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Create a Fairy Garden

Tuesday, April 28, 2026 at 3:30pm - 4:45pm
Teen Area at Central Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Gardening & Outdoors
Age Group:
Teens

Come to the teen room and create a fairy garden in a flowerpot. What's a fairy garden? A fairy garden is a miniature garden that features small plants and tiny accessories to create a magical scene.

Library Location: Central Library
Room: Teen Area
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Gardening & Outdoors
Event Details:

Come to the teen room and create a fairy garden in a flowerpot. What's a fairy garden? A fairy garden is a miniature garden that features small plants and tiny accessories to create a magical scene.

Light bulb with smiley face

Floral Design Workshop

Saturday, May 2, 2026 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
MS Community Room at Mason Square Branch
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Classes & Workshops, Gardening & Outdoors
Age Group:
Teens, Adults

Visit the Mason Square Branch and learn from master floral designer Jenna Elliot on how to create beautiful flower arrangements on your own, just in time for Mother's Day! For teens and adults age 14+ 

Library Location: Mason Square Branch
Room: MS Community Room
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Classes & Workshops, Gardening & Outdoors
Event Details:

Visit the Mason Square Branch and learn from master floral designer Jenna Elliot on how to create beautiful flower arrangements on your own, just in time for Mother's Day! For teens and adults age 14+ 

Memorial Day

All Day
Central Library, Brightwood Branch, East Forest Park Branch, East Springfield Branch, Forest Park Branch, Indian Orchard Branch, Library Express at Pine Point, Mason Square Branch, Sixteen Acres Branch, Off Site, Online, Special Events

The library is closed in honor of Memorial day.

Closing
Branches:
Central Library, Brightwood Branch, East Forest Park Branch, East Springfield Branch, Forest Park Branch, Indian Orchard Branch, Library Express at Pine Point, Mason Square Branch, Sixteen Acres Branch, Off Site, Online, Special Events
Description:

The library is closed in honor of Memorial day.

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Plant Swap

Saturday, May 30, 2026 at 12:00pm - 2:00pm
FP Community Room at Forest Park Branch
Program Type:
Community Events, Gardening & Outdoors
Age Group:
Children, Tweens, Teens, Adults

Bring a plant, take a plant!

Library Location: Forest Park Branch
Room: FP Community Room
Age Group: Children, Tweens, Teens, Adults
Program Type: Community Events, Gardening & Outdoors
Event Details:

Bring a plant, take a plant!

a hammock in the park

Books in the Park

Wednesday, June 3, 2026 at 10:00am - 12:00pm
Off Site
Program Type:
Book Groups & Reading, Gardening & Outdoors, Summer Reading
Age Group:
Tweens, Teens, Adults

Come get some reading done in the comfort of a hammock! Books in the Park is open to any interested tween, teen, or adult.

Offsite Event
Library Location: Off Site
Age Group: Tweens, Teens, Adults
Program Type: Book Groups & Reading, Gardening & Outdoors, Summer Reading
Event Details:

Come get some reading done in the comfort of a hammock! Books in the Park is open to any interested tween, teen, or adult.

Paint brushes and paint jars filled with paint against a painted canvas background

Rock Painting

Thursday, June 11, 2026 at 3:15pm - 4:45pm
Program Den at Forest Park Branch
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Gardening & Outdoors, Summer Reading
Age Group:
Children, Tweens, Teens, Adults

Need help identifying the plants in your garden? Want to decorate your potted plants? Join us at the library for rock painting and take home your own garden markers! 

Library Location: Forest Park Branch
Room: Program Den
Age Group: Children, Tweens, Teens, Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Gardening & Outdoors, Summer Reading
Event Details:

Need help identifying the plants in your garden? Want to decorate your potted plants? Join us at the library for rock painting and take home your own garden markers! 

a hammock in the park

Books in the Park

Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 10:00am - 12:00pm
Off Site
Program Type:
Book Groups & Reading, Gardening & Outdoors, Summer Reading
Age Group:
Tweens, Teens, Adults

Come get some reading done in the comfort of a hammock! Books in the Park is open to any interested tween, teen, or adult.

