Our next meeting will be at 7 PM tomorrow, Tuesday, April 7.

Speaker: Jamie Whitacre
Fellow, U.S. Capitol Historical Society

Topic: Botanical Art in the U.S. Capitol: Brumidi's Fruits and Flowers

Meeting location: Cathy Kerby Room (Room CE-340), Smithsonian
Institution, National Museum of Natural History, 10th St. and Constitution
Avenue NW, Washington, DC. Use the Constitution Avenue entrance; wait to
be escorted up. As usual, light refreshments will be served prior to and
after the presentation.

Pre-meeting dinner: 5:30 P.M. at the Elephant & Castle Pub and Restaurant,
1201 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Washington. Phone 202-347-7707. The
restaurant is diagonally across from the Old Post Office Pavilion at 12th
and Pennsylvania, a few blocks from the Museum, with Federal Triangle the
nearest Metro station, and Metro Center also nearby.

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Field trip reminder, 9:30 AM, Turkey Run. More information at:
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/botsoc/message/272
Further info will be sent later on the week.

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April Nature Conservancy events - Garlic Mustard pulls and other weeding
and planting events:

http://www.nature.org/wherewework/northamerica/states/maryland/events/

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MNPS Field trips: http://mdflora.org/events/trips.html

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VNPS - Piedmont Chapter Events: http://www.vnps.org/chapters/piedmont/

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See http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/botsoc for the archive of previous
announcements.