The January 29-30, 2003 New Jersey Trade Show at the Garden State Exhibit Center and Doubletree Hotel, Somerset in Somerset was another success. Over 1500 individuals attended sold-out trade show and educational sessions which included speakers Gary Kinman of Kinman Associates, Mauricio Velasquez of Diversity Training Group, Paul Dorko of Hidden Valley Nursery, Doug Kale of Kale's Nursery & Landscape Service, Ed Overdevest of Overdevest Nurseries, Pat Cullina of Rutgers Gardens, Dr. David A. Robinson, NJ State Climatologist, Dennis Hart of NJDEP, and Bruce Davies, Landscape Architect. NJNLA has extra handouts from Mauricio's presentation on "Unique Challengers & Benefits of Managing and Understanding Your Hispanic Workforce".

Thanks to Madeline Flahive DiNardo and Joe LaBella who presented our Pesticide Recertification and Core Credit workshops.

And MANY THANKS to our Trade Show Committee for making it happen!
Dallas Herold, Chair, Herold's Landscaping & Garden Center, Flanders; Paul Dorko, Hidden Valley Nursery, Stockton; Carl Quazza, Border Concepts, Wayne; Todd Brewer, ECM Landscaping, Montclair; Keith MacIndoe, Johnson Farms, Deerfield; Steve Doerler, Doerler Landscapes, Yardville; Art James, Herold's Landscaping & Garden Center, Flanders; Zack Baxter, Bailey Nurseries, Trenton; Tom Fish, TWFish Landscape Nurseryman, Summit; Kathy Krygier, Krygiers Nursery LLC, Jamesburg; Jeff Martin, Redwood Gardens Nursery, Randolph; Jeff Link, Virgo's Landscaping & Lawn Care, Franklinville; Larry Kuser, Fernbrook Nursery, Bordentown; John Lauritano, Glenwild Garden Center, Bloomingdale; Joe Fox, Princeton Nurseries, Princeton

CONGRATULATIONS to Barbara Abita of David Wright Landscape Architect, Branchville who passed the exam and became NJNLA's newest Certified Nursery Landscape Professional (CNLP) at the Trade Show!