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<div><font size="3"><font size="4"><strong>Meeting of Like Minds</strong></font>
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<div> </div>Tuesday, April 21st, 7pm - 9pm</strong></div>
<div><strong>Center for Urban Horticulture, NHS Hall
<div>3501 NE 41st St, Seattle<br /></div></strong></div>
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<div> </div>Free and open to the public. Potluck, friendly, come as you are. Hosted by the Heritage Tree Committee. Topic: The Marvelous Maples of the University of Washington Botanic Gardens - Speaker: David Zuckerman.</font></div>
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<div><font size="4"><strong>Arbor Day Celebration (noon) and Tree Prune (all day)<br /></strong>
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<div> </div>Thursday, April 23rd, 8am - 3pm</strong></font></div>
<div><font size="3"><strong>African American Museum</strong></font></div>
<div><font size="3"><strong>2300 S Massachusetts St, Seattle </strong></font></div>
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<div><font size="2">This event is part of the PlantAmnesty master plan to proivde good pruning for everyone! Our Arborist Referral Service is for those who can pay. We have classses and educational literature for the do-it-yourselfers, and for underfunded, worthy trees ... we provide free pruning! This year PlantAmnesty Arborists will prune the historic Blue Atlas Cedar at the site of the African American Museum, which is a recently restored historic structure (formerly Colman School) that residents of Rainer Valley waged a successful effort to save during the I-90 rebuild. We will also prune trees at the adjacent Jimi Hendrix Park and along Massachsuetts Street. Will there be music? We'll see. The official celebration of Arbor Day is scheduled for high noon at the site of the cedar. The celebration will include short speeches, cookies, and thanks to the arborists for their good deeds. Come and join us -- all are welcome. Parking is available on site at 2300 S. Massachusetts St. (access to parking is from S. Massachusetts St., between Rainer Ave. S. and 24th Ave S.). </font></div>
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<div><font size="3"><font size="4">Cass Turnbull's Master Pruner Program - TREES I
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<div> </div>Sunday, May 10th (Mothers' Day), 10am - 12pm</strong></font></div></font></div>
<div><font size="3"><strong>Magnuson Park, Building 406 (The Brig)</strong>
<div><strong>7400 Sandpoint Way NE, Seattle</strong></div></font></div></font></div></font> </div>
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<div><font size="2">Tree pruning (not including fruit or nut trees). How to prune a tree limb, including branch collar identification and the basics of compartmentalization. The class is incorporated into the Festival of Trees, a large event (see below). So come early to assure your place. A live tree pruning deontration outdoors follows this talk. Please note: Guest Teacher is <strong><em>Bess Bronstein</em></strong>. </font></div><font size="2"> </font></div>
<div><strong><font size="2"><font size="4">Festival of Trees</font> </font></strong>
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<div> </div></font><font size="3">Sunday, May 10th (Mothers' Day), 10am - 4pm</font></strong></div>
<div><strong><font size="3">Magnuson Park, 7400 Sandpoint Way NE, Seattle</font></strong></div><strong><font size="2"> </font></strong></div>
<div><font size="2">Have fun and learn about trees at a <strong><em>FREE</em></strong> all-day Festival with:</font></div>
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<li><font size="2">Entertainment, parades, and fun workshops with the fabulous New Old Time Chatauqua </font>
<li><font size="2">a Mariachi Band </font>
<li><font size="2">tree talks by famous garden writers, including Ciscoe Morris, Marty Wingate, Cass Turnbull, Arthur Lee Jacobson, Linda Chalker-Scott, and others </font>
<li><font size="2">tree demonstrations: tree pruning, transplanting a tree </font>
<li><font size="2">kids' activities all day </font>
<li><font size="2">bucket truck rides </font>
<li><font size="2">Interesting and interactive Info Booths </font>
<li><font size="2">Sustainable and Eco-Friendly Local Vendors and Food</font></li></li></li></li></li></li></li></li></ul>
<p><strong><font size="4">Urban Forest Symposium</font></strong></p>
<div><font size="2">Monday, May 11th, 9am - 4pm</font></div>
<div><font size="2">Center for Urban Horticulture, NHS Hall </font>
<div><font size="2">3501 NE 41st St, Seattle<br /> </font></div>
<div><font size="2">Join PlantAmnesty and the UW Botanical Gardens for this symposium, which focuses on urban forest managmeent issues and solutions. Topics include communicating the value of trees, trees and climate change, protecting trees during construction projects, and tree risk assessment. The Symposium is intended for representatives of city agencies, policy makers, natural resource managers, local non-profit and community groups, tree advocates, landscape industry professionals, landscape architects, architectural firms, green builders, and anyone interested in preserving and protectng the urban forest. </font></div>
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<div><font size="2">Click here for more detailed information, including schedule and speakers: </font></div></div>
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<div><strong><font size="2">http://depts.washington.edu/urbhort/#urban</font>
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<div> </div>Fees and Registration:</font></div></strong> <font size="2">$50 ($40 for non-profits), if registered by May 1st. Fee after May 1st is $65 ($55 for non-profits). Lunch is an additional $10 and must be ordered by May 1st. Bringing your own lunch is an option, though going off-site for lunch is not advised. To register, contact Jean Robins at jrobins@u.washington.edu or 206-685-2590.</font></div></div>
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