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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>New England Wild Flower Society
announces the <FONT color=#ff8040><STRONG>FALL FAMILY
FESTIVAL</STRONG></FONT> on Sunday, October 14 from 12-4 at Garden in the
Woods. Let's help future naturalists make a connection with the outdoors.
The festival features LIVE animal shows and the <STRONG>ART GOES WILD exhibit,
<FONT color=#ff8040>now in its final weeks.</FONT> Children will love the
flying saucer gardens, interactive mini-garden park, and fiddlehead labyrinth
</STRONG>at Garden in the Woods. Art lovers will not want to miss this exciting
environmental art show in all its fall glory. - Scroll down for details
(and let me know if you need more information or images)</FONT></DIV>
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England</SPAN></st1:place><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: GillSans"> Wild Flower
Society’s <B>Garden in the Woods</B> trails, plant nursery, and museum store
open for the Garden’s 75<SUP>th</SUP> anniversary year . <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Now through October 31</B> garden-wide
exhibit, <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">“ART GOES WILD: Innovation with Native
Plants,”</B> featuring 1,500 native plant species including 200 rare and
endangered species and <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">11 special
destination gardens</B> by landscape design master <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">W. Gary Smith.</B> . Membership and
purchases support conservation. <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.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A
href="http://www.newenglandwild.org/">www.newenglandWILD.org</A>. <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><B> </B><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"> <B>Sept 1-October 31: </B>Open daily
9-5.<B> </B></SPAN> Free parking. <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Tours</st1:place></st1:City> weekdays at 10 am and weekends at 2 pm
included with admission, no reservations required. Adults $7; Seniors and
Students $5; Youths 6-18 $3; FREE for Members and children 5 and under.
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size=4>Sunday, October 14, noon-4 pm rain or shine.</FONT></STRONG> </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Arial><STRONG>FALL
FAMILY FESTIVAL--</STRONG>New England Wild Flower Society invites the whole
family to Garden in the Woods. Celebrate this beautiful time of
autumn color and ripening at Garden, featuring 1,500 kinds of native plants. Go
on a scavenger hunt to seek out some fall treasures, see the ART GOES WILD show
and circle the labyrinth, make a miniature garden in a dish to take
home, meet some surprise creatures in the Garden, and learn about nature’s
animal adaptations in one of our live animal programs. Stop by the Museum
Store for beautiful toys and gifts.All purchases support plant conservation.
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Arial><EM><STRONG>Live
Animal Programs listed below</STRONG> in the <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Education</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> are included with regular admission
fee. Space is limited; tickets distributed on a first-come/first-served
basis.</EM></FONT></P>
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face=Arial><STRONG> Animal Adventures 1-2 pm</STRONG>.
</FONT><FONT face=Arial>How adventurous are you?<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Would you like to meet a wild cat called
a Canadian lynx? Are you brave enough to meet reptiles such as a giant anaconda
snake or a six-foot monitor lizard face-to-face? Join us as Ed Laquidara, animal
specialist, introduces us to a variety of creatures and explains their roles in
their ecosystems.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></P>
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</STRONG></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial><STRONG>Curious Creatures</STRONG>
</FONT><FONT face=Arial>2:30–3:30 p.m. </FONT><FONT face=Arial>This lively
program introduces an incredible diversity of creatures, describing their
particular adaptations and secrets of survival.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Meet an albino Burmese python, a blue
and gold macaw, an African pygmy hedgehog, rain forest tree frogs, and many
other curious creatures.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This
program teaches respect and appreciation for all creatures that walk, crawl, and
slither on the earth. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Arial>New England Wild
Flower Society's Garden in the Woods, 180 Hemenway Road, Framingham </FONT><A
href="http://www.newenglandwild.org/"><FONT
face=Arial>www.newenglandWILD.org</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial>. 508-877-7630.
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