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New England Nursery 

 Association Elects Officers 



At the annual meeting oi the New 

 England Nursery Association (NENA) 

 held on February 6, 2004 in Boston, 

 Massachusetts, the following members 

 were elected to serve as otncers & 

 directors of the association lor 2004: 



President 

 Bruce Vanicek 



The Rhode Island Nurseries 

 Middletown, Rhode Island 



Vice President 

 John Bardzik 



Tarnow Nursery 

 Chicopee, Massachusetts 



Secret a ryl Treasii rer 

 Greg Schaan 

 Imperial Nurseries 

 Granby, Connecticut 



Past President 

 Jeff Huntington 

 Pleasant View Gardens 

 Loudon, New Hampshire 



Directors 



Tom Strangfeld 



Massachusetts Horticultural Society 

 Wellesley, Massachusetts 



Hammon Buck 



Plants Unlimited 

 Rockport, Maine 



Leslie van Berkum 



Van Berkum Nursery 

 Deerfield, New Hampshire 



The mission ot the New England 

 Nursery Association is to enhance 

 the nursery industry network 

 through education, support ot state 

 and national activities, and increased 

 awareness of the value of nursery 

 products and services. 



For more information call (508) 

 653-3112 or e-mail NEnsyAssn 

 @aol.com. 

 Credit: NENA 2/11/04 News Release 



New England Nursery 

 Association Announces 

 Breakthrough Learning 

 Opportunity 



At this winter's New England 

 Grows conference, the New England 

 Nursery Association (NENA) 

 announced a new management 

 seminar — The Green Summit. This 

 new learning opportunity will be 

 held September 8 & 9, 2005 and will 

 offer advanced programming tor 

 the "best and brightest" of New 

 England's green industry. 



"The inception of The Green 

 Summit is in direct response 

 to the educational needs of our 

 constituents," said NENA president 

 Bruce Vanicek. "Current and next- 

 generation leaders are crying out 

 for high quality programming and 

 that's what NENA will deliver in 

 September 2005.' 



The mission of the New England 

 Nursery Association is to enhance 

 the nursery industry network 

 through education, support of state 

 and national activities, and increased 

 awareness of the value of nursery 

 products and services. 



For more intormation on The 

 Green Summit or NENA call (508) 

 653-3112 or e-mail NEnsyAssn 

 @aol.com. 



News on exciting work with 

 school gardens 



The VIVA! Garden for Schools 

 program was born from the strong 

 belief that education and exposure 

 to plants can create excitement and 

 comfort in the world of gardening 

 tor people and children. Hobbies and 

 litelong pursuits are often stimulated 

 by great childhood experiences. 



So VIVA!, a line of herb and 

 vegetables available exclusively at 

 The Home Depot, has introduced 

 a new program to help school 

 gardens. In this program, herb and 

 vegetable plants are donated to school 

 classrooms with the intent to excite 



children about gardening; to expose 

 children, their tamilies and teachers 

 to horticulture; tor better nutrition 

 and exercise; and for all ot the 

 great experiences that happen when 

 children interact with nature. 



Growers from across the country 

 who grow the VIVA! line tor The 

 Home Depot are participating with 

 donations. In 2003, the program's 

 tirst year, 2,276 classrooms 

 participated in VIVA! Garden tor 

 Schools receiving donations of 72,832 

 VIVA! Herb and VIVA! Veggie 

 plants. One teacher in the program 

 told us that over the summer the 

 children returned to their gardens 

 to continue caring and picking the 

 harvest. Another tound her children 

 preterring picked tomatoes to snack 

 foods — we who have had vegetable 

 gardens know the sweetness ot vine 

 ripe tomatoes. 



New tor 2004 are two additional 

 sponsors for the program: VIGORO 

 and Supersoil. VIGORO is 

 participating in the nationwide VIVA! 

 Garden tor Schools contest which 

 provides grants to 6 winners. Also 

 new for this year, many classrooms 

 will receive, along with the plants, 

 donations ot VIGORO fertilizer and 

 Supersoil Premium Potting Soil to 

 get their gardens started. 



It is a huge difference tor the 

 children to be gardening with 

 vigorous plants already ot size rather 

 than planting seeds. With started 

 plants children can see fast results 

 tor their efforts. For photos, 2003 

 contest results, and information 

 about the program visit www. 

 vivagarden.com. 

 from News Re/ease 



ANLA Partners with Ian 

 Baldwin to lead Group 

 Buying Trip to GLEE 



Garden industry veteran Ian Bald- 

 win will lead North American 

 retailers on a short, tocused group 



SPRING 2004 



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