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  Groundbreaking Reads

           Adult

        SUMMER

     Reading Program

SIGN UP anytime starting Monday, June 24^th and get a coupon for one free book at the Friends Annual Book Sale!  First 10 to sign up will receive a gift !

Fill out a raffle ticket for each book that you read to be entered in the weekly prize drawings !

Enter to win !!  Weekly Prize Drawings will take place on Friday afternoons starting June 28^th and the Grand Prize Drawing will take place on Friday, August 16^th

                            

   Must be at least 18 years of age to participate

D.J. Fusonie Memorial Garden in June

Our memorial garden is in bloom !  Stop by to see the lovely peony display !

Wild Spring Edible Plants & Mushrooms Program

Nova Kim and Les Hook taught an Introduction To Vermont Wild Spring Edible Plants and Mushrooms at the library last Thursday night ~ really interesting and informative !!

RESCHEDULED Adult Program ~ Thursday, May 16, 2013

Introduction to Vermont Wild Spring Edible Plants & Mushrooms

Thursday,  May  16th  at 6:30 pm

As spring approaches, join Nova Kim and Les Hook in a Wild Food discussion covering plants from “out your back door” to plants deep in the woods. Long-time gatherers and spirited educators, whether at the Smithsonian, Terra Madre, Italy or Vermont’s various educational institutions, Nova and Les bring a wealth of information of over eighty years of wild crafting knowledge. 

Presentation, Discussion and a Nibble 
PDF downloads - A Guide to Wild Harvesting & Ethics; Mushroom Identification Aid / Spore Print Card 

Next Adult Program

Bumble Bees :  Natural History and Conservation

Did you know that nearly 300 species of bees are native to the Upper Valley?  These animals are not maintained by farmers, yet they provide the majority of pollination service to wild and cultivated plants, and are thus critical to human and ecosystem health.  Like managed honey bees, some wild species ~ in particular bumble bees ~ are now in a worrying state of decline. 

Please join us on Tuesday, April 30 at 6:30 pm as Leif Richardson, a PhD student at Dartmouth College, discusses the natural history and ecological roles of bumble bees in northeastern North America, including threats to their persistence and conservation measures to address population declines.