All Locations Closed for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

All DMPL locations will be closed on Monday, January 20, in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. The Forest Avenue Library's annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Celebration will take place at 4 PM at the Forest Avenue Library. Doors open at 3:30 PM for the program.

Warming Center Information: The Central Library meeting room wing will be open on Monday, January 20, from 9 AM-5 PM for use as a warming center. The library itself will remain closed.

Take and Grow: Native Plants Seed Packet

Program Type:

Take & Make

Age Group:

Adults
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Event Details

Stop by and pick up a seed packet to start your own native plants garden! Most of these seeds need to be exposed to cold temperatures, so planting them outside late fall or early spring is ideal. Each packet contains a variety of species for sun or shade. While supplies last.  

Packet 1 (sunny and dry soil conditions)

  • Lance-leaf Coreopsis (Coreopsis lanceolata)
  • Spotted Bee Balm (Monarda punctata)
  • Hoary Vervain (Verbena stricta)
  • Aromatic Aster (Symphyotrichum oblongifolium)
  • Old Field Goldenrod (Solidago nemoralis)
  • Blue Grama Grass (Bouteloua gracilis)
  • Side Oats Grama (Bouteloua curtipendula)

Packet 2 (shade to part sun conditions)

  • Columbine (Aquilegia canadensis)
  • Wild Geranium (Geranium maculatum)
  • Hairy Beardtongue (Penstemon hirsutum)
  • Blue-stemmed Goldenrod (Solidago caesia)