Please join us in celebrating Senior Library Associate Marilyn Wilcox, who will be retiring on June 30 after nearly 19 years of service in the Children’s Room at the Grafton Public Library. We will be honoring her with a reception on Friday June 30 from 10am-12noon at the Grafton Public Library, 35 Grafton Common, and the community is invited to attend.
Miss Marilyn staffed the children’s room service desk, navigated two library moves and several library renovations with grace and patience. She did a LOT of meticulous shelving and shelf-reading, helped with programs and displays, provided storytime, and served as volunteer coordinator. Miss Marilyn has provided a warm, welcoming presence to families, fostered compassion and kindness towards co-workers, and delivered excellence in connecting the right person with the right book at the right time. She was awarded a level II Paralibrarian Certificate from the MA Library Association in May 2022.
We wish her well and she will be greatly missed! We will both celebrate our joy in the next chapter of her life, and drown our sorrows in her leaving, with cake! Please RSVP via the event on our Facebook Page or directly to Beth Schreiber at 508-839-4649 x1836 or by email at schreiberb@graftonlibrary.org.
Two Heads: A Graphic Exploration of How Our Brains Work with Other Brains by Uta Frith, Chris Frith, Alex Frith and Daniel Locke (Request a copy through interlibrary loan)
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).