Offsite Event
Library Location: Off Site
Age Group: Tweens, Teens, Adults
Program Type: Book Groups & Reading, Gardening & Outdoors, Summer Reading
Event Details:

Come get some reading done in the comfort of a hammock! Books in the Park is open to any interested tween, teen, or adult.

Paint brushes and paint jars filled with paint against a painted canvas background

Make your own flowerpots

Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Teen Area at Central Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Gardening & Outdoors, Summer Reading
Age Group:
Teens

Come to our teen room where you will decorate a flowerpot to take home. When the pot is ready, you'll also plant a small succulent plant to take home in your one-of-a-kind pot. 

Library Location: Central Library
Room: Teen Area
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Gardening & Outdoors, Summer Reading
Event Details:

Come to our teen room where you will decorate a flowerpot to take home. When the pot is ready, you'll also plant a small succulent plant to take home in your one-of-a-kind pot. 

Juneteenth

All Day
Central Library, Brightwood Branch, East Forest Park Branch, East Springfield Branch, Forest Park Branch, Indian Orchard Branch, Library Express at Pine Point, Mason Square Branch, Sixteen Acres Branch, Off Site, Online, Special Events

Closed for the holiday

Closing
Branches:
Central Library, Brightwood Branch, East Forest Park Branch, East Springfield Branch, Forest Park Branch, Indian Orchard Branch, Library Express at Pine Point, Mason Square Branch, Sixteen Acres Branch, Off Site, Online, Special Events
Description:

Closed for the holiday

Gardening Default Image: a photograph of gardening tools, soil, flowers, and vegetables

Establishing a Home Herb Garden

Wednesday, June 24, 2026 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
EFP Community Room at East Forest Park Branch
Program Type:
Classes & Workshops, Gardening & Outdoors, Summer Reading
Age Group:
Teens, Adults

Join us for a lecture on developing an herb garden at home!

Library Location: East Forest Park Branch
Room: EFP Community Room
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Classes & Workshops, Gardening & Outdoors, Summer Reading
Event Details:

Join us for a lecture on developing an herb garden at home!

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Help Plant Our Indoor Garden

Monday, June 29, 2026 at 5:30pm - 6:30pm
Teen Area at Central Library
Program Type:
Gardening & Outdoors, Summer Reading
Age Group:
Teens

Come to the teen room and help Miss Sarah set up the windowsill garden that we will grow all summer! We'll have the plants on display all summer. As we harvest crops all summer, teens will be able to take some home with them. 

Library Location: Central Library
Room: Teen Area
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Gardening & Outdoors, Summer Reading
Event Details:

Come to the teen room and help Miss Sarah set up the windowsill garden that we will grow all summer! We'll have the plants on display all summer. As we harvest crops all summer, teens will be able to take some home with them. 

a hammock in the park

Books in the Park

Wednesday, July 1, 2026 at 10:00am - 12:00pm
Off Site
Program Type:
Book Groups & Reading, Gardening & Outdoors, Summer Reading
Age Group:
Tweens, Teens, Adults

Come get some reading done in the comfort of a hammock! Books in the Park is open to any interested tween, teen, or adult.

Offsite Event
Library Location: Off Site
Age Group: Tweens, Teens, Adults
Program Type: Book Groups & Reading, Gardening & Outdoors, Summer Reading
Event Details:

Come get some reading done in the comfort of a hammock! Books in the Park is open to any interested tween, teen, or adult.

Photograph of a colorful bird splashing across the water with greenery in the background

Read with a Ranger

Wednesday, July 1, 2026 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Children's Program Room at Central Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Gardening & Outdoors, Storytimes & Playgroups, Summer Reading
Age Group:
Babies & Toddlers, Children

Meet new friends and listen to stories about plants, animals and nature with Ranger Susan! Followed by a simple craft. 

