CALENDAR 



August 



15-16 btfi Annual Plant Sale, The 



Fells, lohn Hay National Wildlife 



Refuge, Newbury, NH; 603-763-4789 



17 Second Annual Rockingham 



County Open Farm Day, maps and 



information: Nada Haddad at 



603-679-5616. 



20 MCH {Massachusetts Certified 



Horticulturalist) Day, Arnold 



Arboretum, Jamaica Plain, MA; 



413-369-4731. 



20 UNH Goodman Experimental 



Farm Twilight Meeting, University of 



New Hampshire, Durham, NH; )ohn 



McLean at 603-868-2345. 



20 Vermont Association of Professional 

 Horticulturalists (VAPH) Summer 

 Meeting, Equinox Valley Nursery, 

 Manchester, VT; 802-253-8565. 



21 Griffin Greenhouse and Nursery 

 Supplies 9th Biennial Open House/Gala 

 Golden Anniversary Celebration, 



1619 Main Street, Tewksbury, MA; 

 508-851-4346. 



22 Third Annual Maine Landscape 

 and Nursery Association (MeLNA) Field 

 Day, University of Maine, Orono; 

 Paul Cappielio at 207-581-2918. 



22 Meeting of the International Plant 

 Propagators' Society, Eastern Region, 

 University of Vermont, Burlington, 

 VT; Leonard Perry at 802-656-2630. 



September 



4 "Backyard Tree Farming." a four- 

 part series held on consecutive 

 Thursday evenings in September, 

 Urban Forestry Center, 45 Elwyn 

 Road, Portsmouth, NH; preregistra- 

 tion information: 603-431-677-1. 



12-28 Eastern States Exposition, 

 Vk/est Springfield, MA; 413-737-2443. 



13 Lecture. "Building Stone Wa/ls," 

 Tower Hill Botanic Garden, 

 Boylston, MA: Karen Probst at 

 508-869-6111, Ext. 20. 



26 New Hampshire Chapter, New 

 England V\Jild Flower Society, Meeting, 

 3 pm, )ohn Hay National Wildlife 

 Refuge, Newbury, NH; 

 603-763-4789 for directions. 



October 



9-10 Connecticut Greenhouse Short 

 Course 1997, Four Points Hotel, 

 Waterbury, CT; Connecticut Green- 

 house Growers' Association at 

 203-261-9067. 



11 Workshop. "Forcing Bulbs for 

 Winter," Tower Hill Botanic Garden. 

 Boylston, MA; 508-869-6111, Ext. 20. 

 20-23 Annual Meeting. International 

 Plant Propagators Society, Eastern 

 Region, Newport, Rl; Margot 

 Bridgen at 860-429-6818. 

 25 Fall UNH-FFA iHterscAo/flStic 

 Career Deve/opwent Event, University 

 of New Hampshire, Durham, NH; 

 Dave Howell at 603-862-1760. 

 25-26 Connecticut State Agricultural 

 Exposition, Hartford Armory, Hart- 

 ford, CT; 860-566-4845. 



November 



14 Lecture/slide presenffltiOM: "North 

 American Trilliums," co-sponsored 

 by the New England Wild Flower 

 Society, New Hampshire and 

 Maine Chapters, and the John Hay 

 Estate, lOam-noon, at the Urban 

 Forestry Center, Portsmouth, NH; 

 508-877-7630, Ext. 3301. 



The Plantsman Is published In eariy February, 

 April, |une, August. October, and December 

 with copy deadlines being the flret of each prior 

 month. While camera-ready ads are preferred, set- 

 up assistance Is available at a nominal fee. Free 

 classified advertising Is offered as a mem-ber 

 service. We will carry a short message (no artwork 

 or logos) for one or two Issues of TYie Pljuttsman. 



AUGUST & SEPTEMBER 1997 



