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San Diego Zoo
The San Diego Zoo celebrated
Plant Conservation Day in 2006 as part of its
annual Garden Celebration in May. The Celebration
was themed "Vanishing Plants: The Magic of Conservation."
The weekend event featured many activities including
a plant-oriented geo-caching hunt, a botanical
bus tour, and special plant exhibits featuring
threatened plants from around the world.
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Local high school students help the New England
Tropical Conservatory get ready for Plant Conservation
Day. |
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New England Tropical
Conservatory
The New England Tropical
Conservatory in Bennington, Vt., celebrated
Plant Conservation Day in 2006 with activities
that included tours, school workshops, radio
talk shows and a local television program highlighting
the plant conservation efforts of organizations
in their community. The Conservatory also used
its Plant Conservation Day celebration to kick
off a new capital campaign.
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The United States Botanic Garden featured a
rare and endangered plant discovery cart as
part of its Plant Conservation Day celebration. |
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United States Botanic
Garden
In Washington DC, the
United States Botanic Garden marked Plant Conservation
Day 2006 by showcasing a plant conservation
discovery cart for visitors. The cart featured
rare and endangered plants from the Garden's
collections. Visitors were also given copies
of BGCI's A
Plant Conservation Checklist for Gardeners
to reinforce the conservation message. USBG
also played host on Plant Conservation Day to
a BGCI-sponsored symposium on plant conservation
education. More than 40 participants from around
the country took part.
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