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                                                              9  THIS BUSINESS OF OURS   Mike Hemming
                                                                  New way of Dointg Things
                                                             15  IT’S TIME FOR SHARING   Jerry Faulring

                                                                  Box Tree Moth (Cydalima perspectalis)
                                                             20  MEMBER EVENT   Lauren Bottcher
                                                                  Greenhouse Grower Field Day at Tidal Creek Growers

                                                             25  GROWING FORWARD   Leslie Hunter Cario
         page 15                      page 9                      Thoughts from the National Native Seed Conference

                                                             31  MEMBER EVENT   Lauren Bottcher
                                                                  Membership Volunteer Service at the Maryland
                                                                  Department of Agriculture

                                                             38 FEATURED MEMBER   Matt McClellan
                                   page 63                         Waverly Farm—Start with Soil

                                                             46  AMERICANHORT
         page 60                                                  News from the Hill

                                                             50  GROWING WITH EDUCATION   Ginny Rosenkranz
                                                                  Native Herbaceous Perennials that are not Dear to Deer

                                                             60 TOTAL PLANT MANAGEMENT   Stanton Gill
                                                                  The Future for Spraying in a Nursery

                                                             63  CULTIVATING COMMUNICATION   Wendy Brister
                                                                  Ornamental Grasses – You’ve come a long way baby!

                                                             DEPARTMENTS
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                                                               4   President’s Message
                                                               6   Director’s Message
                                                               8   Association Officers
                                                               8   Directory of Advertisers
                                                             35    Annual MNLGA Sponsors
                                                             44   Maryland Green Industry Calendar of Events
                                                             48   CPH
                                                              62   Affinity Programs
                                                             68   New Members
                                                             70    Press Release
                                                             71    MNLGA Mission Statement
                                                             73    MNLGA Chairs and Committees
                                                             73    MNLGA Board of Directors
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                                                             Executive Director: Vanessa A. Finney
          ON THE COVER:                                      Quercus Management Staff: E. Kelly Finney, Lauren Bottcher and Michelle Paris
                                                             Phone: 410-823-8684 | Fax: 410-296-8288 | E-mail: office@mnlga.org
          Jerry Faulring of Waverly Farms
                                                             Web: mnlga.org | Free State e-mail: freestate@mnlga.org
          Article reprinted with permission from the May 2023 Nursery
          Management Magazine. Article begins on page 38
                                                             Design: Gregory J. Cannizzaro Graphic Design (contact information page 27)
                                                             © 2023 Maryland Nursery, Landscape and Greenhouse Association, Inc.
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