Nursery Trade Show
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Eric Bischof, assistant general
manager of the Philadelphia
Yard of Unilock, based in Brew
ster, N.Y., exhibited a Gold
Award for best of show, multiple
booths, in the hard goods catego
ry. Territory manager Frank
Hammer accompanied him.
The company displayed Slope
Block Mark IV walls, a concrete
product, and other items. It was
their first gold award at the
show.
Winning gold in the green
goods category was Centerton
Nursery, Bridgeton, N.J., for
their fiinky display, “Hemerocal
lis Hangout.” Big tall beer mugs
on the counter above the stools
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Simple day lilies.
Forty-eight mugs held 55 variet
ies of the bright flowers.
The company was given an
award for most creative display
in the green goods category. On
hand was Bobby Blew, sales
manager, Centerton Nursery,
Centerton used plywood and
black paint to devise the bar
scene, accompanied by a gleam
ing Harley-Davidson cycle. An
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provided the mugs and barstools.
All the lilies are grown on the
farm.
Delaware Valley Wholesale
Florists won best of show using a
space occupying eight booths.
The Sewell, N.J. company, with
600 employees, provides a variety
of exotic fresh flowers, ever
greens, and other items for the
retail green industry.
The display included fresh
flower bouquets and displays
with daisies, minicarnations,
roses, snapdragons, and pom
pom buttons. Included were calla
lilies, assorted botanical plants,
pathos, kaloncha, and ivy.
Also included were colorful
Christmas ornaments, silks, ber
ries, fruits, decorative plants,
dusterberries, and hard goods.
On hand was Bill Schimmel,
Carol Moore, Raj Ravani, and
Randy Schenauer of the compa
ny, and Frank Kauffman, sales
manager with Teufel Holly
Farms, Inc., Portland, Ore., with
the Christmas tree material.
The display was designed by
Keith Rossel, director of market
ing services, and assembled by a
group of about 20.
More information about the
display is scheduled for the Aug.
30 issue of Lancaster Farming’s
Grower & Marketer section.
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Frank Hammer, left, joins Eric Bischof, Unilock, at their
gold award-winning display at the Penn Allied Nursery
Trade Show in Fort Washington.
Photo by Andy Andrews, editor
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Searching for
Volunteers
NEW MILFORD (Susquehan
na Co.) The Pennsylvania
Endless Mountains Fiber Festival
planning committee and Penn
State Extension is looking for
volunteers to assist with planning
and marketing the first annual
fiber and fiber-related show for
the area. The Harford Fair
grounds are reserved for Septem
ber 11-12,2004 for the event.
The festival will include raw
and processed fibers, yarn, cloth
ing, spinning and weaving sup
plies, fiber arts and crafts, sheep
skin products, and more. There
will be vendors, exhibitors, ani
mals, workshops and competi
tions. Potential vendors from
throughout the Northeastern
United States have been con
tacted. The goal is to have 100
exhibitors participating in the
festival.
If you have an interest in help
ing with the festival, attend the
next planning meeting at Old
Mill Village on August 11. For
more information, call Connie
Heim (570) 727-2188.