#Library Gardens

[lesterpubliclibrary]

First Blooms by Lester Public Library

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[vintagehomecollection]

California Cottages: Interior Design, Architecture & Style, 1996

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Source: Pinterest

[cricketmuse]

Stories in the Garden

I am a huge fan of our local library. Great location, amazing staff, supreme layout, not to mention its splendid collection that even includes telescopes and seeds. Last year the library increased its coolness factor by adding a garden. Did I mention the library also boasts a shady reading area with a waterfall? To get right to the point, the library garden is holding local author story time…

[themarchingbeetle]

French Flower stamps

Photos by Pilllpat on Flickr

[shisasan]

Anton Chekhov, After The Theatre [originally published 1892]

[learnelle]

My favourite spot in Dublin 🖤

[nadziejacher]

@nadziejaestel

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[lesterpubliclibrary]

Red Admiral in the Sun by Lester Public Library Via Flickr: In the Garden at the Lester Public Library, Two Rivers, Wisconsin

[reasonsforhope]

"Next Monday [6/17/24] is the start of National Pollinator Awareness Week, and one Colorado advocacy group is hosting a flower planting drive to rewild Colorado’s meadows, gardens, and just maybe, its children too.

Created by constitutional amendment in 1992, Great Outdoors Colorado (GOCO) is a state-funded independent board that invests a portion of Colorado Lottery proceeds to help preserve and enhance the state’s parks, trails, wildlife, rivers, and open spaces.

This year, GOCO’s offshoot Generation Wild is distributing over 100,000 free packets of wildflower seeds to collection points at museums, Denver Parks and Rec. offices, and libraries all over the state to encourage kids and families to plant the seeds in their backyards.

The Save the Bees! initiative aims to make the state more beautiful, more ecologically diverse, and more friendly to pollinators.

According to a new report from the Colorado Department of Natural Resources, 20% of Colorado’s bumblebees are now at risk of extinction. Even in a small area like a backyard, planting wildflowers can make a positive impact on the local ecosystem and provide native bees with a healthy place to live.

“The Western Bumblebee population has declined in Colorado by 72%, and we’re calling on kids across Colorado to ‘bee’ the change,” said GOCO Executive Director Jackie Miller.

Named after Generation Wild’s official mascot “Wilder,” the Wilderflower Seed Mix was developed in partnership with Applewood Seed Co. and packets are now available for pickup at designated partner sites including more than 80 Little Free Library boxes.

By distributing 100,000 Wilderflower packets, Generation Wild is providing more than 56 million seeds for planting in every nook and cranny of the state. All seeds are regionally-native to Colorado, which is important for sustaining the living landscape of bees, birds, and other animals.

Additionally, by using flower species adapted to the Mile High climate, landscapers and gardeners need to use less water than if they were tending non-native plants.

“Applewood Seed Co. was excited to jump in and help Generation Wild identify a seed mix that is native to the Colorado region and the American West, containing a diversity of flower species to attract and support Colorado’s pollinator populations,” stated Norm Poppe, CEO of Applewood Seed Co. “We hope efforts like this continue to educate the public on pollinator conservation and the need to protect our native bees and butterflies.”

Concluding her statement Miller firmly stated that children grow up better outside, and if you or a parent you know agree with her, all the information on how to participate in Save the Bees! can be found here on their website, including a map showing all the local pickup points for the Wilderflower Seed Packets."

-via Good News Network, June 13, 2024

[sincerelytennessee]

[detroitlib]

From our stacks: Endpaper detail from A History of Gardening in England By The Hon. Alicia Amherst. Second Edition. London: Bernard Quaritch, 1896.

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Got this idea from @solarpunkani but now I've gotten the image in my head I can't get it out

Libraries with herbs growing up the walls and fruit trees blooming inside and mint plants you can pick and chew in while reading a book. A section with a butterfly garden you could read in!!

Convos in the sunken living room bathed in colorful sunlight and surrounded by plants