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Friends of the Environment

Abaco, Bahamas

Native Plant Fairs

March 29, 2008

Treasure Cay - 10:00 am at the Treasure Cay Community Center Guest speakers will be Ms. Allison Higgins: Island Invaders- Past, Present and Future as well as Ms. Eleanor Phillipsof the Nature Conservancy, Bahamas Country Program. There will be a local grarde art auction and each attendee will be given a native plant to carry home to plant. Hope to see you there!!!

Friends of the Environment is hosting Native Plant Fairs throughout the Abacos to educate attendees about invasive and native plant species and to encourage them to remove the invasive species in the area and to replace them with native, environmentally plants. Each fair features informative speakers, hand-painted rain barrel by area artists were auctioned off and each attendee was given a native plant to carry home to plant to better their environment.

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This year, native plant fairs have been held in Marsh Harbour, Hope Town and Treasure Cay. They have been well attended by locals as well as visitors. It is felt that the education will be help in the eradication of the top invasive plants in the Abacos- Hawaiian Seagrape, Brazilian Pepper and Australian Pine-Casaurina ssp.

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