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<p><em><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:#663300">Lahr Native Plant Symposium: Yes you Can!</span></b></em><br>
<strong>March 29, 8:30 am – 3:30 pm</strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="line-height:150%"><em><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%">Yes you can</span></b></em><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%"> make your garden more beautiful and ecologically beneficial with the thought-provoking and practical
ideas presented at this year’s symposium. Everyone, home gardeners and professionals alike, will appreciate the quality of presentations and range of topics presented by leading figures from the gardening world. This year’s topics include the philosophy and
design intent behind the innovative new native plant garden at the New York Botanic Garden, the many reasons to use more native ferns in your landscape, ponds and aquatic plants for all spaces, propagation how-to’s, practical alternative energy projects for
the garden, and more. Fee: $89 ($71 FONA) <a href="http://www.usna.usda.gov/Education/registration.html">
Registration required</a>. <a href="http://www.usna.usda.gov/Education/lahr%202014.pdf">
Click here</a> for complete program information and registration details. <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"">Education 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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