Twilight Meeting July 10!
PLANTS UNLIMITED and CANOPY TO HOST TWILIGHT MEETING
You can visit Canopy starting at 4 P.M. Dinner at Plants Unlimited is at 5:30.
Hammon and Dawn Buck and staff are excited to host MELNA’s Twilight Meeting this year on July 10 at our Rockport locations!
Please begin your afternoon at CANOPY at 1126 Commercial Street on the Rockland/Rockport town line. Opened in 2022, CANOPY is Dawn’s garden accent shop with 2.5 acres of garden statuary, estate planters, unique garden gifts, garden accents, antiques and tons of character!
CANOPY is comprised of 3 separate parcels that were purchased to join 1 lot. Our “Star Barn’ is an Amish replica that came as a kit from Ohio and was built on the site of a former residential site. Our “stream” was actually another 20’ ROW that goes to 4.5 acres of total wetland along our neighboring shopping center. Important to development was the determination that this was not a stream, but rather drainage from the Home Depot site across the road. Finally, the “Little House”was just that. Refreshments and light snacks will be served.
Parking is limited at CANOPY and we ask that you park along the road or at the adjacent shopping center.
After your CANOPY visit, please drive north about 3 miles to PLANTS UNLIMITED at 624 Commercial Street for the evening dinner and tour. Buck started PLANTS UNLIMITED in 1978, fresh out of Cornell University with a Landscape Architecture degree. Interestingly enough, Plants Unlimited has never landscaped.
Our original site was 2.5 acres at the present site of the Dead River store across from Pen Bay Hospital. You’ll pass this about halfway between CANOPY and PLANTS UNLIMITED. In 1988, Buck purchased our current 26 acre site that is the former Rockland Drive In movie lot. Today, PLANTS UNLIMITED’S business is about 50% retail to the general public and 50% Wholesale Distribution to the trade.
Our Trenton, Maine location was opened on March 15, 2020 (Covid Day). As most experienced, Covid was a blessing to our industry and apprehension turned into opportunity! From Trenton, PLANTS UNLIMITED services the same mix of clientele in the Bar Harbor/MDI area and Downeast Maine. A second CANOPY lot has been opened there this year to showcase this product in that location.
Dinner, the Special Membership Meeting and networking will happen at PLANTS UNLIMITED. The Membership Meeting will start at about 6 pm. There are two agenda items: adoption of MELNA’s 2024-2025 Budget and consideration of a new MELNA logo.
August 9, 2024
Maine Landscape & Nursery Association’s 14th ANNUAL GOLF TOURNEY
CHANCE TO WIN $50, 000 CASH!!!
Registration forms and Sponsor forms are located below.
TODDY BROOK GOLF COURSE
925 Sligo Road
North Yarmouth, ME 04097
Phone: 207-829-5100
For Directions go to: www.toddybrookgolf.com/
DATE: Friday, August 9, 2024
Registration Fee: $125 per person.
(Includes 18 holes of golf , cart rental, lunch)
Registration Deadline: Friday, August 2, 2024
Full field expected! Send in your registration and full payment by August 2!
Want to add a little extra competition? Each golfer can enter each contest once.
Payment preferred with registration, but golfer may purchase with cash on day of tourney.
Need some help with your game?
REGISTER by Friday, August 2, 2024
2024 Registration Form (PDF) to download and print. Mail with check or credit card information.
—OR—
Online Registration Pay with PayPal (PayPal or credit card) or Square (credit card).
SPONSORS
Sponsors Solicitation PDF to download and print. Mail with check or credit card information.
—OR—
Online Sponsorship Registration Pay with PayPal (PayPal or credit card) or Square (credit card).
Automatic Membership Renewals Processed
July 1, 2024
MELNA OFFICE
Twilight Meeting & Special Membership Meeting
July 10, 2024
Plants Unlimited/Canopy
Rockport, ME
Membership Renewals Due!
July 31, 2024
MELNA OFFICE
MELNA Golf Tourney (Registration details are posted above.)
August 9, 2024
Community Outreach Project
Fall: Date and Location TBD
Community Outreach Project:
Each year requests are submitted to our organization to request our expertise in landscaping a particular locale. It is our difficult task to choose a project deserving of our attention. Once chosen, a landscape is designed, plants and materials are donated by our membership in a coordinated effort, and we descend upon the site for the installation. It is an amazing to see a site transformed so quickly by many experienced hands. Equipment and materials quickly move about, completing the project many times in a matter of hours. The camaraderie amongst the workers is a true draw on the day for many. If you haven’t had the experience, we encourage you to become involved – you will be in awe of what we can do!
If you have any questions or ideas, please contact
Don Sproul, Executive Director
Maine Landscape and Nursery Association
PO Box 4666
Augusta, ME 04330
Email: exdir@melna.org
Phone: (207) 623-6430
Fax: (207) 623-6431