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Posted in General | April 26, 2014
Upcoming Seed & Seedling Swaps at the Queens Library
Spring is in full swing! And the Greening Queens library initiative is going to help you get your gardens statuettes right. Join us for one of our seed(ling) swaps happening at four different branches in the next couple weeks. Broadway branch on April 28 from 5pm-6:15pm http://…
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Posted in Kids | January 30, 2014
Aquaponics
Students in the "Learn to Grow" program @ Ravenswood helped create an aquaponics system this week. Aquaponics is the combination of aquaculture; the raising small aquatic life in water tanks, and hydroponics; the growing of plants in water. The aquaponic system at Ravenswood is…
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Posted in General | December 20, 2013
Window Farming with LIC Eco-Teens
During our first environmental science program for teens at Queens Library at Long Island City, Greening Library staffer Gil Lopez worked with some teen patrons to install a Window Farm in the south facing window of upstairs auditorium A. We seeded one column of the system with…
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Posted in Kids | December 19, 2013
Plant Jewelry
The Learn To Grow program at Ravenswood created jewelry from pressed plants this week. Preserved  plants from our Learning Garden were used to adorn delicate handmade bracelets. Students  left class proudly displaying  their new treasures. 
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