SEED LIBRARY?? What's that? Check It Out @ Mesa Main Public Library

OK, folks wrap your head about this: libraries are sprouting innovations and spreading ideas and actions. It's not the same 'olé same old tired stuff any more . . . and a seed library?

See how it works in the chart to the right ...get the difference? You grow and then harvest and then return to keep it all going all over again. In a series of later posts we'll get into a concept in new urbanism called Urban Husbandry where we interact with our urban environments in some of the same ways we practice principles about growing and caring for plants and animals that nourish and regenerate our lives. Better call the midwife, huh? Equal Opportunities for Everyone.

Being the bizzy blogger that yours truly is, I almost missed two events today while volunteering at The Big Book Sale. People kept asking where's the 'start your winter garden class' going on and where's the grand opening of the seed library? You can see Danielle McClung with GardenPool.org in the image to the left talking to eager people going into those old [let's say "repurposed"] card catalogs now with packets of seeds that card-carrying library members can get for free. Get more 411 >> mesalibrary.org

 

Garden Pool crew from website

Phoenix got its seed library back in 2012 while the idea has been spreading like pollen [or dust] in the wind all over the place for years.
Talking with Dennis McClung today he filled me in with some first-hand details about the non-profit organization he and his wife started here in Mesa - home-grown talent for sure.
There are more workshops on the calendar at MMPL.

The Seed Library is the result of partnership between MMPL and Garden Pool whose goal as a public charity is to continue to innovate, create, educate, and support better ways to grow food. gardenpool.org
Go to the website for more useful information, volunteer and intern opportunities, online shopping, and online classes.
There's a program called FruitTrees4Community that's provided fruit trees to Mesa Urban Garden here in the new urban downtown Mesa.
Do you live near Mesa, AZ? Order wholesale berries, fruit, and nut trees. Order by November 10th and pickup at Garden Pool. [how-to workshops @ MMPL]
Go here to learn more or to select your varieties: http://gardenpool.org/fruit-trees-4-community

Great to see this too - Garden Pool feels that growing food should be a part of every child’s education experience. We have assembled a great kit to teach students an exciting way to grow food. We are honored to offer this kit for your classroom!