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Contents
9 THIS BUSINESS OF OURS Mike Hemming
Transitions
13 TOTAL PLANT MANAGEMENT Stanton Gill
Technology in a Working Nursery
19 CULTIVATING COMMUNICATION Wendy Brister
Capitalizing on a Growing Market
24 GROWING FORWARD Leslie Hunter Cario
page 9 Expanding the Reach to Customers through Online Plant Sales
32 AMERICANHORT
News from the Hill
34 MEMBER EVENT RECAP E. Kelly Finney
MNLGA Annual Field Day
38 FEATURED MEMBER Carol Kinsley
Halian & Associates Landscapes
page 13 44 VOLUNTEER SERVICES DAY E. Kelly Finney
MAryland state Fair Grounds
55 IT’S TIME FOR SHARING Jerry Faulring
page 24 Maintaining & Improving Healthy Soil in a Field Production Nursery
63 GROWING WITH EDUCATION Ginny Rosenkranz
Giants in Our Landscape-Part II
DEPARTMENTS
page 51 page 59 4 President’s Message
6 Director’s Message
8 Association Officers
8 Directory of Advertisers
43 Annual MNLGA Sponsors
48 Press Release
50 Maryland Green Industry Calendar of Events
52 New Members
60 CPH
61 Affinity Programs
71 MNLGA Mission Statement
73 MNLGA Chairs and Committees
page 36 page 42 73 MNLGA Board of Directors
Executive Director: Vanessa A. Finney
ON THE COVER: Quercus Management Staff: E. Kelly Finney, Lauren Buttcher, and Michelle Paris
Featured Member Mosser Meadows Nurseries Retail Staff Phone: 410-823-8684 | Fax: 410-296-8288 | E-mail: office@mnlga.org
Web: mnlga.org | Free State e-mail: freestate@mnlga.org
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