Upcoming Event: Virtual Book Discussion-- Secret Connecticut: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure

 Upcoming Event: Virtual Book Discussion 

Secret Connecticut: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure, with author Anastasia Mills Healy

Wednesday, October 13th, 2021, at 7 PM via Zoom

What's a travel writer to do during a pandemic? Greenwich author Stasha Healy turned her attention to her own state, and discovered 84 fascinating stories which she collected in her book, Secret Connecticut: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure. Stasha will begin her illustrated Zoom presentation with little-known stories about Greenwich and then cover true tales from other parts of the state, like the charismatic Nutmegger who inspired the character of Indiana Jones, the man who was technically president before George Washington, and the fact that Martin Luther King, Jr. spent two formative summers in Connecticut as a teenager. Did you know that the state has its own Stonehenge and safari park as well as the country's smallest Native American reservation? Tune in to learn about all this and more!

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Spaces are still available in our Stuff & Nonsense and Spotlight programs for Fall

Spaces are still available in our Stuff & Nonsense and Spotlight programs for Fall! Call us today to sign up: 203-637-8802.

***Stuff & Nonsense: For kids in Kindergarten and Grade 1***

Mondays at 4 PM, September 20th-October 25th

A program of exciting stories-- plus a fun craft kit to take home! Program will be held in the Youth Services Garden under an awning. Please bring a small blanket or a towel for your child to sit on. Caregiver must remain in department during program. If rain is predicted, please call the library for info.

***Spotlight: For kids in Grades 2, 3, and 4***

Wednesdays at 4 PM on September 22nd, September 29th, October 6th, and October 13th

Non-Fiction books and stories-- plus a fun craft kit to take home! The theme of this program changes each session. This fall's theme is Scared Silly. Program will be held in the Youth Services Garden under an awning. Please bring a small blanket or a towel for your child to sit on. Caregiver must remain in department during program. If rain is predicted, please call the library for info.

Upcoming Event: A Year of Blooming Bulbs, a Virtual Discussion with Ilona Ontsherenki

Upcoming Event: 

A Year of Blooming Bulbs, a virtual discussion with Master Gardener Ilona Ontsherenki

cosponsored by the Garden Club of Old Greenwich

Wednesday, September 29th, 2021, at 7 PM via Zoom

This talk covers the extensive variety of flower bulbs that can be planted in the fall to ensure an exciting succession of blooms starting in the new year. Planting techniques will be covered, including how to force bulbs for indoor bloom. Emphasis will be on deer-proof selections and successful combinations.

Ilona has been a Rutgers Master Gardener for over a decade. She moved from a career as an economist to an avocation in horticulture and credits this to an expensive landscape project that inspired her to learn more about the plants on which she was spending so much money. She now gives talks for Rutgers and for the Friends of the Frelinghuysen Arboretum, where she is on the board and manages their popular annual plant sale fundraiser. Ilona gardens in Chester, New Jersey, Zone 6B.

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