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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:150%'><st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><b><i><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>THORNTON</span></font></i></b></st1:City></st1:place><b><i><span
style='font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'> W. BURGESS SOCIETY<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:150%'><st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on"><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-weight:bold'>GREEN</span></font></b></st1:PlaceName><b><span
style='font-weight:bold'> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">BRIAR</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">NATURE</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">CENTER</st1:PlaceType></span></b></st1:place><b><span
style='font-weight:bold'> & JAM KITCHEN<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:150%'><st1:address
w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on"><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-weight:bold'>6 Discovery Hill
Road East</span></font></b></st1:Street><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>
<st1:City w:st="on">Sandwich</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">MA</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode
w:st="on">02537</st1:PostalCode></span></b></st1:address><b><span
style='font-weight:bold'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%'>FOR RELEASE: JUNE/JULY 2016 CONTACT: Joan
DiPersio <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%'>
508-888-6870<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:150%'><b><font
size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;
font-weight:bold'>SANDWICH GARDEN TOUR TO BENEFIT <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">THORNTON</st1:City></st1:place> W. BURGESS SOCIETY<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%'> The annual Sandwich
Garden Tour to benefit the Thornton W. Burgess Society and its <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Green</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Briar</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Nature</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>,
which offers environmental education programs for children, families and area
schools, takes place on <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Wednesday,</span></b>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>July 13</span></b>. Enjoy a summer’s
day visiting seven beautiful gardens at your leisure anytime between 10am and
4pm. A ticket covering all seven gardens may be purchased for $30 or individual
gardens may be visited for a fee of $5 each (exact cash to be paid at each
garden). Tickets and a map to each garden are available at the <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Green</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Briar</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Nature</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType>,
<st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">6 Discovery Hill Road, East</st1:address></st1:Street>
<st1:place w:st="on">Sandwich</st1:place>. This year’s tour is tied in
with the Cape Cod Hydrangea Festival sponsored by the Cape Cod Chamber of
Commerce. Call 508-888-6870 for further information.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%'> The following gardens are
included on the Burgess Society’s Sandwich Garden Tour and may be visited
in any order: <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;
font-weight:bold'>#1 <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Award</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Winning</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Shirley</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">G.</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Cross</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Wildflower</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Garden</st1:PlaceType></span></font></b>
at the <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Green</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Briar</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Nature</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType>
in East Sandwich is a true <st1:place w:st="on">Cape Cod</st1:place> historic
site. Observe three growing areas-bog, shady hillside, open meadow.
Additional gardens surround the building including perennial, annual,
succulent, medicinal, herb, butterfly garden, a holly grove and the
“Smiling Pool” pond.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;
font-weight:bold'>#2 Challenges of Sand</span></font></b> on Norse Pines Drive
in East Sandwich displays a whimsical mix of raised beds, container vegetable
gardens, wild cottage plots and formal plantings created six years ago with an
almost empty pallet of <st1:place w:st="on">Cape Cod</st1:place> sand. This
garden also features five different varieties of hydrangea.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;
font-weight:bold'>#3 Bubbling Brook Perennial Acre</span></font></b> on Village
Drive in East Sandwich features large perennial gardens with flowering trees
and a magnificent variety of rhododendrons, all to be enjoyed by the sound of a
flowing brook.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;
font-weight:bold'>#4 Waterfall Works on a <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Sunny</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Hillside</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Garden</st1:PlaceType></st1:place></span></font></b>
on <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Notre Dame Lane</st1:address></st1:Street>,
Mashpee includes front, side and backyard gardens. The garden begins with a
perennial border in the front and a variety of shrubs planted on each side of
the home. A steep hillside with waterfall running down its center is the
foundation of the backyard’s garden<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;
font-weight:bold'>#5 <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Secret</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Garden</st1:PlaceType> </span></font></b>on Summer Street in <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Sandwich</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Village</st1:PlaceType>
gets the most out of old <st1:place w:st="on">New England</st1:place>
residential village space. This exceptional garden of perennials and annuals
is a beautiful oasis hidden from the street by tall trees and bushes.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;
font-weight:bold'>#6 <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Whimsical</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Cape Cod</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Seaside</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Cottage</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Garden</st1:PlaceType></span></font></b>
on <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Knott Avenue</st1:address></st1:Street>
in Sandwich is a harbor to well-cared for flowers exposed to all the elements
of <st1:place w:st="on">Cape Cod</st1:place>. Walk the pebble paths by
bordered beach stones perennial garden beds and breathe in the salty air. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;
font-weight:bold'>#7 <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Sunshiny & Shady</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Circular</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Perennial</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Garden</st1:PlaceType></span></font></b> on <st1:Street
w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Moody Drive</st1:address></st1:Street> in <st1:place
w:st="on">Sandwich</st1:place> blooms from May through October with many
varieties of Day Lilies and Daisies. The rock walks have an assortment of
annuals, both shade and sun loving. Blue hydrangeas and other shrubs surround
the house. Large Tupelos, Maples and Rhododendrons form a ring around the
property. <o:p></o:p></p>
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