Garden Structures

We're on the look out for simple, sturdy designs for garden structures that would fit in the TPL gardens. I ran across this site on a Google search: http://www.grandiflora.pro/cool-pics/structures-bridges-and-follies.
Here's one that I think could be scaled down to for different purposes. 

But I really like the idea of follies, something for garden decoration but suggesting another purpose, like a mini-castle or this stump cave.

Whoa. Googled some more. Folly fanciers. Huh. Post ideas that might fit in at the TPL gardens. 

Seedfolks

Lately we have been reading lots of garden-related stories: Seedfolks, Rose's Garden, Plant a Kiss, and more.

But these stories are not just about planting gardens.  They are about so much more, like planting seeds of hope for a future filled with beauty.  About the power of nature.  About how simple gestures bloom into something so much bigger with faith and perseverance.  About a sense of community. 

The messages found in these pages are being realized right here at our library.  

Join us on the 27th of this month from 10am to 12pm to celebrate the library gardens at our spring Gardens Open-house.  See what our community has nurtured from those very first seeds of hope and be a part of its blooming.

WANTED: MASTER GARDENER VOLUNTEERS

The library is looking for Master Gardener Volunteers to take on discrete projects and assist in the maintenance of others. Several Master Gardener volunteers have already contributed to the project and two MGVs maintain a continuing relationship with the project.

Volunteers are needed to

• Design and/or build of raised or vertical beds appropriate for Universal Access Garden, for gardeners of all abilities, including those with physical limitations
• Design and /or build of garden shade structures appropriate for Children’s Garden
• Modify or design/build of composting system
• Create of interpretive signage for Children’s, Butterfly, and Universal Access Garden and composting area
• Assist in continuing  maintenance of Rainbow and Butterfly Gardens
• Assist in recruiting and  managing garden volunteers.

  

If you are interested in this project contact Bernardo Feliciano (Master Gardener) at bfelicia2@gmail.com  or Susan Preece Director of the Library at 725-1727 or director@topshamlibrary.org.

We have both at the TPL!

“If you have a garden and a library, 

you have everything you need.”

― Marcus Tullius Cicero