Grow @ Your Library Gardening Series

ardening can be quite expensive, if you buy plants to transplant into your garden or flower containers. Save money this year! Learn successful ways to start plants from their seeds, cook some of your garden bounty, and decorate your garden all at the Quincy Public Library.

On Wednesday, April 28 at 6:00pm, attendees can come and learn how to cook with herbs with Brenda Derrick, Nutrition & Wellness Unit Educator at the Adams/Brown Unit of the Illinois Extension Office. Herbs are a great way to spice up your favorite dishes and enhance the flavor of your foods while cutting back on fat, sugar and salt. Patrons are invited to learn new recipes and sample tasty herb enhanced dishes.

Patrons are also invited to our Growing Vegetables and Herbs workshop.  This class is designed for beginners, as well as learned gardeners. You will learn important, practical tips for growing vegetables and herbs; explore companion gardening (using herbs and other plants to deter insects and enhance plant health); then tour the library’s herb garden. The program will be led by Master Gardeners: Barb & Gary Lawrence, Liz Hooton, Deborah Lee and others.

Learn the art of creative garden design for small spaces at our Grow @ Your Library: Adding Pizzazz to a Small Garden Space, Patio or Balcony program! Slides will be shown of unique garden design ideas, and creative containers and arrangements will be on display. Participants will have a chance to make and take a creative container-garden home. The program will be led by a team of Master Gardeners including Marsha Cray, Patty Vogel, and Jeanette Begeman.

These programs are free and open to the public, but due to space considerations, reservations are requested.  Please call 223-1309, ext. 207 or go online at http://www.quincylibrary.org/ to make your reservation.