<html><body><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; color: #000099"><div><span data-mce-style="color: #663366;" color="#663366"><span style="font-size: xx-small;" data-mce-style="font-size: xx-small;" size="1"></span><span></span></span></div><hr id="zwchr"><div><b>From: </b>"Joanne Tromp" <jtromp@whoi.edu><br></div><div style="color:#000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;" data-mce-style="color: #000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" data-mce-style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
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font-family:Cambria" data-mce-style="mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: Cambria;"></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" data-mce-style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal" data-mce-style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Cambria" data-mce-style="mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: Cambria;">Over 80 Gardens Open Cape Wide during the first annual Cape Cod Hydrangea Festival! <br></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal" data-mce-style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Cambria" data-mce-style="mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: Cambria;">What:</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Cambria" data-mce-style="mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: Cambria;"> Ten days of private gardens open to the public from July 10<sup>th</sup> through the 19<sup>th</sup>.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes" data-mce-style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There will be over 80 open gardens Cape-wide along with special events and garden educational opportunities. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal" data-mce-style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Cambria" data-mce-style="mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: Cambria;">How:</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Cambria" data-mce-style="mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: Cambria;"> People can see the list of open gardens and associated events on the Cape Cod Hydrangea Festival website: <a href="http://www.capecodchamber.org/hydrangea-fest" target="_blank" data-mce-href="http://www.capecodchamber.org/hydrangea-fest">http://www.capecodchamber.org/hydrangea-fest</a><span style="mso-spacerun:yes" data-mce-style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Cambria" data-mce-style="mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: Cambria;">All gardens will be open from 10 AM to 4 PM and entry to each garden is $5.00 and may be visited on a “pay at the gate” basis. Addresses will be on the Hydrangea Fest website two<span style="mso-spacerun:yes" data-mce-style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>of days before gardens are open.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal" data-mce-style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Cambria" data-mce-style="mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: Cambria;">Why:</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Cambria" data-mce-style="mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: Cambria;"> To promote the love of plants and gardening, and to celebrate Cape Cod’s signature plant, the Hydrangea although not all gardens contain hydrangeas. All garden entry fee benefits local non-profits.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Cambria;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"" data-mce-style="mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">During the festival there will be signs marking open gardens that will have the new Cape Cod Hydrangea Festival logo on them.<span style="color:black;background:white" data-mce-style="color: black; background: white;"> This signage was made possible through generous donations made by the Cape Cod Landscape Association and Parterre Landscape Services: <a href="http://www.parterregarden.com/" target="_blank" data-mce-href="http://www.parterregarden.com/">http://www.parterregarden.com/</a></span></span><br data-mce-bogus="1"></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Cambria;
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Roman";color:black;background:white" data-mce-style="mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New
Roman'; color: black; background: white;">Twitter and Facebook hashtag: #hydrangeafest </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal" data-mce-style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Cambria;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times
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New Roman'; color: black; background: white;">For web tickets and a complete list of open gardens and events go to:<span style="mso-spacerun:yes" data-mce-style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="http://www.CapeCodHydrangeaFest.com" target="_blank" data-mce-href="http://www.CapeCodHydrangeaFest.com">www.CapeCodHydrangeaFest.com</a> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal" data-mce-style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Cambria;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times
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