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Flower Power Fund Raiser

Being a gardener and a library fan, this is my idea of the perfect fundraiser! With Flower Power you set up a fundraising page for your organization and your organization gets 50% of the sales. Looks like it’s very easy to set up and the products come from two of my favorite gardening catalogs: Dutch Gardens & Gardeners Supply.  Anyone for tomatoes? Yum!!

flower power

Flower Power

What a fun way to connect with your community, offer a service that many people would be happy to use and benefits the library. It’s very easy to think of programs and summer projects to go along with fundraiser. How about a community garden at the library, followed by a harvest feast?

This fundraising page is for the Hadley-Luzerne (NY) Library, part of  the Southern Adirondack Library System.

Project BudBurst, eBird and Journey North – Is it Spring Yet?

budburstIt’s that time of year in my neck of the woods. The snow is deep, the coldest temps are upon us and my mind is obsessed with wondering when the first snowdrops will bloom. And when I can start a few tomato seeds on a potential suicide mission in my never-ending quest to have a really, really early tomatoes.

And that means it’s also time to take a look at some web sites that track the arrival of spring.

Project BudBurst

I ran across this site in an issue of Organic Gardening today. It’s run by the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research and the purpose is: (more…)