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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=4
color="#663300" face="Maiandra GD"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:
"Maiandra GD";color:#663300;font-weight:bold'>Distinguished Lecture Series to
Feature Rick Darke<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color="#003300" face="Antique Olive"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Antique Olive";color:#003300'>On Saturday,
November 15, at 1:00 pm, the Friends of the National Arboretum’s
Distinguished Lecture Series will feature Rick Darke,</span></font><font
color="#003300" face="Antique Olive"><span style='font-family:"Antique Olive";
color:#003300'> a widely published author, photographer, and design consultant
specializing in regional landscape design, planning, and conservation.</span></font><font
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color="#003300" face="Antique Olive"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Antique Olive";color:#003300'>Rick’s
unique multimedia presentation, <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Sustaining
the Vision of the New American Garden</span></i>, will cover his first
association with the arboretum 30 years ago, and continue with the changes in
gardening that have occurred since. Using global examples of progressive
design, he will explore what changes might be ahead in the landscape, and in
what direction gardens and design will evolve.</span></font><font
color="#003300" face="Antique Olive"><span style='font-family:"Antique Olive";
color:#003300'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color="#003300" face="Antique Olive"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Antique Olive";color:#003300'>Co-sponsored
by the Friends of the National Arboretum. Fee $15 <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color="#003300" face="Antique Olive"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Antique Olive";color:#003300'>($12 FONA) </span></font><u><font
color="#663300" face="Antique Olive"><span style='font-family:"Antique Olive";
color:#663300'><a href="http://www.usna.usda.gov/Education/events.html">Registration
required</a></span></font></u><font color="#663300" face="Antique Olive"><span
style='font-family:"Antique Olive";color:#663300'>.</span></font><font
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Antique Olive";color:#003300'> </span></font><font
color="#003300" face="Antique Olive"><span style='font-family:"Antique Olive";
color:#003300'>For more information on Rick Darke and his work, see</span></font><font
face="Antique Olive"><span style='font-family:"Antique Olive"'> <a
href="http://www.rickdarke.com/bio.htm">http://www.rickdarke.com/bio.htm</a> .<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Lindsay Hicks</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> National
Arboretum</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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font-family:Arial'>Educational Programs Office</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>202-245-5898</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a href="mailto:lindsay.hicks@ars.usda.gov">lindsay.hicks@ars.usda.gov</a></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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