Courtesy-JCPL FB page
SEYMOUR, Ind. – The Jackson County Public Library is launching a new Seed Library. It will be a collection of heirloom seeds (flowers, fruits, herbs, and vegetables) that anyone can take to plant and grow at home. A library card or library district residency is not required to participate.
Since supplies are limited, there is a limit of one envelope per seed variety, and there is no guarantee of availability. At this time, the library does not accept donations or saved seeds due to state seed laws and regulations.
Seeds are housed at the Seymour Library building that was purchased from a former downtown antique shop.
West Fargo Library events for the week of April 28, 2021 Written By: Wendy Reuer | ×
This week’s events:
Seed Library – Ongoing service
Visit the library to pick up a packet of seeds to plant in your garden. While supplies last.
ColorFest – 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Saturday, May 8 (The Yards, Sheyenne Street, West Fargo)
Visit the West Fargo Public Library’s booth at ColorFest, Saturday, May 8 for art activities for children and a pop up library! The library is excited to join dozens of other vendors and food trucks to celebrate art and the West Fargo community.
listen live
Monday Night Readers Book Club – 6 – 7 p.m. Monday, May 10
After a hiatus year, a free seed library in Vancouver is restocked and ready for all levels of gardeners.
The library in the Downtown Eastside, at the Carnegie Branch of the Vancouver Public Library, is run by Hives for Humanity. Known for its work with beehives around the city, the organization has also run the seed library since 2015. Full of herb, vegetable, pollinator and traditional Indigenous seeds, the library functions on an interesting model. Unlike other similar programs, no one is required to return seeds the following year or provide anything in return.
Typically, the program gears up in late March. In 2020, the start date coincided with a full lockdown across the province library doors shuttered, along with other community spaces. It provided a reflection year for those who run the program, giving them a chance to think about how COVID-19 has changed the demand for seeds and growing local food, and what a program expansion might look like.
Highlandtown
Lisbon
Cemetery work day, 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., volunteers welcome, 424-7970
New Alexander
New Waterford
Salem
Outside rummage sale, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Presbyterian Church, 436 E. 2nd St.
Hunting Club all you can eat breakfast, 7-11a.m., $5, trap shoot
West Township
SUN/5-2
Columbiana
Haystack breakfast, 40 and 8, 44688 SR 14 across from United Rentals, $8, dine in or carryout, open to public, 7-11 a.m.
Bicycle tour, 8 a.m., Firestone Park, $20, 692-2468
Good as New Shop, Methodist Church, 1-5 p.m., Springtime in Columbiana raffle (hanging basket)
East Palestine
Hanoverton
Negley
New Waterford
Salem
Rotary’s drive-thru pancake day, 8-11 a.m., SHS cafeteria, use 2020 tickets or donation
West Fargo Library events for the week of April 28, 2021 Written By: Wendy Reuer |
Little Red Reading Bus routes available
The summer route schedule for the Little Red Reading Bus is now available. The Little Red Reading Bus is a mobile library service of the West Fargo Public Library. This service brings books, activities, games, crafts and other library programs into neighborhoods. In 2018 the West Fargo Educational Foundation and local teacher Stephanie Shea started the bus. In 2020, the bus became a service of the West Fargo Public Library.
This summer’s route is expanded from past years and includes weekly stops at eight West Fargo parks, two Fargo parks and locations in Horace and Harwood. All locations are within the West Fargo Public School District boundary.