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Contents
9 THIS BUSINESS OF OURS Mike Hemming
Working Efficently On-the-Fly
14 CULTIVATING COMMUNICATION Wendy Brister
The Shade Garden – Following Cues from the
Natural Landscape
23 TOTAL PLANT MANAGEMENT Stanton Gill
What’s Coming in 2024?
page 9 page 14 28 MEMBER EVENT Lauren Bottcher
Nursery Field Day at Abby Farms
34 SEEDING SUCCESS MEMBERSHIP REFERRAL
Kelly FInney
44 SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS
page 56 page 52
46 GROWING WITH EDUCATION Ginny Rosenkranz
Native Perennials Not Dear to Deer: Part 1
54 AMERICANHORT
News from the Hill
56 IT’S TIME FOR SHARING Jerry Faulring
Strategic Planting Plans for a Wholesale Field Production Nursery –
page 28 It’s Not Easy
61 GROWING FORWARD Leslie Hunter Cario
Visit to a Plant Biology Research Powerhouse
DEPARTMENTS
4 President’s Message
6 Director’s Message
8 Association Officers
8 Directory of Advertisers
21 CPH
40 Annual MNLGA Sponsors
page 46 page 23 42 Maryland Green Industry Calendar of Events
60 New Members
66 Press Release
67 MNLGA Mission Statement
68 Membership Benefits Program
69 MNLGA Chairs and Committees
69 MNLGA Board of Directors
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Executive Director: Vanessa A. Finney
Quercus Management Staff: E. Kelly Finney, Lauren Bottcher and Michelle Paris Hahn
ON THE COVER: Phone: 410-823-8684 | Fax: 410-296-8288 | E-mail: office@mnlga.org
Paige Kookogey, ALI graduate and Babikow Greenhouses employee, Web: mnlga.org | Free State e-mail: freestate@mnlga.org
volunteers at one of many MNLGA community improvement projects
and shows why Membership Matters. Article begins on page 34 Design: Gregory J. Cannizzaro Graphic Design (contact information page 32)
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