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NEW HAMPSHIRE NEWS 



Joint Meeting on August 8 Position to be Filled 



The New England Nursery Associa- 

 tion (NENA) will hold its annual Sum- 

 mer Meeting & Trade Show in coop- 

 eration with the New Hampshire 

 Plant Growers' Association (NHPGA) 

 and the New Hampshire Landscape 

 Association (NHLA) on Thursday, Au- 

 gust 8, 1996, at the Dell-Lea Country 

 Club in Chichester, New Hampshire. 



Co-hosts include D.S. Cole Grow- 

 ers, Gateway Gardens, Miilican Nur- 

 series, Pleasant View Gardens, and 

 van Berkum Nursery. 



The day's events include tours of 

 the co-hosts' facilities, a series of in- 

 formal educational seminars, and a 

 trade show of over 100 exhibitors 



Recreation is athletic: NENA's tra- 

 ditional volleyball tournament will be 

 held throughout the day and will cul- 

 minate in the always-dramatic cham- 

 pionship game. And horseshoes, 

 frisbee, and pick-up soccer are there 

 for everyone. And food — there's 

 plenty: the day begins with coffee 

 and doughnuts; luncheon is a full 

 New England Lobster Bake featuring 

 clam chowder, lobster, steak, corn, 

 salads, and watermelon; hamburgers 

 and hot dogs will be on the grill in 

 the late afternoon. 



The event will be larger (over 

 1000 attendees are expected) and 

 more varied — a chance to see be- 

 yond New Hampshire, meet some 

 new people, learn some new things, 

 and have a very good time. 



Registration before luly 26 for 

 NENA/NHPGA/NHLA members is 

 $35.00 per person. {If you register 

 four or more from the same company 

 before luly 26, deduct $5.00 per 

 adult.) Guests are $45.00; children 12 

 and under are $15.00. After |uly 26, 

 member registrations are $45.00; 

 guest are $55.00; and children's, $20.00. 

 (So its sensible to register early.) 



For information on exhibiting or 

 attending the biggest Summer Meet- 

 ing & Trade Show in New England, 

 call NENA at 508-653-3 11 2 or fax 508- 

 653-4112. 



Although details were uncertain as of 

 mid-March, it does seem that the po- 

 sition of Owen Rogers, the professor 

 of horticulture who recently retired 

 from the Department of Plant Biology 

 at UNH in Durham, will be filled by 

 a whole-plant biologist, the emphasis 

 of whose work will be in ornamental 

 horticulture. 



There had been some concern, 

 because of recent growth in the bio- 

 technology fields and current budget 

 constraints, that the position would 

 remain unfilled. The vitality of the 

 state's Green Industry and the need 

 for state-based research for this in- 

 dustry were factors in the decision to 

 fill the position. 



Spring Brings... 



...nursery stock, bulk landscape 

 goods, and landscaping materials at 

 a new full-service garden center in 



Hooksett. Located on four acres of 

 land at the corner of Pleasant Street 

 and Route 3, Outdoor World Land- 

 scape Supply and Garden Center — 

 "with a million dollar inventory" — 

 opened its doors on March 15. Its 

 3,000-square feet of space (within a 

 newly constructed post-and-beam 

 barn and two greenhouses) will offer 

 a wide variety of plant material as 

 well as nature music, baskets, 

 candles, pots, seed, bark mulch, 

 loam, compost... 



The owner and operator is Keith 

 Anastasy and seems a natural out- 

 growth of his past experience. Keith 

 formed Great Bay Landscaping, offer- 

 ing landscape maintenance and reno- 

 vation, in 1987. He expanded into 

 landscape construction and incorpo- 

 rated as Great Bay Contracting, Inc. 

 In the past three years, he expanded 

 with a wholesale/retail landscaping 

 division. Outdoor World seems like a 

 natural next step. He also has a sec- 

 ond location (formerly a wholesale 



TIPS FROM THE GRIFFIN GURU 



Return for Credit 



If you want to return a product for credit — whether it's the wrong 

 size, color, or shape, or because it's damaged — you may want to 

 throw it on the next delivery truck so that it will end up back at the 

 warehouse. But will it? It's simpler said than done. 



The very first thing you should always do is get a receipt for the 

 items you return. 



Our return procedure is simple. At the request of our customer, we 

 issue an order to our driver to pick up an exact amount of a specific 

 product. This insures that the customer gets a receipt for the item 

 taken and that it will be tracked back through the warehouse and in- 

 spected so that It can be returned to stock and the inventory ad- 

 justed. In the case of an item such as a motor, pump, or thermostat, 

 it may have to be returned to the manufacturer for inspection. They 

 will either repair it or authorize a replacement. 



It's been our observation that most return-for-credit difficulties 

 arise when the process doesn't start with a call to our office and, 

 secondly, when the product isn't presentable enough to be offered to 

 the next customer as a new item. 



Above all, we don't want to jeopardize your business over a miss- 

 ing $35.00 credit. 



APRIL -f MAY 1996 



