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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arno Pro Smbd Caption","serif";color:#663300">Save the Date!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Arno Pro Smbd Caption","serif";color:#003300">26<sup>th</sup> Annual Lahr Native Plant Symposium<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Arno Pro Smbd Caption","serif";color:#003300">and Plant Sale<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arno Pro Smbd Caption","serif";color:#663300"> Saturday, March 31, 2012, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif";color:#003300">Renowned speakers share knowledge and insight
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif";color:#003300">on the uses and understanding of native plants.</span><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif";color:#003300"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#003300">Presented</span></i></b><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#003300">
<i>by the U. S. National Arboretum</i></span></b><b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#003300"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#003300">This year’s speakers:</span></u></b><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#003300"><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arno Pro Smbd Caption","serif";color:#003300"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"><b><span style="font-size:12.5pt;color:#663300">Peggy Bowers – Mt. Vernon Estate Horticulturist, conservationist, educator
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#663300"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"><b><span style="font-size:12.5pt;color:#663300">Melanie Choukas-Bradley –Author of
<i>City of Trees: Field Guide to Trees of Washington, DC</i><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.5pt;color:#663300"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"><b><span style="font-size:12.5pt;color:#663300">Kevin Conrad – Curator of the USDA-ARS Woody Landscape Plant Germplasm Repository<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.5pt;color:#663300"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"><b><span style="font-size:12.5pt;color:#663300">Pierre Moitrier – Garden structure designer, co-owner of Designs for Greener Gardens<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst"><b><span style="font-size:12.5pt;color:#663300">Thomas Rainer –Landscape architect, writer of the award-winning blog,
<i>Grounded Design</i> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:22.5pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.5pt;color:#663300"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left:38.7pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.5pt;color:#663300">Lee Reich –Lecturer, farmdener, author of
<i>Landscaping with Fruit<o:p></o:p></i></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arno Pro Smbd Caption","serif";color:#663300">Registration information will be available
<span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">by February 1, 2012</span> at</span></b><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arno Pro Smbd Caption","serif";color:#003300">
</span></b><a href="http://www.usna.usda.gov"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arno Pro Smbd Caption","serif"">www.usna.usda.gov</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arno Pro Smbd Caption","serif"">.</span></b><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arno Pro Smbd Caption","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arno Pro Smbd Caption","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:#D6E3BC"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arno Pro Smbd Caption","serif";color:#003300">The annual Friends of the National Arboretum Native Plant Sale will run concurrently with the symposium, featuring local
native plant nurseries offering an extensive selection of plants. Symposium registrants are offered early access to the sale.</span><span style="font-size:28.0pt;font-family:"Garamond Premr Pro Smbd","serif"">
</span><span style="font-family:"Arno Pro Smbd Caption","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arno Pro Smbd Caption","serif";color:#003300">This year the Lahr Symposium and Plant Sale will be held at the
</span><a href="http://www.ars.usda.gov/PandP/docs.htm?docid=9051"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond Premr Pro Smbd","serif"">Beltsville Agricultural Research Center</span></a><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond Premr Pro Smbd","serif";color:#003300">
</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arno Pro Smbd Caption","serif";color:#003300">(BARC) as</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arno Pro Smbd Caption","serif";color:#003300"> the Arboretum’s administration building is under renovation.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond Premr Pro Smbd","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:#663300">Please contact me with any questions about this or other National Arboretum programs.</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:#663300"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:#663300">Thank you.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">Lindsay Hicks</span><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">Horticulture Education Programs Specialist<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">U.S. National Arboretum<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">3501 New York Ave. NE<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">Washington, DC 20002<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">202-245-5898<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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