Hear a story then “play” it out!
3-5 years w/caregiver
THE LIBRARY WILL BE CLOSED ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2 FOR LABOR DAY.
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Hear a story then “play” it out!
3-5 years w/caregiver
Stories, songs & a craft.
3 - 5 years, on their own.
Asia is comprised of 48 nations, and this class focuses on the many and varied greens of China, Japan, Vietnam, Malaysia and Cambodia. There are mustards and mizunas, tatsois and bok choys, and even an edible chrysanthemum! Learn how to grow the hardy and nutritious greens of these nations and what to use them for in your kitchen. Explore traditional growing methods and best practices for today’s kitchen garden. Everyone will plant their own flat of specially chosen seeds and receive recipes for easy, tasty dishes featuring their home-grown bounty.
Garden historian and writer Lesley Parness has worked in public gardens in America and abroad for the past five decades. She is a popular speaker throughout the mid-Atlantic region, offering illustrated lectures and hands-on workshops to garden clubs, Master Gardeners, libraries, historic societies, and institutions with rare books collections of horticultural merit. Before she retired, Lesley served as Superintendent of Horticultural Education at the Morris County Park Commission, where she oversaw education, programming and interpretation at The Frelinghuysen Arboretum, Willowwood Arboretum, and the Bamboo Brook Outdoor Education Center for fifteen years. Currently, Lesley is a feature columnist for Gardener News Magazine, and a contributor to many print and online gardening publications. She is a member of the Herb Society of America, The Council on Botanical and Horticultural Libraries and Garden State Gardens, a non-profit consortium of New Jersey’s public gardens, of which she is also a past President and Founding member.
Personal statement: The range of gardening topics I speak about is wide, but my lens is narrow. Liberated from socio-economic and geo-political constraints, I make plants - our silent, sentient partners in the green history of the world - the star of every story.
Bring your blanket and a picnic snack for a special Storytime on the library lawn. After the stories, make a craft for Mom.
For Families.
Make an intricate design using just string and cardboard!
We provide the LEGOS; you provide the imagination! Your creations will be displayed in the Children's Room.
For children.
No Registration Needed.
Come sing and play instruments with Mr. Jeff.
10 - 35 months w/caregiver
Come sing and play instruments with Mr. Jeff.
10 - 35 months w/caregiver
Music, medi"play"tion + bubbles = fun!
3 - 5 years w/caregiver
AWPL Classic Monday: Charade (1963) Is Anyone Really Who They Seem To Be? Stanley Donen’s suspense thriller/romantic comedy stars Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn, and features Walter Matthau, James Coburn, George Kennedy, Dominique Minot, Ned Glass and Jacques Marin. Set in Paris, a woman is pursued by several men who want a fortune her murdered husband had stolen. Whom can she trust? Not Rated: 1 hour 53 minutes.