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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Dear Olivia, </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>New England Wild Flower Society presents the <STRONG><FONT
color=#ff0000>Gardeners Day Festival</FONT></STRONG> event on <STRONG>Saturday,
September 15, 2007, from 10-3 at Garden in the Woods</STRONG> in
Framingham, Massachusetts. This promises to be a TOTAL FEAST for gardeners,
environmentally-minded visitors, and <STRONG>a perfect fall day trip
destination.</STRONG> Society staff lead a session on <STRONG>controlling
invasive plants on your property,</STRONG> and <STRONG>Paul</STRONG>
<STRONG>Tukey,</STRONG> famed publisher of <EM>People Places and Plants,</EM>
discusses sustainable lawn care and signs his bestselling book,
<EM><STRONG>The Organic Lawn Care Manual.</STRONG> </EM> Enjoy demos
and tours on the hour, thousands of plants for sale, the <STRONG>ART GOES
WILD</STRONG> exhibit by W. Gary Smith, and 1,500 native plant species in the
Garden in their early fall mode. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Please consider sharing the message with all-and come say
hi to me at the festival. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>(I will be out of the office Wednesday Sept 12 through
Friday, Sept 14. In my absence please contact Sarah Shonbrun at <A
href="mailto:sshonbrun@newenglandWILD.org">sshonbrun@newenglandWILD.org</A> or x
3103 or Lisa Mattei at <A
href="mailto:lmattei@newenglandWILD.org">lmattei@newenglandWILD.org</A> or x
3502.)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>(Details below)</FONT></DIV>
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Wild Flower Society Premieres<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'">the
Gardeners Day Festival <o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'">FRAMINGHAM</SPAN></B><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'">,
Mass. — September 15, 2007 — New England Wild Flower Society premieres a
Gardeners Day Festival </SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'">from
<B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">10-3. </B><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Horticulture experts give talks on the
hour for the gardening public. Bring your toughest gardening questions to the <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">"Plant Doctor"</B> with office hours
throughout the day, and attend gardening mini-seminars, all included with the
regular Garden admission fee for adults of $7.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Rain or shine, meet <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Paul Tukey,</B> <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Laura Eisener</B>, <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Greg Lowenberg</B> and horticulture and
plant conservation stars ready for "plant talk." Take a <STRONG>guided tour at
10 a.m. or 2 p.m</STRONG>. and walk the 11 destination gardens of the <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">ART GOES WILD:<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Innovation with Native Plants</B>
exhibit by W. Gary Smith at Garden in the Woods, honoring the Garden's 75th
anniversary, throughout the day. <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The Garden features 1,500 kinds of native
plants on 45 acres, including 200 rare and endangered species.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>View mature examples in the living
museum, and select from 550 rare and unusual native varieties for sale at the
Society's native plant nursery. <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Take a guided tour and admire seasonal
foliage, fruit, berries, and late season bloom. Glean a cornucopia of great
ideas for design at the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Idea</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Garden</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>. <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Fall is an ideal time to plant, and
expert Society staff helps the public with custom choices of rare and unusual
hardy varieties for the home garden. <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Become a member of the Society at the
Gardeners Day Festival and <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">enter to
win</B> garden books hand-signed by the authors, and special plants. <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>All purchases and memberships support the
health of <st1:place w:st="on">New England</st1:place>'s natural areas and the
award-winning plant conservation programs of the New England Wild Flower
Society. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Garden in the Woods, <st1:address
w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on">180 Hemenway Road</st1:Street>, <st1:City
w:st="on">Framingham</st1:City>, <st1:State
w:st="on">MA</st1:State></st1:address>. 508.877.7630, <A
href="http://www.newenglandwild.org/">www.newenglandWILD.org</A>.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'">It's
Like a Symposium and Plant Festival Rolled into One.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'">The
"Plant Doctor" is IN until 3 pm, no appointments required. <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Attend garden and conservation talks from
10-3 on the hour.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>At <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">10 a.m.</B> New England Wild Flower Society
Education Director <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Greg Lowenberg
</B>leads a demonstration of <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Plant Trees
and Shrubs like a Pro. </B><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>At <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">11 am</B>, learn about <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Sustainable Lawn Care</B> from <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Paul Tukey</B>, Publisher of <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">People Places and Plants</I> Magazine and
author of The <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Organic Lawn Care
Manual</I>. At <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">noon</B> the Society's
horticulture staff introduces fabulous selections with <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Best Native Plants for Fall Color</B>. Meet
<B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Laura Eisener,</B> also of <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">People Places and Plants</I>, at <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">1 pm</B> when she reveals <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Best Native Bulbs for Your Garden</B>. At
<B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">2 pm</B> attend a demonstration of <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT color=#ff0000>Controlling Invasive
Plants on your Property</FONT></B> and see the Conservation staff in action in a
video presentation at the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Education</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>, <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">From
a Plant's Point of View. </I></B>All programs are included with regular Garden
admission. Visit the Museum Store for hand-signed copies of books by the
speakers, and a terrific selection of garden books recommended by the
Society.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=NFS-Heading2nocaps style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'"><o:p><STRONG><FONT
size=2> </FONT></STRONG></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"><SPAN><FONT
size=2><STRONG>Garden GREENER: </STRONG>Learning more about native plants is a
great way to create a greener and more sustainable lifestyle, and a more
beautiful and dramatic garden.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Native plants are important for the health and biodiversity of critical
habitat and wild spaces.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In the
garden, wildflowers and native woody plants are uniquely beautiful, creating a
"sense of place" for homeowners while providing food and shelter for wildlife.
