rose houses and visiting the 

 trade show. 



The featured speaker was Paul 

 Parent, owner of Family Patch Gar- 

 den Center in Scarborough, Maine, 

 and host of the popular call-in 

 (3,000-5,000 calls an hour) garden 

 show on WRKO in Boston. His 

 topic was "Marketing for the Garden 

 Center in Changing Times." One of 

 the major changes in our commer- 

 cial landscape. Paul says, is the 

 large discount store suddenly ap- 



pearing a mile down the road and 

 offering plant material at prices less 

 than what it costs us to produce it. 

 How to compete? "Keep changing;" 

 "Talk with other growers and garden 

 center owners;" "Don't be afraid to 

 share ideas;" "Look for something 

 you can offer that the big guys 

 don't have." Paul's suggestions in- 

 cluded perennial 4-pacs, a mix of 

 vegetables in 6-pacs, unusual hang- 

 ing plants, unusual containers.... 

 "For many people, shopping is a 

 pastime — make your place of busi- 

 ness attractive, entertaining. Keep 

 changing." 



After lunch, another of Perillo's 

 all-you-can-eat barbecues, auction- 

 eer Peter Callioras of The Auction 

 Professionals, Inc., and many ven- 

 dors contributed to the very suc- 

 cessful auction. 



Over $1500 will be used for scholar- 

 ships. Several smaller door prizes 

 were given; the final — big — one 

 went to .Mary Welch, Spider Web 

 Gardens, Center Tuftonboro, NH. 



We thank our hosts, Craig and 

 Barry Williams, auctioneer Peter 

 Callioras, and all the members — 

 board and otherwise — who worked 

 to make the day a success. 



We also thank the vendors who 

 not only participated in the trade 

 show, but who contributed items for 

 the auction as well. 



This year's vendors are listed 

 below. We hope Plant Growers will 

 thank these people in a more sub- 

 stantial way — by patronizing their 

 businesses. 



Support these people — they sup- 

 port the NHPGA. 



1993 SOMMER MEETING VENDORS 



AMS Marketing 



Bailey Nurseries, Inc. 



Baker Co/Medford 



Nursery, Inc 



Ball Seed Co. 



Bay State Florist Supply 



B.E. Supply 



Bobcat of NH, Inc. 



BOULDIN & Lawson 



Capital Forest Products 



Cayiccmo Greenhouses 



Chapin Watermatks 



Charter Oak Landscape, Inc. 



Chas. Hast Seed Co. 



Cosmo's Garden 



DA. Posocco, Inc. 



Dragon Co. 

 D.S. Cole Growers 



Exportation Daniel Sage, 

 Inc. 



Farm Credit Services 

 FteoNs Horticulture, Inc. 



rv Seasons Marketing, Inc. 

 Fred C. Gloeckner Co. 



Gardenworks Marketing 



Gold Star Sod/Nursery 



Gordon & Powers Insurance 



Greenleaf Nursery 



Griphn Greenhouse 



& Nursery Supply 



Harry Stoller & Co 

 Hop River Nursery 



Imperial Nursery 



Jolly Farmer 



Knoxland Equipment 

 Knuttle Nursery 



LAN Nurseries 



Laughton Garden Center 



Liberty International Truck 



Michell Company 



MicHAUD Nursery 



& Greenhouses 



Millane Nurseries 



New England Pottery 



Northeast Nursery 



North Country Organics 



Northeast Nursery, Inc. 



Northern Nurseries 



Orchard Equipment 



Plants International, Inc. 



Pot Specialbis, Inc. 

 Prides Corner Farms, Inc. 



Ouansett Nurseries 



R.D. MacMIllan Co. 



Riley's Christmas Tree Farm 



Roaring Brook Nurseries 



Rough Bros., Inc. 



Sharon Sales, Inc. 



Spence Farm 



Stanford Seed 



Stark Bros. Nurseries 



Syracuse Pottery, Inc. 



TAK Equipment 



The Conard-Pyle Co. 



Tuckahoe Turf Farms, Inc. 



VAN Berkum Nursery 



Vaughan's Seed Co. 



Vermont Natural Ag 



Products 



Wagerman Insurance 



Western Maine Nursery, Inc. 



Winding Brook Turf Farm 



Whttmire Co. 



Woodbourne Cultural 



Nurseries 



Yankee Gardener 

 Greenhouse 



The Plants man 

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