Garden Party in Celebration of Earth Day!

Celebrate earth day with lots of garden activities: plant swap, free clippings, garden tours and lots more. Event is FREE. See full description below!

We invite you to celebrate Earth Day with us.  We will be offering an exciting array of activities for all ages:

• Garden Tours
• House and Garden Plant Swap 
• Free plant clippings 

Important Information for Swapping: 

General Info: The plant swap will be on a rolling basis, meaning items will be coming in and swapped throughout the duration of the event as visitors come and go. Donations to the Literary Garden are appreciated but not required to participate in the swap.

Garden Plant Swap:

Description: Divide or remove plants from your garden to exchange for other donated plant material.  Native plants transplanted from the Literary Garden as well as from the gardens of other participants will be available.

Guidelines: Pot up plants a few days to one week before the swap to help ensure the plants' health and limit transplant shock before the event.  All plants should be labeled at minimum with latin and common names, but all other known information such as height, width, light requirements (sun/shade/etc), soil preferences (wet/dry/sandy, etc), deer tolerance and other relevant info is helpful. 

No invasive plants please!!!

Types of plants we will take are:

• Natives
• Perennials
• Woody Trees and Shrubs
• Edibles such as tomatoes and other veggies, fruiting plants, and herbs
• Annuals
• Bulbs
• Any other non-invasive-non-natives will also be accepted
  *Please no invasives such as English ivy, vinca, nandina, etc.!!!! 

Bring bags and boxes to carry away all the goodies to take home!!!

The program will be outdoors around the library garden and the grounds of the library.  If it rains, we will move into our meeting room on the basement level. 

Everyone gets to participate.  Rain or shine!  FREE

Sponsored by the Friends of the Library of Montgomery County

Accommodation Requests

To request an accommodation, contact the library branch where you want the accommodation. If they are unable to help, or if you need an accommodation for an online resource or event, complete our Accommodation Request Form online or call Library Administration at 240-777-0002.

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