CALENDAR 



CONTENTS 



May 



1 1 Mother's Day 



1 1 Mother's Day at Tower Hill Botanic 

 Garden; Free admission to all mothers! 

 Special menu in Twigs Cafe by reserva- 

 tion. Tower Hill Botanic Garden. 

 Boylston, MA 



26 Memorial Day Observed Nationally 



31 18th Annual Plant Sale; Tower 

 Hill Botanic Garden; Boylston, MA 

 (11 A.M. -5 p.m. member hours 9-11 

 A.M.) Sale features a wide assortment of 

 unique plants; Free Admission all day. 

 $1 parking fee 



July 2003 



12-16 Ohio Florists Association Short 

 Course; Greater Columbus Convention 

 Center; Columbus, OH; contact 

 614-487-1117 



15 MNLA Summer Meeting & Trade 

 Show; Plimouth Plantation, Plymouth, 

 MA; contact 413-369-4731 or 

 www.mnla.com 



16-20 ANLA Convention & Executive 

 Learning Retreat; Boston, MA; 

 202-789-2900 or www.anla.org 



27-Aug. 3 Perennial Plant Symposium, 

 Sacramento and San Francisco, CA; 



contact 614-771-8431 or 

 www.perennialplant.org 



August 



5-6 NENA Summer Expo; Pleasant 

 View Gardens, Loudon, NH; Nursery 

 Tours on Aug. 5; contact: NENA 

 508-653-3112 or www.NensyAssn.org 



September 2003 



24-27 Society of American Florists An- 

 nual Convention; Boca Raton Resort & 

 Club, Boca Raton, FL; contact 703-836- 

 8700 



30-Oct. 4 American Society for Horti- 

 cultural Science 100th Anniversary; 



Providence Rhode Island; Contact ASHS 

 703-836-4606 or www.ashs.org 



October 2003 



12-15 Association of Specialty Cut 

 Flower Growers Association National 

 Conference & Trade Show; 



Fairmont Hotel-Vancouver, Vancouver, 

 British Columbia, Canada; contact 

 440-774-2887 



21-23 IPPS Eastern Region; 



Portland, Maine; Contact Margot 

 Bridgen; 860-429-6818 



Visit www.nhplantgrowers.org for 

 additional calendar items 



Departments 



3 From the Board 



5 Forum 



11 New Hampshire News 

 15 Elsewhere in the News 

 23 Pioneer Pointers 



25 How About Herbs? 



26 Advertiser's Directory 



Features 



18 MEMBER PROFILE 



UNH Research 

 Melissa Moore 



19 PPA Names Leucanthemum 

 'Becky' 2003 Perennial 

 Plant of the Year 



20 Rockingham Botanical 

 Garden 2002-2003 Update 



21 Soil and Plant Tissue Test- 

 ing: Important Tools for 

 the Horticulture Industry 



26 ANLA Unveils Headliners 

 for Convention 



On the cover: 



Narcissus 'Accent.' Photograph 

 courtesy the Netherlands Flower 

 Bulb Information Center. 



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 August, October, and December witb copy deadlines on 

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 editor: Melissa Moore, 845 Loudon Ridge 

 Road, Loudon, N.H. 03307; phone 603-267- 

 8492; e-mail, Moore^worldpath.net 



SPRING 2003 