<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Once established in the garden,
native plants can require minimal resources because they are well adapted to
tolerate normal regional conditions.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Selecting native plants avoids the use of invasive plant species in
home landscape that otherwise could escape and harm natural areas.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>New England Wild Flower Society is the
region's leading plant conservation organization, with more than 1,400
volunteers in the field helping to protect native flora. Find out more at
<STRONG>www.newenglandWILD.org.</STRONG><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'">Rare
Plants for <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Superb</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Gardens</st1:PlaceType></st1:place><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'">Select
from wildflowers, ferns, shrubs, trees, and vines for every garden
situation.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Bird's foot violet</B> and <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Plymouth</B></st1:place></st1:City><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"> gentian</B> are just a few of the choices,
many available nowhere else.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Special featured plants include a robust group of easy-to-grow
well-rooted woody plants including the magnificent <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">bigleaf magnolia</B>, and <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">winterberry holly</B> shrubs.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Native <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Andromeda </B>shrubs are especially
well-budded and ready to plant now for a lush and dramatic spring show next
year.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Tour</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Garden</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> in the Woods for design ideas and
Inspiration from viewing mature plants in combination, and then share your
questions about selections well suited to your own garden.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'">Fun
for Future Gardeners Too!<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'">Bring
the whole family to the festival and go on a scavenger hunt, walk the ART GOES
WILD labyrinth, see flying saucer gardens and make a mini-dish garden at the
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Interactive</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Garden</st1:PlaceType> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Park</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Select native plants attractive to birds
and butterflies for young naturalists to observe backyard habitats throughout
the seasons.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Visit the Museum Store
for nature and garden-themed toys and books including <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">"BUGOLOGY"</I></B> by New England Wild
Flower Society's Program Manager and Environmental Educator of the Year, Bonnie
Drexler. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'">Gardeners
Day Festival </SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'">includes
talks, garden advice, tours, and the exhibit<B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"> ART GOES WILD: Innovation with Native
Plants</B> by environmental artist and landscape architect, W. Gary Smith,
celebrating the museum’s 75th anniversary.<B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"> <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Hours: <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></B>Open daily, Sept. 1–October 31, 9
a.m.–5 p.m. <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Admission;</B> Adults $7;
Seniors and Students with ID $5; Children and Youths (6–18yrs); $3, Members and
Children under 6: Free. <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on"><STRONG>Guided tours at 10 am and 2 pm,</STRONG>
</st1:place></st1:City> no reservations required. Exhibit and Gardeners Day
Festival included 10-3, Rain or Shine, with regular garden admission. <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><A
href="http://www.newenglandWILD.org">www.newenglandWILD.org</A>.</B> </SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'"><o:p><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'"><STRONG>More
about Paul Tukey </STRONG></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'">Join
America's 2006 Gardening Communicator of the Year, Paul Tukey, for a<BR>lively
discussion of the "dos" and "don'ts" of lawn care,followed by a book signing of
his best-selling new release, The Organic Lawn Care Manual. Paul is on a
national campaign to educate consumers about natural lawn-care alternatives,
including organic fertilizers,weed killers, biological pest controls, water
conservation and environmentally friendly turf grasses. Paul offers homeowners
step-by-step guidelines to breaking the addiction to synthetic-basedlawn care,
providing the basics of making the transition to an organiclawn, free of
chemical pesticides and fertilizers, and the practical<BR>reasons for doing so.
Paul is well known to millions of Americans through his popular gardening
program People, Places & Plants on HGTV and through his magazine of the same
name. <BR><BR></P>
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