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TOMORROW! Special Guided Walking Tour of heat-loving perennials and shrubs at Arlington National Cemetery

6/4/2013

**Space is still available -- please meet us at the information desk in the Welcome Center by 8:30 a.m.**

ARLINGTON, Va. -- Arlington National Cemetery's horticulturist Kelly Wilson will host a guided walking tour to teach you more about easy to grow, heat-loving plants. The tour will take place on June 21 from 8:30  to 10:00 a.m.

The tour will start at the Arlington National Cemetery Welcome Center and will include a tour of plants around the parking garage and along the Niche Wall where you will see familiar and not so familiar perennials and shrubs.

The tour is free-of-charge, but reservations are required. Please register online at http://www.arlingtoncemetery.mil/Events/Calendar.aspx or call (703) 614-1091 by June 20.

The Welcome Center is accessible via the Blue Line on the Metro. Parking is available at the Welcome Center parking lot.