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Wednesday, August 5th, from 8:30am - 4:00pm, at Glen Park, located on Glen Road in Portsmouth, RI. There'll be a full day of activities for owners and employees. Visit with the many exhibitors and check out their new & exciting products. This year we have set aside an area for vendors to showcase new products. Bring a team to compete in horseshoes, bocce, volleyball, soccer or softball. There will be tours of the many nurseries, garden centers and businesses. This is your chance to see the best that our members have to offer. Food will be plentiful! - coffee and pastries till 10; hot dogs, hamburgers and soup from 11 to 12; and chicken, steak and all the fixing's starting at 2. A silent auction will be held all day - proceeds to benefit the scholarship fund (CLICK to donate). Exhibitors forms HERE. Attendee forms HERE. Hope to see everyone there. For more information, please contact Joe Majeika 401-377-9030 or jjmajeika@rinla.org
Joe Majeika is Interim Executive Director of RINLA.
Telephone: 401-377-9030 or (800)758-9260;
Fax: 401-377-7090
Address: 98 Chase Hill Road, Ashaway, RI 02804-2223
Shortly before Ken passed away, RINLA renamed The Kenneth Lagerquist-RINLA Horticultural Scholarship to recognize permanently the impact that Ken has made on the Nursery Industry in RI and around the country. This account with the URI Foundation (LINK) provides scholarships to students at URI studying Plant Sciences. This Scholarship began in 2007, and with $5,000 in matching funds annually from the URI President we are able to offer four $2,500 scholarships each year. Gifts may be made to the “Kenneth Lagerquist – RINLA Horticultural Scholarship, Account ED99”. For more information contact: Gerri Beagle (email or 401-874-2460) at the URI Foundation.
Findings of a recent study by The New England Nursery Association show that New England’s environmental horticulture industry contributes an estimated $4.7 billion a year to the regional economy, including $354 million to the Rhode Island economy. A major sector of agriculture in Rhode Island, environmental horticulture firms in the state numbered 780 across a wide range of businesses. Reflecting the steady growth of the green industry across the New England region, two-thirds of these businesses (540) reported that they increased their income over the three-year period ended 2007. Among those that saw an increase, individual firms experienced an average 23 percent rise in gross income. Half of environmental horticulture firms in Rhode Island are involved in two or more types of horticultural businesses. The largest sector is the retail sector comprising garden centers and florists, followed by those providing landscape, lawn and tree services. According to the NENA study, the majority of green industry businesses in Rhode Island (75 percent) derive at least of portion of profits from the sale of plants. Half of these firms sell plants grown from start to finish. Download Survey (zipped pdf file)
Always consider hiring a Rhode Island Certified Horticulturist FIRST! Certified Horticulturists have participated voluntarily in a professional program which provides specialized training followed by rigorous testing. RI•CH Professionals must continue their education every year to maintain certification. Click on County & Category to locate certified horticulturists in your area.
The Rhode Island Nursery & Landscape Association is a professional trade association serving the green industry. RINLA advances the welfare of its members through education, research support, legislative representation, certification, and promotion of the value of green industry goods and services to the public.
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Please help
us grow the Kenneth Lagerquist-
RINLA Horticultural Scholarship
at URI:
INFO
1st Place: Lincoln Residence
Havenwood, LLC
Alan R. Ahlstrom
2nd Place: Taber Residence
DVL Landscape Architecture
Derek vanLent
3rd Place: South County Residence
Landscape Creations of RI, Inc.
Jonathan Zeyl
1st Place: The Farmer's Daughter, Kingston, RI
Inspired Design
Karen Barbera, (401)742-2680
2nd Place: Harborview Takeout, BI
DVL Landscape Architecture
Derek vanLent
1st Place: Murphy Residence
All Island Landscape
Byron Rymer
2nd Place: Seaside Residence, Watch Hill
Landscape Creations of RI, Inc.
Jonathan Zeyl
3rd Place: Mansfield 01
Magma Design Group, Inc.
Neil and Samantha Best
1st Place: Nayden Residence, Westerly
Wood River Evergreens, Inc.
Frank Crandall
Several Locations in RI
Fleurs, Inc.
Shirley Barnes Beuth