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OGDEN — Earth Day week is in full effect following the annual recognition of the conservation-minded holiday on Monday. To celebrate the occasion, Utah State University's Ogden Botanical Gardens, located at 1750 Monroe Blvd., will be holding its third annual Earth Day Birthday event this weekend. The garden fair event will run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday and, while supplies last, wildflower seedlings will be given away to attendees. Nate Staker, deputy director at the botanical gardens, told the Standard-Examiner that the majority of those seedlings are showy milkweed, which can ...