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		<title>Is it Spring Yet? Early bulbs and other Harbingers of spring starting in Rock Alpine Garden</title>
		<description><![CDATA[While the official solar start of spring is still 8 days away on March 20th, I think it is safe to say that spring has sprung in the Rock Alpine Garden.   True there may be many more snow storms and still plenty of morningsto scrap ice off of windshields, but the true harbingers of spring are in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.botanicgardensblog.com/2010/03/12/is-it-spring-yet-early-bulbs-and-other-harbingers-of-spring-starting-in-rock-alpine-garden/</link>
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		<title>Beautiful Blooms in The Boettcher Memorial Tropical Conservatory</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Without a doubt, today was one of those days that the Boettcher Tropical Conservatory really made me take a step back and cherish my &#8220;office&#8221;.  The amount of obscure and unique plants in bloom right  is almost overwhelming, and not to mention, some of our fauna have been showing themselves in sunny spots on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.botanicgardensblog.com/2010/03/11/beautiful-blooms-in-the-boettcher-memorial-tropical-conservatory/</link>
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		<title>Blooming at the Gardens, Week of March 13th</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This time of year, my house plants start sending out bright green leaves and cheery flowers. They recognize the longer, sunnier days and, since I don’t heat my house excessively, they revel in the warmth pouring through my south-facing windows. In the Boettcher Memorial Tropical Conservatory, the tropicals are responding to the same signals, with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.botanicgardensblog.com/2010/03/11/blooming-at-the-gardens-week-of-march-13th/</link>
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		<title>Research Volunteer Spotlight: How mushrooms change lives</title>
		<description><![CDATA[by Vera Evenson, Curator of the Sam Mitchel Herbarium of Fungi


A great quote I heard lately,   “ The first person served by Service is the Server,”   perfectly exemplifies the impact the Sam Mitchel Herbarium of Fungi has had on our decades-long volunteer, Rosa-Lee Brace.
Sam Mitchel, the founder of our mycology herbarium in l965, inspired Rosa-Lee [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.botanicgardensblog.com/2010/03/09/research-volunteer-spotlight-how-mushrooms-change-lives/</link>
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		<title>Shop at the Gardens Showcases New Spring Items</title>
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Oh dear&#8230;I am longing for spring. It is that time of year when it is just beginning to warm up &#8211; but not enough to discard the coat and hat just yet. I have been looking for anything that will remind me that warmer weather, buds on trees and spring blooms are a mere month or so away. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.botanicgardensblog.com/2010/03/05/shop-at-the-gardens-showcases-new-spring-items/</link>
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		<title>In Bloom at the Gardens: Week of March 6</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An early morning, early March walk reveals surprising delights.
• Colors: the muted greys and browns of late winter are ever-so-slowly giving way to hints of green and glimpses of brighter colors. How can you see purple Iris reticulata next to brilliant yellow crocuses, and not feel a surge of hope? The Water-Smart Garden is one [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.botanicgardensblog.com/2010/03/05/in-bloom-at-the-gardens-week-of-march-6th/</link>
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		<title>Anything but drab! Spanish draba (Draba hispanica) is always first to bloom.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Poor drabas! Such a colorless name&#8230;and they have other image problems too&#8211;that acid yellow color and their general similarity to one another. Oh well: some of us look beyond these superficialities. We have a welter of alpine drabas we must wait until June to see in the alpine, but if you are lucky enough to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.botanicgardensblog.com/2010/03/04/anything-but-drab-2/</link>
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		<title>Fresh New Planting in the Boettcher Memorial Tropical Conservatory</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you haven&#8217;t been able to swing in and check out the Boettcher Tropical Conservatory in the last couple of weeks, now is a great time. We have just recently finished a bed renovation that is sure to please all who come to enjoy it. My teammates and I decided to not hold anything back on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.botanicgardensblog.com/2010/03/03/fresh-new-planting-in-the-boettcher-tropical-conservatory/</link>
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