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Erik Kiviat’s Hudsonia is an important resource for environmental research and education in the Hudson Valley.
Get an eyeful of his perspective here.
http://www.townofdover.us/HudsoniaPresentation.pdf

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Susan Morse gave an entertaining presentation tonight in Patterson, NY, enlivened by her own, stunning wildlife photography. The mission of her organization, Keeping Track, is “…to inspire community participation in the long-term stewardship of wildlife habitat.”
Job well done.

Cougar © Susan C.Morse
We have yet to see a cougar in the garden, but we have seen [...]

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Cuisines in Bloom – New York Times

Published: May 4, 2008

DUKAGJINI BUREKTORJA
(718) 822-8955; 758 Lydig Avenue (Wallace Avenue), Pelham Parkway; $; Article: 5/18/05.
This Albanian place may be the only restaurant in the city devoted entirely to bureks: savory pies that are the Balkans’ answer to pizza. They are convincingly good, stuffed with meat, spinach, or feta [...]

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House and Garden Tours: Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island – New York Times

By SHELLY FREIERMAN
Published: May 1, 2008

CONNECTICUT
SOUTHPORT AND WESTPORT, MAY 2

STAMFORD, JUNE 10

GUILFORD, JUNE 14

MASSACHUSETTS
BOSTON, MAY 15

beaconhillgardenclub.org.

NEWTON, MAY 18

newtonhistorymuseum.org.

BOSTON, JUNE 21

info@southendgardentour.org and at southendgardentour.org.

GREAT BARRINGTON AND ALFORD, JULY 12

lenoxgardenclub.net.

RHODE ISLAND
NARRAGANSETT, MAY 10 THROUGH JUNE 8

newportshowhouse.org.

PROVIDENCE, JUNE 7

Brown University

ppsri.org.

NEWPORT, JUNE 20 THROUGH 22

secretgardentours.org.

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