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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Dear Olivia, </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Sunday, August 26, 12-4 - Celebrate the Summer with New
England Wild Flower Society's <STRONG>MEADOW MADNESS FESTIVAL.</STRONG>
See below for a full writeup-filled with butterflies and wildflowers.
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>I'm on vacation August 14-August 21 but in my absence,
Lisa Mattei at <A
href="mailto:lmattei@newenglandWILD.org">lmattei@newenglandWILD.org</A> or x
3502 can provide wonderful images, and Sarah Shonbrun at <A
href="mailto:sshonbrun@newenglandWILD.org">sshonbrun@newenglandWILD.org</A>
or 3103 can answer your questions and provide great text. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>New England Wild Flower Society's<STRONG> <FONT
color=#ff80c0>ART GOES WILD: Innovation With Native Plants</FONT></STRONG>
exhibit continues through October at Garden in the Woods in Framingham, MA, and
includes this special family event. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Thanks for all your support of New England
WIld Flower Society and ART GOES WILD </FONT>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial> For more about ART GOES WILD, please visit:
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style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Meadow
Madness</SPAN></I></B><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Framingham, Massachusetts –Sunday, August 26, 12-4
rain or shine</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>New England Wild Flower Society
celebrates the peak of meadow bloom with a riot of color, thousands of
butterflies, and a gorgeous family day.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Take a <B>butterfly walk</B> with the Massachusetts Butterfly Club. Savor
the summer. <A name=stonebalancingworkshop></A> Enjoy blazing stars,
meadow phlox, Joe pye weed, boneset, echinacea, ironweed, blanket flower,
perennial sunflowers, Culver’s root and many more, <B>some 12 feet high!</B>
<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Meet <B>live caterpillars and
special butterflies</B> with naturalist Jackie Stone, right at the meadow trail.
<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>See <B>live honeybee
observation hives and meet local beekeepers.</B><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Take a scavenger hunt and look for
<B>costumed characters</B> like “DANI” the monarch butterfly. <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This year’s festival highlights
include the magnificent <B>ART GOES WILD: Innovation with Native Plants</B>
exhibit with flying saucers, floating gardens, and more.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Walk the <B>labyrinth </B>and stop at
the mini-garden park to create small dish gardens. <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Admire butterflies and other favorite pollinators at
every blossom and stop at the Visitor Center for special nature books and toys
the whole family will enjoy. Now is the <B>perfect time to plant a fall family
garden for wildlife</B>, so come to the native nursery where experts can help
the public select reliable easy-to-grow plants. <A
href="http://www.newenglandwild.org/">www.newenglandWILD.org</A>.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Festival included FREE with admission.
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Come to the festival and <B>enter to win season
tickets</B> from Festival Sponsors WCRB 99.5 Classical Radio, to the 2007-2008
<B>Boston Philharmonia with Conductor Benjamin Zander.
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The festival, show, and contest are included FREE
with admission. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Admission $7 for
Adults; $5 Seniors; and Youths 6-18 $3; FREE FOR MEMBERS and children under 6.
<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>New <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>England Wild Flower Society’s Garden in
the Woods, 180 Hemenway Road, Framingham, MA. (508) 877-7630.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Shop the Museum Store and NATIVE PLANT
NURSERY, with late season blooming plants, trees, shrubs, vines, and ferns,
ready now.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Admission <B>and sales
support the conservation programs of New England Wild Flower Society and 1,500
volunteers working in the field to protect the region’s natural habitats and
native flora. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></B><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Garden and exhibit open <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>daily, 9-7; informal tours weekdays at 10
a.m. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>and weekends at 2 p.m., no
reservations required. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Group tours
by reservation at <A
href="mailto:bdrexler@newenglandWILD.org">bdrexler@newenglandWILD.org</A>. <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>1,500 native plant species on
display including 200 rare and endangered species. <A
href="http://www.newenglandwild.org/">www.newenglandWILD.org</A>. <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>END.<B><U><o:p></o:p></U></B></SPAN></P></DIV>
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