<div dir="ltr">These March events at the US Botanic Garden may be of interest to those in the DC-area.<div><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">U.S. Botanic Garden</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nfusbg@aoc.gov">nfusbg@aoc.gov</a>></span><br>Date: Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 10:12 AM<br>Subject: Two Upcoming Programs at the U.S. Botanic Garden!<br><br><br><br>
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<div style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial" align="center"><b style="color:rgb(0,135,85);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:18.5pt;background-color:white">Lecture: Creating Stunning Plant Communities that Stand the Test of Time</b><b style="color:rgb(0,135,85);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:18.5pt;background-color:white"><br></b><a href="https://www.usbg.gov/events/2016/02/22/lecture-creating-stunning-plant-communities">https://www.usbg.gov/events/2016/02/22/lecture-creating-stunning-plant-communities</a>
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<div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-color:white;background-repeat:initial" align="center"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> Ecologically valuable plants are the foundation of healthy ecosystems, and they bring beauty and joy to people's lives. But great plants alone don't automatically create stunning and lasting planting. Join Claudia and discover the striking beauty of ecological plants and explore how they fit together in stable combination. Take home a wealth of inspiration and be motivated to test novel plant combinations that will increase the beauty and ecological value of anyone's home landscape. Enjoy and be inspired!</span><br></div><h1 style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-color:white;background-repeat:initial"><span>
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<a href="https://www.usbg.gov/events/2016/02/22/tour-marvelous-morphology">https://www.usbg.gov/events/2016/02/22/tour-marvelous-morphology</a><div style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-color:white;background-repeat:initial"><font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:16px"><i><br></i></span></font></div>
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<div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-color:white;background-repeat:initial" align="center"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> Ever wonder what the spots on the back of fern leaves are or where a coconut's seed is? Join Susan on a tour of the Garden and discover plant structures and their various functions. Learn what parts of an acacia plant ants rely on and why bananas only make fruit on one end of their flowering stalks. Topics such as leaf form, fruit classification, flower structure, and overall plant structural diversity will be explored and explained.</span><br></div><h1 style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-color:white;background-repeat:initial"><span>
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<div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-color:white;background-repeat:initial" align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b>10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.<br> Conservatory Classroom</b></span></div>
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