Mar 3, 2023 | Seed Library, Uncategorized
By Julia Welzen, Community Engagement Coordinator Spring is just around the corner, and gardeners everywhere are itching to dig in the dirt. Hamilton East Public Library’s Seed Library opened March 1, but before you leap outside with trowel and seeds in hand, make...
Feb 10, 2023 | Library News, Seed Library, Uncategorized
The 2023 HEPL Seed Library will open for the year on Wednesday, March 1, and we are so excited to share this year’s collection with you! In 2022, HEPL loaned out more than 56,000 seed packets – our highest number ever! That means more plants out in our community,...
Feb 11, 2022 | Seed Library, Staff Picks For Adults
During the icy chill of late winter, we long for the tentative warmth of early spring and the opening of the 2022 HEPL Seed Library on March 1! In 2021, HEPL lent out more than 55,000 seed packets. That’s more than double what was handed out in 2020! It also...
Aug 31, 2020 | Seed Library, Staff Picks For Adults
Written by: Allison Zafiratos With the opening of HEPL’s Seed Library this past March, I began wondering how these seeds would be used in our community and home gardens. It reminded me of times in our shared past when we have come together to grow food for ourselves...
