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For immediate release

HUNTSVILLE BOTANICAL GARDEN
Contact: John Hacker
Marketing Director
(256) 430-3572 ext. 290
jhacker@hsvbg.org

Wednesday, March 6, 2008. HUNTSVILLE, AL. The UpRoar is almost here!

Installation begins on March 10 and the exhibit begins on the 15th. The artist will be at the Garden all week for interviews and photo ops. Contact John Hacker directly to arrange an interview.

Huntsville Botanical Garden announces Dinosaur UpRoar, presented by The Orthopaedic Center and Redstone Federal Credit Union, in the Garden, March 15-July 15, 2008. This unique exhibit features over 20 life-sized dinosaur models in a display throughout the Garden. This exhibition will consist of more than 30 pieces including real fossilized plants and bones, a 30 foot tall Allosaurus, a 20-foot Astrodon, a 4-foot-long Arthropleura (a giant centipede), a 30-foot-long Parasaurolophus, and much more.

Plantings based on pre-historic plant species will surround the giant creatures, making them look at home in North Alabama.

Children’s activities, adult and children’s education programs, guided tours, and various social events will all be part of the Dinosaur UpRoar celebration. There will be no additional charge to attend the Dinosaur UpRoar at the Garden. Regular garden admission will apply: members and children under 3 are free; adults, $10; military and seniors (55+), $8; and children ages 3 to 18, $5.

This traveling display is designed and created by paleontologist and artist Guy Darrough and his associates at Lost World Studios in Arnold, Missouri. These life-sized models have appeared at gardens throughout the country, including Powell Gardens in Kansas City, Missouri, Naples Botanical Gardens in Naples, Florida, McKee Botanical Garden in Vero Beach, Florida, and Phipps Conservatory in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

At the Huntsville Botanical Garden there's always something growing on!

Huntsville Botanical Garden is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, supported by the community. The 110-acre garden is open year-round. Address: 4747 Bob Wallace Avenue, Huntsville, AL 35805. For further information visit our website at www.hsvbg.org, or call 256.830.4447.