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Advanced Studies in Professional Horticulture
This winter Mike Novotny, one of Carroll County
Landscape’s installation foremen, attended a four – one
day per week course that is part of the Advanced Studies
in Professional Horticulture program offered by the
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens. The course is called
‘Resilient Landscapes in Built Environments’. This new in-depth program is designed to provide
advanced and comprehensive content to support landscape
practitioners in reaching the next level. Mike has
started on the first course ‘Design and Structural
Components’. The four segments are Ecological Design
for Resilience, Applied Soils: Restore and Engineer,
Systematic Solutions to Water Management and Sustainable
Materials: Site Specific Features and Applications.
Carroll County Landscape is excited to be sending Mike
as part of the company professional development program
they provide for their employees. Mike will have the
opportunity to utilize what he learns over the four
weeks in the many landscape projects he is involved in
with Carroll County Landscape.
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Great Waters Music Festival
This past year Carroll County Landscape
participated in the summer fundraising event
in Wolfeboro. Our gardening crew grew,
arranged and assembled the live centerpieces
for each table and some entrance containers
for the event. We were proud to donate
plants and the effort of our staff for such
a worthy community group.
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MNLA Green Industry Winter Forum
David Alessandroni attended the ‘Dreams &
Solutions’ educational conference put on by
the MA Nursery and Landscape Association.
The event was held at the Best Western Royal
Plaza Hotel and Trade Center in Marlborough
Massachusetts in February. Some of the
educational sessions David attended were
‘Power Couples: Perennial Pairings for Jaw
Dropping Gardens and Containers’,
‘Principles of Dry Stone Walls’ and ‘Adding
Pizzaz to the Humdrum Landscape: 36
Inspiring Plants’. The final presentation
for the day was by the keynote speaker for
the event, Brie Arthur. It was titled The
Foodscape Revolution – Urban Living. The
education and exhibits were fantastic. It
was a great opportunity to learn from the
finest in the industry and prepare for the
2020 season.
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End of year luncheon
Group photo of staff at end of season
luncheon and cookie swap at Wontons Chinese
restaurant in Wakefield. A delicious lunch
followed by our cookie swap. Everyone
contributes a dish of homemade cookies made
the night before from their own special
recipe. Awesome treat for your sweet tooth.
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New equipment enclosure
Purchased and installed last fall by
our staff – a new vinyl hoop
enclosure for winter storage of our
wood chipper and bark blower. This
serves as the garage for our bark
blower during the summer to keep it
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Carroll County Crock Pot Cook-off!
After such an amazing first year in 2018 the
crock pot cook-off was once again held as one of
the fall events put on by the staff of Carroll
County Landscape.
A fun, now annual event - The Carroll County
Landscape chili and soup Cook-Off. Winning entry
was from Jess Buccella. A close second went to
Tom Brown, defending champion from 2018. All
chili's and soups were absolutely awesome!!
Special thanks go to our chef/judge, Bob
Simmons. Bob also participates as chef
extraordinaire at our monthly barbecues held at
our shop and sometimes Albee Beach during our
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NHLA
Winter Conference
The
staff of Carroll County Landscape attended three
Exceptional conferences over the winter and spring of
2020. Included in the group of conferences were the
NHLA/NHPGA/ UNH Coop. Ext. Joint Winter Conference that
is held each year in January at the Grappone Center in
Concord. The event features educational sessions as
well as a small trade show.
Next up
was the NH Arborists Association Spring Meeting. A
large crowd was in attendance for the featured speaker,
Michael Dirr, who gave two presentations to a very
intent audience. Michael Dirr is a renowned plantsman
and writer of Manual of Woody Landscape Plants. The
go-to plant guide for professional landscapers, growers,
nursery and garden center professionals as well as
arborists.
Third in
a line of educational events was the NHLA/NH Extension
2020 Spring Landscape Conference. This is a daylong
educational event that provides a chance for learning as
well as networking within the landscape community. The
timing of this event makes for great stimulation right
before the season opens up. Those in attendance from
Carroll County Landscape included Jan Bicknell, Tom
Brown, Jess Buccella, Ron Lewis, Tyrrell Nickerson, Mike
Novotny, Tim Ross and Patti Thomas.
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Wolfeboro
Festival of Trees
Once again our gardening crew outdid themselves. This
year’s entry was a snowman covered Christmas tree. It was
quite an attraction. |
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One of
our hoop houses
Just
before planting time we receive deliveries and have a
100’ hoop house chock full of colorful annuals.
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Winter
Greens
Our gardening crew created some beautiful displays using
winter greens and winterberries for some of our landscape
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