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SEED LIBRARY READY TO BLOOM!
activity that can really be shared with everyone, no matter their age or previous gardening experience.” Over the last month, the Seed Library team, including 70 volunteers, have worked to prepare thousands of seed packets for the Seed Library. “We are so fortunate to have so many dedicated groups and individuals who care about making gardening accessible for everyone,” Goldsmith shares. Seed packets will be available both in the library, on the second floor of the building, as well as on the library’s Bookmobile. For more information about the Seed Library, visit www.rplmn.org/seed.
F or a fourth consecutive growing season, the Roch- ester Public Library is again offering a Seed Library. Starting Monday, March 1, library cardholders can start borrowing packets of seeds to use in their own gardening and growing activities. Customers are able to borrow up to 10 packets of seeds from the Seed Library, with 56 varieties to choose from. “Our popular seed varieties have returned from
previous years, but we also have a new category of edible flowers and additional Asian vegetable varieties,” says Librarian Martha Chapin, one of the coordinators of the project. Last year the Seed Library distributed over 11,000 seed packets to community members, with many reporting successful growing and harvesting. Judy Goldsmith, also a Seed Library coordinator, says the Seed Library attracts seasoned gardeners as well as newcomers to planting and growing. “This is an
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