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an expanded time to view the trade 

 show and exhibits. 



The keynote speaker (on Wed- 

 nesday afternoon) is James van 

 Sweden, a member of the design 

 firm of Oehme/van Sweden Associ- 

 ates of Washington, DC, and sub- 

 ject of a book entitled. Bold Roman- 

 tic Gardens: the New World Land- 

 scapes of Oehme and van Sweden, 

 published in 1990. Qn 1991, the 

 book was given two Awards of Ex- 

 cellence by the Garden Writers of 

 America.) van Sweden's topic will 

 be, "Bold Romantic Gardens." 



Other speakers include Steven 

 Frowine of White Flower Farms 

 speaking on, "What* s New for 

 American Gardens." 



Preregistration for both days is 

 $45 ($50 at the door); preregistra- 

 tion for one day is $30 ($35 at the 

 door). 



For more information, contact 

 Guy Hodgdon at 1-800-639-5601. 



• 

 Right after this, orchids are spot- 

 lighted. Buoyed by the success of 



last year's American Orchid Society 

 (AOS)-approved New Hampshire 

 Orchid Show, the New Hampshire 

 Orchid Society is planning a second 

 show. It will be held at the Center 

 of New Hampshire Holiday Inn & 

 Convention Center in Manchester 

 on March 19-21. 



This year there's 25,000 square 

 feet of space — as opposed to last 

 year's 4000. Gordon LaBonte, the 

 show's chairperson, says he expects 

 a lot of the people who showed last 

 year to come back — "and therell be 

 a lot of new people from all over 

 the country here as well." New ex- 

 hibitors will include The New 

 Hampshire Federation of Garden 

 Clubs, Teleflora, and Garden Clubs 

 of America. Representatives— and 

 hopefully, exhibitors— from orchid 

 societies in Ottawa and Montreal 

 are also expected to attend. 



For information, contact Gordon 

 LaBonte at (603) 627-5397. 



(This is the Tenth Anniversary 

 year of the New Hampshire Orchid 

 Society. It was begun in June, 



1983, by Paul Sawyer, operator— 

 with his wife Elaine — of Sawyer's 

 Exotic Greenhouses in Grafton. The 

 original membership of ten people 

 has grown to today's 150. And Paul 

 is still organizing— he recently 

 started the Twin-States Orchid Soci- 

 ety, which meets in Rutland, Ver- 

 mont, and caters to orchid growers 

 in eastern Vermont and western 

 New Hampshire.) 



• 

 The Twenty-third Annual UNH 

 Greenhouse Open House, spon- 

 sored by the Plant Biology Depart- 

 ment and the Thompson School of 

 Applied Science, will be held April 

 2-3 at the greenhouse complex on 

 Mast Road in Durham. Although 

 perhaps somewhat lower-key than 

 in the past, the show's theme is 

 "Biology in Action" and there will 

 be a mix of lectures, displays, a 

 free soil-testing service, and plant 

 sales, with instructors from both 

 schools there to answer questions. 

 For information, contact George 

 Estes at (603) 862-3220. »^ 



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