Who:            State Park officials; members of the Planting Fields Foundation; elected officials

What:           Ribbon-cutting and unveiling new Sensory Garden and Entrance Pavilion at Planting Fields Arboretum State Historic Park

When:          11:00 am, Thursday, July 9, 2015

Where:         Planting Fields Arboretum State Historic Park, 1395 Planting Fields Road, Oyster Bay                                                                       

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