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Plymouth Public Library Share 'Dig This'
'Over the next few weeks, we also have virtual events scheduled to help everyone with planning and managing their gardens.'
March 15, 2021
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Days are getting longer and planting season is coming! Are you busy planning for this summer's garden? Make sure to check availability of our free seeds when you visit. We have packets of all sorts (flowers, herbs, and many varieties of vegetables), available outside during curbside hours, as well as in the lobby for our visitors who come inside. They tend to disappear quickly, so don't get left out! Follow this link to view the list of what our Seed Library has to offer - please note, availability is constantly changing as we add new seeds and those being offered are claimed.
Over the next few weeks, we also have virtual events scheduled to help everyone with planning and managing their gardens. Registration is now open for all of these programs - follow the links below to sign up.
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Time: 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Audiences:
Adults
Categories: Dr. Richard M Shiff Event, Gardening Registration:
Dr. Richard M. Shiff Forum Presents: Starting Seeds
Get a jump on the season by starting your plants from seeds! Doing so is cheaper than buying transplants and offers a much broader variety of plants. Seed starting can become quite addictive. Whether you are interested in annuals, perennials, edibles, or even shrubs and trees, this lecture will give you the information you need from starting a seed to planting in the ground.
Gretel Anspach is a Trustee of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, a Lifetime Master Gardener with the Massachusetts Master Gardener Association, and a recently-retired systems engineer for Raytheon. She won the MMGA Lifetime Achievement Award in 2016. Gretel established and maintains a 20,000 square foot food production garden that has provided fresh produce to the Marlboro and Maynard Food Pantries for the last for the last ten years. Her primary interest and focus is always in the science behind horticulture.
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Dr. Richard M Shiff Event, Gardening
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Dr. Richard M. Shiff Forum Presents: Good Bugs & Bad Bugs: Not all insects are bad for the garden. In fact, we rely on many to rid us of other unwanted invaders. This presentation describes some of the common beneficial and pest insects that gardeners encounter in New England. We will take a look their habits and their lifecycles as we discuss how their presence affects the success of our garden year.
Bonnie Power has an MA in Zoology from Boston University and taught college level science courses for over twelve years before leaving teaching for industry. After she retired, she began taking courses at Garden in the Woods in Framingham and became a wild flower tour guide. She completed the requirements to become a certified Master Gardener in the fall of 2016. In the fall of 2019, she completed the requirements for certification in Horticulture at New England Plant Trust. Bonnie also works on the Facebook page for MMGA and volunteers on the MMGA pH testing team. In 2015 she began volunteering on a Facebook page for insect identification which expanded her knowledge of insects. Out of that experience she developed a talk aimed at gardeners to acquaint them with beneficial and pest species of insects and other arthropods.
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Tuesday, March 30, 2021
Time: 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Presenter: Kate Gomes & Margaret McGrath
Audiences:
Adults
Categories:
Dr. Richard M Shiff Event, Gardening
Registration:
Make Plymouth explode with the beauty of wildflowers! During this crafting presentation, you will learn the importance of wildflowers to the environment and how to make your very own seed bombs. Crafting materials will be available at the library. We will email you when they are ready for pick up.
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Tuesday, April 6, 2021
Time: 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Presenter: Kate Gomes & Margaret McGrath
Audiences:
Adults
Categories:
Dr. Richard M Shiff Event, Gardening
Registration:
Registration is required for this event.
Follow your berry's journey from seed to jam! Join us for a strawberry refrigerator jam cooking presentation. Strawberry seeds will be available at the library. We will email you when they are ready for pick up.
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Tuesday, April 13, 2021
Time:6:00pm - 7:00pm
Presenter: Kate Gomes & Margaret McGrath
Audiences:
Adults
Categories:
Dr. Richard M Shiff Event, Gardening
Registration:
Registration is required for this event.
Cultivate healthy additions to your salads and sandwiches! We'll show you how to set up your very own kitchen counter sprout garden. Materials and seeds will be available at the library. We will email you when they are ready for pick up.
This press release was produced by the Plymouth Public Library. The views expressed are the author's own.