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23<SUP>rd</SUP> Annual Lahr Native Plant Symposium
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Plants: In Design” </SPAN></FONT></B><B><FONT face="Book Antiqua" color=#003300
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<P><FONT face="Book Antiqua" color=#004000 size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'">This year's symposium
explores the many ways that native plants are essential to successful garden
design and landscape architecture. Speakers will present a variety of topics
related to the use of native plants in designed landscapes. Fee: $85 ($68 FONA
members). Fee includes lunch and early admission (8:30 am) to the Native Plant
Sale. </SPAN></FONT><A
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</SPAN></FONT></B></STRONG><FONT face="Book Antiqua" color=#003300><SPAN
style="COLOR: #003300; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'">For complete program
information and brochure</SPAN></FONT><FONT face="Book Antiqua"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'"> </SPAN></FONT><A
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #003300; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'">The annual
Friends of the National Arboretum Native Plant Sale features a collection of
local native plant nurseries offering an extensive selection of plants.
Experienced growers will be present to offer expert advice.
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<DIV><FONT lang=0 face="Gill Sans MT" size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"
PTSIZE="10"><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>Laurie Davies Adams<BR>Executive
Director<BR><B>Pollinator Partnership </B><BR>423 Washington Street, 5th
floor<BR>San Francisco, CA
94111<BR>415-362-1137<BR>LDA@pollinator.org</FONT><FONT lang=0 face=Arial
color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10"><BR><BR></FONT><FONT lang=0
face="Gill Sans MT" color=#0000ff size=4 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="14"><B><A
href="http://www.pollinator.org/">www.pollinator.org</A></B></FONT><FONT lang=0
face="Gill Sans MT" color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"
PTSIZE="10"></B><BR><A
href="http://www.nappc.org/">www.nappc.org</A><BR><BR></FONT><FONT lang=0
face="Gill Sans MT" color=#000000 size=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"
PTSIZE="12"><B><I>National Pollinator Week is June 22-28, 2009. <BR>Beecome
involved at <A
href="http://www.pollinator.org/">www.pollinator.org</A></I></FONT></B></DIV></FONT><br/><font style="color:black;font:normal 10pt arial,san-serif;"> <hr style="margin-top:10px"/><a href="http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1217883258x1201191827/aol?redir=http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;211531132;33070124;e">Great Deals on Dell Laptops. Starting at $499.</a></font></DIV></BODY></HTML>