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UNHCE Greenhouse Energy Conservation Workshop
August 2008
A two-day workshop on conserving energy in your greenhouse will take place on September 16th and 17th in the Manchester area. The workshop on the 16th will be held from 9 am to 3:30pm at the Masabesic Audubon Center in Auburn. Featured speakers will be Dr. Brian Krug, UNH Cooperative Extension greenhouse and floriculture specialists, Dr. John Bartok from the Univ. of Connecticut who specializes in greenhouse engineering and Sadie Puglisi, UNH Cooperative Extension educator in agriculture.

Talks will focus on alternative fuels (the options, pros and cons and what it takes to make the shift) and will include a panel of growers who are using alternative fuels, a walk through the USDA virtual grower tool which can help calculate the cost of your fuel several years into the future, a talk on using crop scheduling to keep fuel costs down and a checklist of inexpensive and easy ways to cut costs in your greenhouse.

On the 17th, participants will be touring greenhouses and conducting hands-on energy audits to learn how to conduct their own audits. The cost for the workshop is $38.00 for both days with snack and lunch provided on the first day.

For more information contact Margaret Hagen at Margaret.Hagen@unh.edu

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Studley’s Announces Second-Generation Owners
August 2008
One of Rochester’s longest-running family-owned businesses has been handed down to the next generation. David and Jeffrey Meulenbroek purchased Studley’s Flower Garden from their parents, Pieter and Betty Jane Meulenbroek, May 13, 2008. Studley’s Flower Garden, which has specialized in providing its customers with fresh flowers from its downtown location for 80 years, was founded by Joshua Studley in 1928. From its origins as a florist with greenhouses, Studley’s has evolved through the years with market changes to provide a wealth of different products and services, from full service florist and garden center to landscaping and irrigation services. The Meulenbroeks bought the business from Studley in 1971. As evidence of its satisfied local customer base, Studley’s has been voted Rochester’s favorite florist for the past 14 years in an independent survey.

David and Jeffrey plan to continue offering cut flowers as well as flowering and foliage plants, annuals, hanging baskets, perennials and holiday plants. David will direct Studley’s extensive landscape and irrigation service operation while Jeffrey will devote most of his efforts to growing the greenhouse crops and managing the garden center. Both are New Hampshire Certified Landscapers by the New Hampshire Landscape Association.

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Boston Flower Exchange, Inc. Announces Floriculture Scholarship
July 2008
The Boston Flower Exchange, Inc. announces the annual Rachel Butterworth Dietz Scholarship. This is an award of $5,000 to a student in the New England region pursuing higher education in floriculture or ornamental
horticulture.
Applications will be accepted until September 15, 2008. The award is open to enrolled full-time students in higher education or graduating high school seniors who have been accepted into an accredited full-time floriculture or ornamental horticulture program. The Boston Flower Exchange requires that the application include an essay of one to two single spaced pages demonstrating the applicant's experience in the industry as well as future plans and ambitions in floriculture or ornamental horticulture.

An application is available at here

For more information please contact Tyler Matteson at the Boston Flower Exchange, 540 Albany Street, Boston, MA 02118, by phone at at (617) 426 6700 x101 or by e-mail at info@thebostonflowerexchange.com

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Events

NHPGA Summer Meeting at Phillips Exeter Academy
Thursday, August 21st from 4:00pm to 7:00pm

It’s summer meeting time! Come join fellow NHPGA members as we tour the beautifully landscaped campus of Phillips Exeter Academy located on over 400 acres in downtown Exeter. Founded in the 1700’s, the campus offers a diverse mix of landscaping from the old and mature to the new and modern. In the late 1990’s the academy embarked on a master plan to restore the existing campus landscape and to plan for future growth. Restoring the tree canopy has become an ongoing project as a result of the master plan and is particularly important as many of the surviving mature trees are in decline. Find out how a crew of only eight to ten handles these challenges and keeps the campus looking good despite the heavy usage of 1000+ students and faculty.

Registration will begin at 3:30 and the evening will end with a barbeque put on by your NHPGA Board of Directors.

The cost per person is $20.00. Please RSVP to NHPGA, 4 Karacull Lane, Pittsfield, NH 03263 by August 18th.

Registration will begin at 3:30. Questions can be directed to info@nhpga.org or by calling 603-435-6785.

Annual Garden Festival: Going Green Globally

Saturday August 23, 2008
10:00 AM - 02:00 PM

Rockingham County UNHCE Master Gardeners present a family event featuring educational booths, demonstrations, free soil pH testing, displays, plant sale, children’s activities, refreshments, raffle, and MORE.

All events take place at the Rockingham County Demonstration Gardens, across the road from UNH Cooperative Extension Rockingham County. (Rain date Sunday August 24 from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm.)
More Information >

Tour of Fairy Houses in Portsmouth Gardens

http://www.fairyhouses.com/
Saturday September 20 & Sunday September 21
12:00pm-4:00pm

Come, enjoy a magical “one of a kind” garden tour! A self-guided walking tour of Fairy Houses displayed in both public and private gardens in the historic South End neighborhood of Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

Families, gardeners, nature lovers and the young at heart will be enchanted by these whimsical fairy habitats, built for the fairies to visit.

	Tickets Advance	Day of Tour
Children (3-12 yrs.)	$4.00	$5.00
Adults	$10.00	$15.00
Seniors (62+)	$8.00	$10.00

Advance tickets may be purchased now in Portsmouth at:

G. Willikers Toyshop, 13 Market Street, Portsmouth
Strawbery Banke Museum at the Tyco Center, Portsmouth
Online at www.strawberrybanke.com
Prescott Park Arts Festival

NHPGA member Rolling Green Nursery will be participating in this event and they are currently looking for materials for to construct their Fairy House. More information >

Churchill's Gardens Scavenger Hunt

Saturday September 20, 2008
11:00 am

Clubbers will go on a scavenger hunt to find secret clues hidden throughout the garden center.
All ages will be accommodated.
More Information >

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