Welcome, New Members! 



James Ban* 



Valent USA Corp. 



25 Drew Court 



Dover, DE 19901 



(302) 697-8877 



Briar Patch Greenhouse 



PO Box 525 



MUton, NH 03851 



(603) 6524553 



Kenneth Gosselln 



207 Cranwell Drive 



Manchester, NH 03109 



(603) 627-6599 



Amy Juchatz, New Hampshire 

 Division of Public Health 



6 Hazen Drive 



Concord, NH 03301 



(603) 271-4664 



LAN Nurseries 



259 College Street 



Magog, Quebec J1X2K4 



(819) 843-5071 



Miltimore's Greenhouse 



64 Jenkins Road 



Bedford, NH 03110 



(603) 472-5092 



Petty Brook Nursery 



Box 79 



Woodsville, NH 03785 



(603) 838-6312 



Plants Alive, Inc. 



Rte. 202 

 Bennington. NH 03342 

 (603) 



Pheasant Hill Nursery, Inc. 



4 Sanders Road 



Hudson, NH 03051 



(603) 889-2934 



Rodney C. Woodman 



475 Nashua Street 

 Milford, NH 03055 



Sew Advertisers 



Dosmatic USA 



896 North MUl Street 

 Lewisville, Texas 75057 



Sharon Sales Company, Inc. 



275 Turnpike Street 

 Canton, MA 02021 



Vermont Natural Ag 

 Products, Inc. 



559 Lower Foote Street 

 Middlebury, Vermont 05753 



Winandy Greenhouse 

 Company, Inc. 



2211 Peacock Road 

 Richmond, Indiana 47374 



New Heunpshire 

 Orchid Society 



FORUM 



Thanks Go To.... 



...the speakers who donated their 

 time and energy to make the 

 NHPGA's Pesticide Applicator Re- 

 certification Program on November 

 12 a success. These include 

 Donald De Wess, OSHA; Jeffrey 

 Gagnon, NH Dept of Safety; Amy 

 Juchatz, NH Division of Public 

 Health Services; James Zerblocky, 

 Grace-Sierra; and Steve Zimmer- 

 man, Valent USA Corporation. Also 

 thanks go to Bob Demers, Jr., who 

 played a major role in organizing 

 the whole thing. There was no offi- 

 cial head count, but it over fifty 

 people attended and received cred- 

 its. For NHPGA members, the pro- 

 gram was free. 



...Don and Dave Murray, hosts of a 

 NHPGA Twilight Meeting at Mur- 

 ray Farms Greenhouses, Penacook, 

 on November 19. Over thirty 

 people visited, saw the innovative 

 benching, the chip-burning boiler, 

 the climate control system.... 



Co-host Don Murray said he felt 

 it went really well. He was pleased 

 with the turnout and said that 

 people lingered long after the event 

 was officially over, talking about 

 DIF and raising poinsettias. 



...Jolly Farmer Enterprises for plant 

 material donated to decorate the 

 NHPGA booth at the Eastern Re- 

 gional Nurserymen's Association 

 Trade Show at the Concord Hotel, 

 Kiamesha Lake, New York, this 

 past January. And thanks go to 

 Chris Robarge, who brought the 

 display out there and manned it for 

 the three days of the show. 



Flower Show 1994 



Real Fallu, Vice-President GSGFS 



As vice-president of the Granite 

 State Garden and Flower Show, I 

 received a letter several weeks ago 

 from the board of directors of 

 NHLA stating that the association 

 wants to withdraw from the flower 

 show corporation. Don Tordoff and 

 I attended a NHLA board meeting 

 to address the issue. One of the 

 reasons given for the possible with- 



drawal was lack of interest on the 

 part of NHLA members, financial 

 responsibilities, volunteer time limi- 

 tations. Is this lack of interest real, 

 or are there NHLA members still 

 interested in being part of the 

 Granite State Garden and Flower 

 Show? 



GSGFS is going through a tran- 

 sitional period. There has not been 

 a show in two years. We are cur- 

 rently planning the 1994 show. The 

 days of large, expensive exhibits 

 are over. We recommend smaller 

 exhibits, 200 to 400 square feet, 

 perhaps in conjunction with another 

 exhibitor. With reimbursements 

 from the receipts of the show, it is 

 possible to do such an exhibit with 

 very little cost to the exhibitors. 

 Workshops on construction of 

 exhibits and forcing plant material 

 will be offered for first-time 

 exhibitors. 



Another major concern of the 

 GSGFS board is funding the show 

 itself. Several members are investi- 

 gating the possibility of corporate 

 sponsorship. A plant sale fair has 

 been scheduled for July, 1993, with 

 proceeds going to the GSGFS. 

 Other fund-raisers will be held to 

 raise the necessary money. 



Why should you participate in 

 the flower show? These are just a 

 few of the reasons... 



• The challenge 



« The competition 



• To promote plant and construc- 

 tion materials 



. Working together with other 

 companies in your profession 



• Great advertisement and 

 exposure 



• Educational growth 



• Giving something back to the 

 community 



• If for no other reason, just 

 for the fun of it during the 

 off-season. 



Let's keep the flower show local. 

 Great efforts have been put into 

 the flower show over the years. 

 We don't want it to become extinct. 

 We welcome new ideas and new 

 faces. Please contact Real Fallu, 

 4974060, or Don Tordoff, 6234313, 

 for mor information about our next 

 meeting. »*• 



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