Roadside Development is responsible for reviewing and collecting information for landscaping needs and wants from organizations, communities, agencies, departments, and property owners etc. They prepare preliminary landscaping plans, review them with all concerned, and redesign if necessary. Prepare preliminary estimates and final estimates, then review them with project managers. They assist other departments and agencies with the investigation of illegal cutting on State property, NH Scenic easements, approved products list, landscaping specifications, typical sheets, loam and seed specifications. They do wildflower, lilac and general landscaping presentations throughout New Hampshire and New England. They also maintain the New Hampshire Department of Transportation nursery.
Programs
The Governor's Lilac and Wildflower Commission
2009 Lilac Photo Contest Winners Announced
2009 1st Place
Lilac Photo Contest Winner
This is the thirteenth year of the contest and more photos then ever before (800) were submitted. The quality of photos submitted have improved every year. Photo's were taken throughout all sections of New Hampshire and included participants from all over New England.
2009 Lilac Photo Contest Winners:
1st Place - Ryan Morin - Goffstown, NH
2nd Place - Sher Kamman - Henniker, NH
3rd Place - Jessica Fitts - Laconia, NH
4th Place - Megan Brown - Sugar Hill, NH
5th Place - Jean Oberlander - Nashua, NH
6th Place - Catherine Corkery - Penacook, NH
7th Place - Carol Lane - Allenstown, NH
8th Place - Lucretia Wallace - Newmarket, NH
9th Place - Gail Durant - Manchester, NH
10th Place - Jessica Fitts - Laconia, NH
11th Place - Mikel O'Brien - Middleton, NH
12th Place - Helen Keen - Littleton, NH
1st Alternate - Albert Faucon - Bedford, NH
2nd Alternate - Alan Phenix - Chocorua, NH
Other organizations and programs we are involved in:
- Student Conservation Association (SCA) Partnering with NHDOT
- America's Tree-Ways Program
- Adopt-A-Spot
- Composting Council
- New England Transportation Consortium
- New England Technology Exchange
Landscaping Projects/ Committees (Assistance)
- New Hampshire Federation of Garden Clubs/and Non-Affiliated Garden Clubs
- Boscawen State Cemetery
- Flower Program along Highway System Department of Transportation/Liquor Commission
- Wildflower Projects with Communities throughout the State
- Tilton Riverfront Part Assistance
- New Hampshire Forestry Advisory Council
- Pesticide Committee
For more information visit our Horticultural Links page.
