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Wednesday evenings, 5:30-6:30 pm July 26, August 9, August 23, Sept 6, Sept 20 Highfield Hall Ballroom (Falmouth, Massachusetts): Please join us at Highfield Hall for our annual science lecture series with presentations from members of our scientific community and local environmental advocacy groups. This year we’ll focus on local environmental issues: what is being done in the ponds, streams, and marshes in the area to preserve our natural resources that are part of the identity of Cape Cod. Please join us on Wednesday, July 26 when Dr. Chris Neill from the Woodwell Climate Research Center will talk about The Science Behind Promoting Backyard Diversity. Dr. Neill, Ecologist and Senior Scientist, studies natural and restored ecosystems around the globe, always with a local fucus. He is interested in how changes in land use affect ecosystem function, particularly water and nutrient cycling, and in our ability to restore impaired systems. He works in the Amazon studying deforestation and in Massachusetts studying the coasts and backyard diversity. He also works with local conservation organizations such as the Buzzard Bay Coalition and the Native Plant trust to design and assess improved methods of ecosystem protection and restoration. Please look for future talks with the following: • August 9th Diana Ruiz, Director, Native Land Conservancy (NLC). NLC’s unique approach to protecting and restoring land for all living beings • August 23rd Mirta Teichberg, Assoc. Scientist and Director, Semester in Environmental Science, Marine Biological Laboratory. Challenges and Opportunities for seagrass recovery and restoration around Cape Cod • September 6th Matt Charette, Senior Scientist, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), and Director, Sea Grant. Could vegetable oil be a solution to the water quality issues in the Cape's coastal ponds? • September 20th Rick Bishop, Executive Director, Friends of Bass River. Upper Bass River Headwaters Restoration and other habitat restoration projects $10/person Registration required visit www.highfieldhallandgardens.org GALLERY HOURS: Tuesday – Friday, 10 am – 4 pm Saturday, Sunday 10 am – 2 pm Monday, closed Grounds open daily, year-round from dawn to dusk. About Highfield Hall & Gardens The house is a rare surviving example of transitional Stick Style architecture, containing beautiful gardens located in the heart of Falmouth, Massachusetts. It is a unique combination of a historic house, expansive gardens and trails, and a vibrant cultural center. Built in 1878 as the summer home for Boston's Beebe family, the house sits on 5.5 pristine acres surrounded by nearly 400 acres of conservation land and public walking trails. Highfield Hall & Gardens is not your typical historic estate. It is an example of a historic building saved by grassroots community organizing. An effort of tenacity and vision that continues as new research on the structure and its story of the people who lived here add to the building's significance. It offers world-class music, international art exhibitions, culinary classes, family programs, and year- round special events. For more information, visit www.highfieldhallandgardens.org.