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Ages 6-10
Registration Required
Calling all kids with a sweet tooth & creative mind! Using a selection of fruits and toppings, create a delicious no-bake pie. The most attractive or inventive design will win a prize. This program is in conjunction with the 2023 Longwood Gardens Community Read selection, Bring Me Some Apples and I’ll Make You a Pie: A Story about Edna Lewis by Robbin Gourley.
Registration Required
2nd floor, Meeting Room
Join the Library as we create a one-of-a-kind mixed media tree on canvas. Participants will be guided in using paint, tree bark, and quilled leaves to create these works of art on canvas suitable for display. Quilling is an art form that involves the use of strips of paper that are rolled, shaped, and glued together to create decorative designs. No experience is necessary. All supplies will be provided, but space is limited and registration is required. This program is part of this year’s Longwood Garden Community Read of The Songs of Trees: Stories from Nature’s Great Connectors by David George Haskell. All participants will be entered in a chance to win tickets to Longwood Gardens.
Ages 5-8
Registration Required
Spring is in full bloom! In partnership with Longwood Garden’s Community Read program, we’ll read their featured 2022 children’s title, We Planted a Tree by Diane Muldrow, and then make a craft to celebrate cherry blossom season! This activity will emphasize the beauty of trees in bloom.
10 am – 11 am Hybrid, In Person AND Zoom
Join us as we discuss The Woodlanders, a classic novel that compliments this year’s Longwood Gardens Community Read theme of trees. This rivalry between a woodlander and an outsider takes place in the enthralling forest around Little Hintock. Ages 18 and older, please. You must have read or listened to the book to attend. Registration begins February 1.
5 pm in the Community Room, Lower Level
Join us for the Longwood Gardens Community read where we will be reading We Planted a Tree and learning about the importance of trees. Children will learn how trees help the environment by making a tree identification chart, identifying trees near the library and collectively planting a tree on library grounds. Recommended ages 8 – 12. Registration required.
7:00 pm – 8:00 pm via Community Room or Zoom
Join us for this month's discussion of The Songs of Trees, this year’s Longwood Gardens Community Read choice. Author David George Haskell's book details how “trees are nature’s great connectors that help us gain insight into ourselves and our place in the world.” You must have read or listened to the book to attend. Ages 18 and older, please. Registration begins February 1.
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Walk the Library grounds as Penn-Cumberland Garden Club members identify the plants and shrubs that are enjoyed by library patrons walking past them. Please bring a chair, as the discussion will continue outside with insights on Gardening for Birds, plus a Book Review of the 2021 Longwood Gardens Community Read selection: The Home Place: Memoirs of a Colored Man's Love Affair with Nature by J. Drew Lanham.
In case of inclement weather, the program will be held inside the Foundation House.
7 pm - 8 pm via Zoom
Join us for this month's discussion of The Home Place: Memoirs of a Colored Man's Love Affair with Nature. Read this year’s Longwood gardens Community Reads book choice to “follow the author's journey as a successful, wildlife ecologist who along the way uncovers lessons about legacy and his own need to inject deeper sense of human caring into his life and work.” You must have read or listened to the book to attend. Ages 18 and older, please. Registration begins February 1 and is required for Zoom link.