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INDUSTRY EVENT

Nursery Field Day Recap

“If you grow it, they will come,” is Magazine. If you have not read this the day was that this place is simply
the philosophy of Mark Sullivan and article on Mark, Maripat, and the amazing. You really should see it for
his wife, Maripat Neff, owners of Fieldstone journey, you still may yourself and we’ll let the pictures do
Fieldstone Nursery Inc. in Parkton, on your association website www. the lions share of the talking.
Maryland. mnlga.org.
But first, a big thank you to Mark
In 1988, they purchased 12 acres of Well, they have built it and on Sullivan, Maripat Neff and everyone
what had been a 200-acre dairy Thursday, September 16 “they” associated with Fieldstone to get
farm and moved, with their three sure did come. Over 100 attendees the nursery “ready” for field day.
sons, into what had been the old gathered at Fieldstone for the Anyone who has hosted this event
homestead. The house was built return to in-person nursery field understands what that means
in 1852. The property, which is in days; our first since September including the overwhelming joy
northern Baltimore County near the 18, 2019. It is true that a picture is of hosting the event and the even
Pretty Boy Reservoir, just 6 miles from worth a thousand words and the greater joy of watching the MNLGA
the Pennsylvania line, included a barn beauty that is Fieldstone, like so staff leave when it is all over. There
and a pond. many of our Maryland Nurseries is no greater compliment to us
So began the Featured Member that dot the landscape across the (the staff) then being told by the
article written by Carol Kinsley in the state, is not always done justice by host that they look forward to not
Summer 2020 issue of Free State a photograph alone … a familiar hearing from us.
refrain from attendees throughout

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