Gardening workshops at library branches

Historic City News readers are invited to enroll their elementary-aged children for this summer’s hands-on gardening workshops at their local St. Johns County Public Library branch — today students are at the Ponte Vedra Beach Branch Library.

The free, educational workshops will be held at all six St. Johns County Public Library branches and are presented by members of the Garden Club of St. Augustine and sponsored by the Garden Club of St. Augustine and the Friends of the Library groups of each St. Johns County Public Library branch.

Members of the Garden Club of St. Augustine will host make-and-take workshops teaching children about being “nature detectives,” gardening and growing, flower arranging and more.

The workshops are science-oriented, but also will encourage children to create their own gardens and appreciate nature.

Below is the complete schedule:

Saturday, July 16 – Ponte Vedra Beach Branch Library, 827-6950
Friday, July 22 – Bartram Trail Branch Library, 827-6960
Thursday, August 3 – Hastings Branch Library, 827-6970
Saturday, August 6 – Anastasia Island Branch Library, 209-3730
Tuesday, August 16 – Main Library, St. Augustine, 827-6940

Contact your local branch for more information and to sign-up for the gardening workshops.

Children who cannot make the date of the local branch’s workshop, or if those workshops are full, can call another branch library and sign up for that branch’s workshop.