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On December 4th the entire staff of
Carroll County Landscape, Inc. took a deserved
break for a day and attended the 20th
Annual Vermont Greenscape Conference at the
Fireside Inn & Suites in West Lebanon, NH. This
has been an annual end of the season event for
the staff of Carroll County Landscape, Inc. for
some time now. The conference includes a trade
show and educational lectures throughout the
day. It’s also a great opportunity for our staff
to enjoy the company of each other and partake
in a great buffet that the inn provides each
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Carroll County staff attends the January
joint meeting of NHLA and NHPGA in Concord.
On January 16th Dave
Alessandroni, Jan Bicknell, Tyrrell
Nickerson, Shand Haughey and John Kenny
attended the Joint Winter Meeting hosted
annually by the New Hampshire Landscape
Association, the New Hampshire Plant Growers
Association and UNH Cooperative Extension.
The meeting, trade show and educational
sessions were held at the Marriott Grappone
Center in Concord, NH. The day started at 8
am with informal roundtable discussions
allowing attendees to share ideas with peers
and see what’s new in the industry.
Educational talks included business type
sessions as well as topics on naturalistic
planting design and managing and building
healthy soils. The keynote speaker for the
day was Delilah Onofrey, Director of Flower
Power Marketing for the Suntory Collection,
former editor of Greenhouse Grower Magazine
and founder of America in Bloom.
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Dave Alessandroni, Jan Bicknell and Tyrrell Nickerson made
the trip into Boston on February 6th and 7th
for the annual New England Grows convention at the Boston
Convention & Exhibition Center. New England Grows is the
largest and most popular commercial horticulture conference
& exposition in the Northeast. The convention boasts
attendance of 13,000 industry professionals and leading
suppliers from across the country and around the world.
Seminars run throughout the day providing the opportunity to
learn about the latest design, technology and consumer
trends. The convention is scheduled to run for three days
however this year marked the first time in its history for
the last day (Friday) to be cancelled because of the big
Boston blizzard that was forecasted. Dave, Jan and Tyrrell
retreated back to NH to beat the Boston portion of the storm
and get prepared for what was the largest single snow event
Wolfeboro would see all winter. |
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The next get together for our staff
will be in March when we all attend the annual NHLA Spring
Conference for landscapers. This will be held on March 13th
at the NH Technical Institute in Concord NH. We annually attend
this educational event. It is our last winter educational event
before the landscaping season starts in April. |
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A skeleton crew of Shand Haughey and John Kenny
have been busy this winter preparing equipment,
trucks and our facility on route 28 for a smooth
startup in April. Jan Bicknell our general
manager and garden crew foreman has been working
diligently on garden plans and ordering as well
as revamping some of our administrative
procedures. Tyrrell Nickerson has been busy
enjoying his most favorite activity; snow
skiing. We hear he has been honing his racing
skills this winter while also serving as one of
Cranmore’s very accomplished veteran ski
instructors. Dave Alessandroni has been
splitting his time between helping out at the
shop and spending time in the office on
preparing designs and budgets. We’ll be ready to
be up and running as soon as the snow is off the
ground. |
Downtown Wolfeboro - after the Blizzard. |
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