Posted in General | December 20, 2013
Last month, the Greening Libraries staff presented a workshop on entomophagy entitled “Discover Edible Insects” at the Steinway Branch. We will host the program again on Monday, January 6th at 6:15pm at the Sunnyside Library location. Since we are not experts on the topic, we…
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Posted in Kids | December 19, 2013
Budding young botanists learned the ancient art of flower pressing during the Learn to Grow program at Ravenswood. Flowers and herbs such as lavender, sage and marigolds were preserved in plant presses made from cardboard and newspaper. Whimsical artwork made from plants grown…
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Posted in General | December 19, 2013
The Queens Library teamed up with NYCLeaves through BIG! Compost & Smiling Hogshead Ranch to collect fallen leaves at all of our regular kitchen scrap/compost collection sites through the end of November. Leaves are carbon rich "browns" that are vital to the composting…
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