Nursery Notes Nov-Dec 2011 - The Paginator
Nursery Notes Nov-Dec 2011 - The Paginator
Nursery Notes Nov-Dec 2011 - The Paginator
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This month’s ROOTS photo was contributed by Mr. Tom Gilmore<br />
of Gilmore Plant and Bulb Co., Inc.<br />
This photo was taken January 5, 1947 at NC State University<br />
(NCSU) for the annual North Carolina <strong>Nursery</strong>men<br />
Association (NCAN) member meeting. Mr. G.G. Gilmore, Sr.<br />
– Tom’s Grandfather – was president and stands front row, third<br />
from the right. Mr. Eelco Tinga was Secretary Treasurer, and<br />
many other nursery families will see their elders in this photo as<br />
well, including Steed, Casey, Fowler, McCormick, and Daniels.<br />
At this time, all annual NCAN meetings were held at NCSU<br />
(originally North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic<br />
Arts) – long before Kilgore Hall existed. In addition to NCAN<br />
members, all the horticulture professors and extension agents<br />
joined in the meeting. Standing to the left of Mr. Gilmore is M.E.<br />
(Monroe Evans) Gardner, Head of the Department of Horticulture<br />
from 1933 to 1956. <strong>The</strong> M. E. Gardner Arboretum on NCSU campus<br />
between Patterson Hall and Burlington Nuclear Labs is<br />
named in honor of him. You can find out more about Mr. Gardner<br />
and his contributions to NCSU and the green industry at<br />
http://historicalstate.lib.ncsu.edu/catalog/0006976.<br />
According to Mr. Gilmore, in 1946-47 there were no plastic<br />
pots, no women leaders in the business, members were given<br />
individual membership cards to prove you were a “member in<br />
good standing,” and the irrigation sprinklers shown in the bottom<br />
left of the photo were the newest thing — he would know, he’s<br />
attended almost every meeting since he was a boy, missing only<br />
a couple due to illness!<br />
Special thanks to Mr. Gilmore for sharing this photo and a little<br />
bit of NC nursery history.<br />
We invite you to submit photos of our early leaders. Please<br />
include their name, name of their business, year of the photo, and<br />
any interesting story you may have about them. Early photos<br />
showing nursery and landscape operations and how it was done<br />
back in the “good ole’ days” are also welcome.<br />
Photos and stories can be mailed or emailed to NCNLA:<br />
968 Trinity Road<br />
Raleigh, NC 27607<br />
info@ncnla.com<br />
All photos will be returned after being scanned for publication.<br />
<strong>Nov</strong>ember-<strong>Dec</strong>ember, <strong>2011</strong> • 55
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