<span style="font-family: georgia,serif;">The 2nd annual NYC Wildflower Week drew interest from around the world! Since February 2009, the website has had over 9,500 visitors from every continent and 46 U.S. states.</span><br style="font-family: georgia,serif;">
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<span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"> </span><br style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><span style="font-family: georgia,serif;">May 2-9, 2009 celebrated the hundreds of native flowers, trees, shrubs and grasses in the Big Apple, giving New Yorkers numerous ways to connect with and be inspired by their local environment.</span><br style="font-family: georgia,serif;">
<br style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><span style="font-family: georgia,serif;">A grassroots environmental event, NYCWW featured lectures by keynote speakers, plant walks, educational salons, gardening giveaways, contests, children’s hands-on activities, and tasting opportunities. Over 40 partner organizations provided programming throughout the five boroughs. Except for the restaurants, all events were free and open to the public, thanks to the generosity of Con Edison, support of Hudson River Foundation’s NYC Environmental Fund, and time and talents of our partners and volunteers: <a href="http://nycwildflowerweek.org/sponsors.htm" target="_blank">http://nycwildflowerweek.org/sponsors.htm</a></span><br style="font-family: georgia,serif;">
<span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"> </span><br style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><i style="font-family: georgia,serif;">Hosted by the Torrey Botanical Society, NYC Wildflower Week is dedicated to creating a cultural framework to engage and connect people to their local environments and aims to inspire and empower New Yorkers to create a landscape that is sustainable, beautiful and ecologically sound. It is a celebration of National Wildflower Week, an initiative begun by Lady Bird Johnson.</i><br style="font-family: georgia,serif;">
<span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"> </span><br style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><i style="font-family: georgia,serif;">What’s New</i><br style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><ul style="font-family: georgia,serif;">
<li>Press included: The Daily Green, The New York Times, Elle and Brian Lehrer CUNY-TV: <a href="http://nycwildflowerweek.org/press.htm" target="_blank">http://nycwildflowerweek.org/press.htm</a> </li><li>Photos: <a href="http://nycwildflowerweek.org/press.htm" target="_blank">http://nycwildflowerweek.org/press.htm</a> </li>
<li>Virtual botanical walk of spring wildflowers in Corson’s Brook Woods: <a href="http://nycwildflowerweek.org/walks.htm" target="_blank">http://nycwildflowerweek.org/walks.htm</a> </li><li>Video - “Creating Sustainable Landscapes: Policy Initiatives, Research Goals, and Design Strategies”: <a href="http://nycwildflowerweek.org/lectures.htm" target="_blank">http://nycwildflowerweek.org/lectures.htm</a> </li>
</ul><span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"> </span><br style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><i style="font-family: georgia,serif;">What You Can Do</i><br style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><ul style="font-family: georgia,serif;">
<li>Visit wildflowers – next TBS field trip - 25 July at Liberty State Park, NJ: <a href="http://www.torreybotanical.org/fieldtrips.html" target="_blank">http://www.torreybotanical.org/fieldtrips.html</a> </li><li>Become our fan on Facebook: <a href="http://tinyurl.com/l97g4x" target="_blank">http://tinyurl.com/l97g4x</a> </li>
<li>Join our mailing list: <a href="http://nycwildflowerweek.org" target="_blank">http://nycwildflowerweek.org</a> </li><li>Learn more about local nature: <a href="http://nycwildflowerweek.org/resources.htm" target="_blank">http://nycwildflowerweek.org/resources.htm</a> </li>
<li>Join Torrey Botanical Society: <a href="http://torrey.allenmm.com" target="_blank">http://torrey.allenmm.com</a> </li></ul><span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"> </span><br style="font-family: georgia,serif;">
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<br style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><span style="font-family: georgia,serif;">Marielle Anzelone</span><br style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><span style="font-family: georgia,serif;">Botanist & Native Plant Landscape Designer</span><br style="font-family: georgia,serif;">
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<span style="font-family: georgia,serif;">2nd Annual NYC Wildflower Week</span><br style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><span style="font-family: georgia,serif;">May 2-9, 2009</span><br style="font-family: georgia,serif;">
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