NEW HAMPSHIRE NEWS 



been awarded hy the SBA to the 

 state of New Hampshire under the 

 federal government's national tree 

 planting program. The amount of 

 the grant was based on the state's 

 total population. 



Under this program, funds for 

 tree planting on state or local go\- 

 emment land are made available 

 to states which agree to match at 

 least 25% of the grant. In addition, 

 any state or local government 

 which participates in the program 

 must utilize small businesses as 

 contractors. 



In New Hampshire, thirty-three 

 local governments applied to the 

 Division of Forests and Lands, 

 which has established a ranking 

 system to evaluate each proposal. 

 The following nine communities, 

 plus one school district, represent- 

 ing a commitment of almost 

 $71,000, were selected: Alton, 

 Concord, Manchester, Mount 

 Vernon, New Ipswich, Northum- 

 berland, Orford, Wolfhoro, Wood- 

 stock, and the Souhegan Valley 

 School District in Amherst. The 

 total dollar amount which will be 

 ultimately awarded to small busi- 

 nesses exceeds $136,000. 



For information on this initia- 

 tive, now in its second year, con- 

 tact Mary Reynolds, NH Division 

 of Forests and Lands, at (603) 271- 

 2214. Contractors interested in bid- 

 ding on one of the local projects 

 should contact the community 

 involved. 



People 



Peter Corey recently sold his share 

 in The Village Green Florist and 

 Greenhouse, Littleton, to his part- 

 ner, Everett Aldrich. Peter contin- 

 ues to live in Whitefield and be 

 active in the NHPGA. 



John Bryant, owner of Millican 

 Nursery, Chichester, has been 

 appomted to the New Hampshire 

 Community Tree Commission. 



Andrea Capron lett Spider Web 

 Gardens, Center Tuftonboro, on 

 August first for new enterprises. 

 She and her husband are operating 

 Deer Cap Orchards on Route 16 in 

 Center Ossipee. Along with grow- 

 ing crops and running a farm 

 stand, they've leased blueberry 

 production acreage and an apple 

 orchard. They're putting up a 

 14x48 poly house this fall (for 

 bedding plants) and plan to put up 

 two tunnel houses (for vegetable 

 production) in the spring. Along 

 with all this, Andrea's now a full- 

 time student at UNH, studying 

 Occupational Education. 



Deer Cap is not the only place 

 where new greenhouses are going 

 up. This winter, at Apple Ridge, 

 Boscawen, Dave and Tina LaRo- 

 chelle put up their second Harnois 

 house (they also have three bow- 

 bent houses from Ledgewood 

 Farms). This new house is a 

 30x100 Ovaltech — double poly 

 with roll-up sides and DinaGlas 

 ends. An interesting teature 

 (Dave's addition) is a steel 8x10 

 roll-up door. Made by Clopay, the 

 door, made in small sections, rolK 

 onto a rod, and allows maximum 

 light penetration. The house, pro- 

 pane heated, is used for bedding 

 plants and hangers — and an in- 

 creasing production of herbs. 



Down in Pittsfield, at Pleasant 

 View Gardens, the Huntington!> 

 are building a 25,000-square foot 

 Nexus gutter-connected house. It 

 will be environmentally computer- 

 controlled with moveable benches. 

 Heating will be hot water — star-tin 

 aluminum heat pipe and gas boil- 

 ers. One innovation will be trench 

 drains in the concrete floor leading 

 to a diversion ditch. Eventually a 

 pond will be dug to catch run-oft. 

 The house should be in full opera- 

 tion by Januaty. It will be used 

 for the production of Fischer 

 geraniums. 



And Doug Cole at D.S. Cole 

 Growers, Loudon, is finishing up 

 the interior of a new glass house 

 similar to his first, a four-bay 

 17,000-square foot house from 

 Verbakel-Bomkas. This also has 

 moveable ebb-and-tlci benches and 

 one new aspect is a transport line 

 down the centet aisle. The benches 

 roll out to it and a pneumatic lift 

 puts them onto the conveyor belt 

 to be brought to other locations. 

 ("A real simple thing," Doug says, 

 "that adds a lot to overall effi- 

 ciency.") If all goes as planned, 

 the new house should be full of 

 double impatiens stock plants by 

 late October. 



Design America 



The NHA'T Teletlora Unit held 

 Its Design America Competition at 

 Jolly Fanner on August 12. The 

 theme was 'Rediscover America;' 

 there were two phases: a surprise 

 package in which each contestant 

 is given similar materials (roses and 

 assorted foliage this year) and 

 T^signer's Choice,' in which the 

 designer could interpret the theme 

 in any way he chose. The Winner 

 of the Day was Suzanne Arthur of 

 the Ford Flower Company in Sa- 

 lem, NH. In her Designer's Choice, 

 she interpreted the automotive era 

 in which people discovered Ameri- 

 ca by car. She created a base by 

 layering such diverse materials as 

 carrots, poppy pods, grapes, mosses, 

 pittisporum and galax leaves in a 

 pave technique. From this. Bird of 

 Paradise blossoms and statice shot 

 up at dramatic angles. Gears (from 

 semi rigs) were incorporated into 

 the design, repeating the circular 

 elements used and emphasizing the 

 theme. 



Suzanne will design in the na- 

 tional competitions in Los Angeles 

 in January. 



Second place went to Kristin 

 Bouftard of Giraf s Flowers in 

 Shelbume, Vermont. Rich Talbot 

 of McCleod's of Concord, NH, 

 was third. Congratulations to all 

 participants. ^ 



THE Plantsman 



