If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need. ~Marcus Tullius Cicero (d. 43BC)
As part of the fulfillment of our LEED certification, we are excited to nurture a community of gardeners by providing a seed collection and exchange through the Library! The 2024 seed library will launch in March 2024. We have a variety of seeds for herbs, flowers, and vegetables. The Seed Library is located in the Historic Reading Room in our antique card catalog. Each packet contains a few seeds and a link to growing instructions to start your own plants. Most seeds can be sown directly into your prepared soil.
NEW this year: Expanded selection of native plant seeds!
Check back often–we’ll be adding new seeds throughout the season!
For Seed Library questions, please contact Mary Murtland at murtlandm@graftonlibrary.org.
Our Goals
Provide free seeds to the community from seed companies and from gardeners who’ve saved seeds from plants that thrive in our local area.
Encourage the use of native, heirloom, open-pollinated, and organic seeds.
Encourage gardeners to save seed and donate seed back to the Seed Library from successful varieties of plants they have grown.
Educate our community on topics related to gardening, ecology, food and nutrition, health and wellness, and the environment.
Promote the importance of organic gardening for our health and the health of our planet.
Increase awareness of and mitigate food scarcity.
How the Seed Library Works
1. Choose a maximum of 2 free seed packets per visit
2. Follow the link on the back of the seed packet for growing instructions and plant the seeds in your garden.
3. Donate any leftover seeds back in the original packet.
4. Water, weed, and wait!
5. Harvest seeds from successful flowers and produce and thoroughly air dry them.
6. Label and return to the Seed Library so others can grow them next year (optional).
Quarantine Food Calculator
Enter the number of men, women and children in your family and it will calculate how much food you need for 2 weeks. Includes shopping tips and a meal plan.
D&D Beyond
Website/app intended to take care of all the fine print and number crunching, leaving dungeon masters and players free to focus on crafting a good story.
Includes classics, indies, film noir, documentaries and other films.
We Are One: A Global Film Festival
Showcase of feature films, shorts, documentaries, music, comedy, and panel discussions from May 29 to June 7, curated by the Berlin International Film Festival, BFI London Film Festival, Cannes Film Festival, New York Film Festival, Sundance Film Festival, Sydney Film Festival, Tokyo International Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival, Tribeca Film Festival, Venice Film Festival and more.
Smithsonian Associates Streaming
Individual programs, multi-part courses, studio arts classes, and virtual study tours inspired by the Smithsonian’s research, collections and exhibitions.
MA MOLST & CC/DNR Forms
The MOLST and CC/DNR forms are statewide standardized forms issued by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. Patients and their health care providers can use these to document the results of discussions they have had about appropriate life-sustaining treatment.
The Grafton Public Library supports the following Book Discussion Groups. Please email graftonlibrary.ma@gmail.com or call 508-839-4649 x1840 for more information! To register for a Library Book Discussion Group, visit our calendar.
“Reads Well With Others” Adult Book Discussion
Ages: 18+
meets: last Monday of the month (usually)
facilitator: Heidi Fowler
January pick: Mornings in Jenin, by Susan Abulhawa.
February pick: Symphony of Secrets, by Brendan Slocumb.
March pick: After Oz, by Gordon McAlpine.
April pick: Life and Other Inconveniences, by Kristan Higgins.
“Not Just for Young Adults” Book Group
Ages: 18+
meets: 2nd Tuesday of each month (usually)
location: Grafton Public Library
facilitator: Heidi Fowler
January pick: Wintersong, by S. Jae-Jones.
February pick: If You, Then Me, by Yvonne Woon.
March pick: Spin the Dawn, by Elizabeth Lim.
April pick: The Nature of Witches, by Rachel Griffin.
GPL Mystery Book Group
Ages: 18+
meets: 3rd Tuesday of the month
location: Grafton Public Library
facilitator: Heidi Fowler
January pick: Cahokia Jazz, by Francis Spufford.
February pick: A Flicker in the Dark, by Stacy Willingham.
March pick: Plugged, by Eoin Colfer.
April pick: Watcher in the Woods, by Kelley Armstrong.
