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 Botanic Garden!<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:18.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#008755">Sugar, Sex, and Poison: Plant Secrets Lecture<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
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<i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Bill Cullina, Executive Director, Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens<u></u><u></u></span></i></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#2e2f2d;background:white;font-weight:normal">As we all know, plants are at the base of both the human and non-human food chain. Everything eats them directly or indirectly, which may or may
 not be a good thing as far as plants are concerned. Because they do not move around, it is easy to forget that plants are not helpless. They have evolved an incredible arsenal of chemicals, camouflage, spines, hairs and waxes to discourage herbivores. They
 spend a huge amount of their energy on pollen, nectar, edible fruits and sugary root exudates designed to attract and nourish animals, insects, fungi and bacteria so they can perform services such as pollination, seed dispersal, defense and nutrient acquisition.
 It is a carefully balanced natural economy and community based on the products of photosynthesis that is amazing in its complexity and efficiency. In this talk, Bill Cullina will show how this world of pollen, poisons, pigments, pheromones, sugars and sex
 translates to sound organic practices that can benefit us all. <u></u><u></u></span></h1>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Friday, March 14^th<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">12 p.m. to 1 p.m.<br>
Conservatory Classroom<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">FREE: Pre-registration required<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:18.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#008755">Horticultural Therapy: Noticing the Connection Workshop<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
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<i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Lana Dreyfuss, HTR, LCADC, SEP, CCTP<u></u><u></u></span></i></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#2e2f2d;background:white;font-weight:normal">Lana Dreyfuss, a registered horticultural therapist since 2004, will highlight the benefits of horticultural therapy when applied to concerns of
 trauma and loss. This workshop will define horticultural therapy as an alternative embodied resource for persons with concerns of their well-being. It will demonstrate how horticultural therapy can help in reconnection after traumatic events. Participants
 will somatically experience horticultural therapy through a hands-on project designed for traumatic healing.
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<b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Sunday, March 16^th<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">1 p.m. to 4 p.m.<br>
Conservatory Classroom<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Friends: $45<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Non-members: $55<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
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