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<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%'>FOR RELEASE:  APRIL/MAY 2017                           CONTACT:     Joan
DiPersio<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%'>                                                                                                            <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Thornton</st1:City></st1:place> W. Burgess
Society<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%'>                                                                                                            508-888-6870<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%'><o:p>&nbsp;</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'>36<sup>th</sup> ANNUAL PLANT <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
 w:st="on">SALE</st1:City></st1:place> AT GREEN BRIAR<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%'>Kick off the planting season at the
Thornton W. Burgess Society&#8217;s 36<sup>th</sup> Annual Herb &amp; Plant
Sale held<b><span style='font-weight:bold'> May 19, 20 and 21</span></b> from
10am to 4pm 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 <st1:place w:st="on">East
 Sandwich</st1:place>.  Select from a wide assortment of the best plants at
great prices including perennials, herbs, specialty annuals, annuals,
wildflowers and vegetables.  On Friday and Saturday at 11am and again at 1pm,
join a guided tour through Green Briar&#8217;s award winning wildflower
garden.  All proceeds from the plant sale help to support the many educational
programs of the Burgess Society and its <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>, a non-profit organization
serving Cape Cod and southeastern <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Massachusetts</st1:State></st1:place>. 
The Burgess Society is grateful for the generous sponsorship of this event by
Bob King and Café Chew of <st1:place w:st="on">Sandwich</st1:place>.  Green
Briar is located at <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">6 Discovery
  Hill Road</st1:address></st1:Street>, just off Route 6A in <st1:place w:st="on">East
 Sandwich</st1:place>.  For further information, call 508-888-6870 or visit the
website at <b><span style='font-weight:bold'><a
href="http://www.thorntonburgess.org/"><span style='text-decoration:none'>www.thorntonburgess.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></font></p>

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font-weight:bold'>-#-<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>

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style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

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