<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hi Doug,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I hope you’re doing well and enjoying the beautiful weather these days. Our annual conference is on Saturday, March 20 and I’m reaching out to see if you could please share the conference info with your network. Please see the attached flyers. I’ve also included the general info and website below.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><p class="has-text-color has-very-dark-gray-color" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial;">Join us for the 8th Annual Gardeners Conference on Saturday, March 20, an exciting and informative virtual gathering of Chicago’s amazing community gardeners! This year’s theme, “<span class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Connections through Gardening: Plants, People and the Environment</span>,” aims to explore and celebrate the interconnectedness of our shared garden work and to foster relationships and conversations that shape and support best practices for sustainable living and growing in Chicago.</p><p class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial;">Our first virtual conference features <span class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">18 live presentations</span>, <span class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">interactive breakout sessions</span> and <span class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">activities</span>, <span class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">special announcements</span>, <span class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">gardener-to-gardener networking, </span>and a<span class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"> live exhibitor hall</span>. There’s something for both new and experienced gardeners! Plus, recordings of <span class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">all</span> presentations will be available for attendees to view on-demand after the conference.</p></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: Lato, sans-serif; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">The registration fee is $25 for adults and $15 for students, with scholarships available.</span></div><div class=""><a href="http://chicagocommunitygardens.org/conference" class="">chicagocommunitygardens.org/conference</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Many thanks and happy Spring!</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="">Amy Olson</div><div class="">Communications Team</div><div class=""><a href="mailto:communications@chicagocommunitygardens.org" class="">communications@chicagocommunitygardens.org</a></div><div class="">Chicago Community Gardeners Association</div><div class=""><a href="http://chicagocommunitygardens.org" class="">chicagocommunitygardens.org</a></div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><img apple-inline="yes" id="C9051912-7D66-4C00-9984-21B7FCDBE8B7" src="cid:70BACFC3-3939-47D6-801F-05DE8CD5A930@attlocal.net" class=""><img apple-inline="yes" id="8D13C410-D635-43F1-A3B0-EC0D3768EA54" src="cid:E1B804CD-F674-4C5F-8D3E-196565F39C2C@attlocal.net" class=""></div></body></html>