CALENDAR 



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CONTENTS 



June 



23 NHPGA Spring Twilight Meet- 

 ing; Roiling Green Landscape & Nurs- 

 ery, Greenland, NH; Featured speaker 

 Wayne Mezitt, of Weston Nurseries in 

 Hopkinton, MA. His topic: new rhodo- 

 dendrons and azaleas, commercial 

 vendors on-site to showcase new prod- 

 ucts, contact 292-5238 



26 Garden Expo; Rockingham Countv 

 Botanical Garden, Brentwood County 

 Complex; exhibitors are local horticul- 

 tural and craft businesses that cater to 

 the gardening public including plants 

 material, hardscapes, garden statuarv, 

 and supplies; contact Nancv Adams, 

 679-5616 



September 



8-9 NENA Green Summit; an 

 educational opportunity for industry 

 professionals, contact 508-653-3112 

 or NEnsyAssn@aol.com 



29-Oct. 2 Society of American 



Florists Annual Convention; Ritz-Carl- 



ton, Kapalua, Maui, Hawaii; 



contact ph. 703-836-8700 or www.saf- 



now.ore 



October 



18-20 New England Greenhouse 

 Conference; Centrum, Worcester, MA; 

 802-655-7769 or www.uvm.edu/pass/ 

 greenhouse.negc.html 



Departments 



3 From the Board 



5 Forum 



11 New Flampshire News 



13 Elsewhere in the News 



25 How About Herbs 

 "Love that Lovage" 



Features 



17 MEMBER PROFILE 



Melissa Moore 



19 Compost Use Demonstration 

 Mike Rainey 



22 Landscapers Kick Off Season 

 with UNH Cooperative 

 Extension 

 Allyson Brehni 



28 Book Order Form 



July 



5-10 Perennial Plant Association 

 Symposium & Trade Show; 



Cirand Hvatt, New York City, 

 New York; contact 614-771-8431 

 or www.perennialplant.org, email 

 ppa@perennialplant.org 



10-14 OFA Short Course; Columbus 



Convention Center, Columbus, Ohio; 



contact ph. 614-487-1117 or 



fax 614-487-1216 or ofa@ofa.org 



or www.ofa.org 



28 NHPGA Summer Meeting, 2004; 



Host: Gold Star Nursery & Sod Farm, 

 Canterbury, NH (along the banks of 

 the scenic Merrimack River); Registra- 

 tion material arriving this spring; con- 

 tact 292-5238 



August 



4 UNH Twilight Meeting; UNH 

 Horticultural Research Farm, Durham; 

 New research with fruits, vegetables, 

 and ornamentals will be showcased; 

 contact 603-862-3200 



November 



2-5 Association of Specialty Cut 

 Flower Growers National Conference 

 and Trade Show; Radisson Hotel, 

 Orlando, FL, ph. 440-774-2887 

 or ascfg@oberlin.net 



January 2005 



20 Joint Winter Meeting of NHPGA 

 and NHLA; 



contact NHPGA@comcast.net 



February 



1-3 New England Grows; Boston Con- 

 vention and Expo Center, Boston, MA 

 www.negrows.org 



On the cover: Dahlia 

 'Everswinkel' in full bloom. 

 Credit Netherlands Flower Bulb 

 Information Center, New York, 



NY. 



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 June. Augusc. October, and December with copy 

 deadlines on the first of each prior month. While 

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SPRING 2004 



