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style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;color:#003300'>Allan Armitage – </span><span style='line-height:150%;color:#663300'>Re</span><span style='line-height:150%;color:#663300'>nowned researcher, award<b>-</b>winning writer, speaker, and teacher<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='text-indent:-.25in;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='line-height:150%;font-family:Symbol;color:#003300'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;color:#003300'>Cole Burrell –</span><span style='line-height:150%;color:#003300'> </span><span style='line-height:150%;color:#663300'>Author, garden-designer, lecturer, founder of Native Landscape Design and Restoration</span><u><span style='line-height:150%;color:#003300'><o:p></o:p></span></u></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle 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Biologist</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;color:#663300'>,</span><span style='line-height:150%;color:#663300'> owner of Sylvan Green Earth Consulting</span><span style='line-height:150%;color:#003300'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='text-indent:-.25in;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Symbol;color:#003300'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;color:#003300'>Carole Ottesen – </span><span style='line-height:150%;color:#663300'>Garden designer, photographer, author of books on native plant gardening</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;color:#003300'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpLast style='text-indent:-.25in;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span 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</span><span style='color:#003300'><a href="http://www.ars.usda.gov/PandP/docs.htm?docid=9051"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;color:#003300'>Beltsville Agricultural Research Center</span></a></span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;color:#003300'> (BARC) <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:9.35pt;text-indent:-9.35pt;line-height:115%;background:#D6E3BC;border:none;padding:0in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;color:#003300'> as </span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;color:#003300'>the arboretum’s administration building is under renovation. For a map and directions, click the BARC link above. </span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;color:#003300'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#D6E3BC;border:none;padding:0in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;color:#663300'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#663300'>Registration information will be available February 1, 2011 at</span></b><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#003300'> </span></b><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><a href="http://www.usna.usda.gov">www.usna.usda.gov</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#003300'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>Please contact me with any questions.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"'>Lindsay Hicks<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"'>Horticulture Education Programs Specialist<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"'>U.S. National Arboretum<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"'>3501 New York Ave. NE<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"'>Washington, DC 20002<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"'>202-245-5898<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>