FORUM 



NEW ENGLAND 

 GREENHOUSE CONFERENCE, 1992 



The 1992 New England Greenhouse Conference is set for Octo- 

 ber 19-21 in Sturbridge, Massachusetts. 



On February 6, the Program Committee met and hopefully, 

 the program is set. A diverse program is planned. Not only will 

 there be talks on interior plants, specialized crops, and perenni- 

 als, but topics such as the engineering of greenhouse systems and 

 management problems will also be covered. These will be dis- 

 cussed not only by nationally-known speakers, but by some of 

 our own regional people. 



Set aside October 19-21. I'm sure you'll benefit from attending 

 and listening to the speakers and asking them questions. You'll 

 also have time to visit with other growers and see a lot of new 

 products and equipment in the trade show. 



Watch for further updates in The Plantsman. 



Richard Emerson 



Emerson Avenue Greenhouses, Hampstead, NH 03841. 



Richard Emerson is the NHPGA representative on the 1992 NE 

 Greenhouse Conference Committee. For more information about this 

 ■year's conference, call Richard at 603'329'5525. 



THANKS GO.... 



Thanks go to all those who 

 helped with the NHPGA booth 

 at the Farm &. Forest Exhibition. 

 Bob Demers and Chris Robage 

 put up and dismantled the dis- 

 play. Demers Garden Center and 

 Pleasant View Gardens furnished 

 plants. Andrea Capron, Bob Jor- 

 dan, Joe Longacre, Roger Warren, 

 and Dick Zoerb manned the 

 booth at various times during the 

 exhibition. 



Thanks go to Frank Wolfe for 

 hosting the twilight meeting at 

 Lake Street Gardens on March 5. 

 The talk was informative; the 

 flower material, spectacular. 



Thanks go to all NHGHA 

 members who attended the hear- 

 ings on House Bills 1245-FN and 

 1146-FN on January fifteenth 

 (See New Hampshire News, Feb- 

 ruary/March Plantsman for de- 

 tails). The bills died in commit- 

 tee. The strongly stated view- 

 points of New Hampshire's agri- 

 cultural community were factors 

 in their death. 



WINTER MEETING 



Approximately sixty people 

 attended the NHPGA Winter 

 Meeting on January 15 at the 



Sheraton Tara Wayfarer Inn in 

 Bedford. 



The theme was 'How to 

 Manage in Soft Economic 

 Times' and speakers included 

 Kevin Nadeau, Primerica Finan- 

 cial Services ('Putting Yourself 

 First'); Tina Sawtelle, Sawtelle 

 Marketing ('Putting the Cus- 

 tomer First') — these two topics 

 are compatible, by the way; 

 Kevin Boyle, KBG, Inc., ('Non- 

 traditional Sources of Finance'); 

 and in the afternoon, Robert 

 Ebberson, Regional Manager, 

 NH Small Business Develop- 

 ment Center (NHSBDC), 

 ('WTiat is the Small Business 

 Development Center?'); Mike 

 Russell, Assistant District Direc- 

 tor for Small Business Develop- 

 ment, US Small Business Ad- 

 ministration, ('Key Indicators of 

 Business Problems'); and Liz 

 Matott, North Country Regional 

 Manager, NHSBDC, ('Control- 

 ling Your Cash Flow'). And for 

 a change of pace, Richard Zoerb 

 gave a slide tour of Colombian 

 cut-flower production. 



A lot of unsentimental 

 information was presented. 

 Although it's great to be grow- 

 ing plants, it's even better to 



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stay in business. The program 

 of the 1992 Winter Meeting 

 will help NHPGA members to 

 do just that. 



REQUEST FOR 

 PUBLICITY MATERIAL 



(from AAN Vpdate, Feb. 21, 

 1992). 



American Association of Nursery- 

 men is looking for stories about 

 your experiences (actual or poten- 

 tial) with local pesticide regula- 

 tions. With action on federal pre- 

 emption legislation building, ex- 

 amples of how local ordinances 

 could hurt the nursery industry 

 are needed to support a media 

 campaign to influence legislators 

 and the general public. 



"How has the problem affected 

 you? (How might it effect you?) 

 Your story, used in media, will 

 help support the cause." 



Contact Joe Albizo: phone 

 (202) 789-2900; fax (202) 789- 

 1893. 



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