Library Location: Central Library
Room: Children's Program Room
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers, Children
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Gardening & Outdoors, Storytimes & Playgroups, Summer Reading
Event Details:

Meet new friends and listen to stories about plants, animals and nature with Ranger Susan! Followed by a simple craft. 

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

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Create a Terrarium

Wednesday, July 1, 2026 at 3:00pm - 4:30pm
Teen Area at Central Library
Program Type:
Gardening & Outdoors, Summer Reading
Age Group:
Teens

Join us in the teen room to create your own terrarium to take home with you!

Library Location: Central Library
Room: Teen Area
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Gardening & Outdoors, Summer Reading
Event Details:

Join us in the teen room to create your own terrarium to take home with you!

Gardening Default Image: a photograph of gardening tools, soil, flowers, and vegetables

Dried Flower Bookmarks

Wednesday, July 1, 2026 at 3:00pm - 5:30pm
IO Community Room at Indian Orchard Branch
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Book Groups & Reading, Gardening & Outdoors, Summer Reading
Age Group:
Children, Tweens, Teens, Adults

Using dried flowers make a gorgeous bookmark for all of your summer reading books. 

For older children, teens and adults. 

Library Location: Indian Orchard Branch
Room: IO Community Room
Age Group: Children, Tweens, Teens, Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Book Groups & Reading, Gardening & Outdoors, Summer Reading
Event Details:

Using dried flowers make a gorgeous bookmark for all of your summer reading books. 

For older children, teens and adults. 

Gardening Default Image: a photograph of gardening tools, soil, flowers, and vegetables

Create A Seed Bomb

Wednesday, July 1, 2026 at 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Sixteen Acres Branch
Program Type:
Gardening & Outdoors, Summer Reading
Age Group:
Teens

What is a seed bomb? Also known as seed balls or flower bombs, they are little balls of seeds, dirt and clay that are tossed into any barren areas in need of flowers. Join us to make a wildflower seed bomb of your own! All supplies provided!

Library Location: Sixteen Acres Branch
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Gardening & Outdoors, Summer Reading
Event Details:

What is a seed bomb? Also known as seed balls or flower bombs, they are little balls of seeds, dirt and clay that are tossed into any barren areas in need of flowers. Join us to make a wildflower seed bomb of your own! All supplies provided!

Gardening Default Image: a photograph of gardening tools, soil, flowers, and vegetables

Create A Seed Bomb

Thursday, July 2, 2026 at 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Mason Square Branch
Program Type:
Gardening & Outdoors, Summer Reading
Age Group:
Teens

What is a seed bomb? Also known as seed balls or flower bombs, they are little balls of seeds, dirt and clay that are tossed into any barren areas in need of flowers. Join us to make a wildflower seed bomb of your own! All supplies provided!

Library Location: Mason Square Branch
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Gardening & Outdoors, Summer Reading
Event Details:

What is a seed bomb? Also known as seed balls or flower bombs, they are little balls of seeds, dirt and clay that are tossed into any barren areas in need of flowers. Join us to make a wildflower seed bomb of your own! All supplies provided!

Independence Day (observed)

All Day
Central Library, Brightwood Branch, East Forest Park Branch, East Springfield Branch, Forest Park Branch, Indian Orchard Branch, Library Express at Pine Point, Mason Square Branch, Sixteen Acres Branch, Off Site, Online, Special Events

Closed for the holiday

Closing
Branches:
Central Library, Brightwood Branch, East Forest Park Branch, East Springfield Branch, Forest Park Branch, Indian Orchard Branch, Library Express at Pine Point, Mason Square Branch, Sixteen Acres Branch, Off Site, Online, Special Events
Description:

Closed for the holiday

Independence Day

All Day
Central Library, Brightwood Branch, East Forest Park Branch, East Springfield Branch, Forest Park Branch, Indian Orchard Branch, Library Express at Pine Point, Mason Square Branch, Sixteen Acres Branch, Off Site, Online, Special Events

Closed for the holiday

Closing
Branches:
Central Library, Brightwood Branch, East Forest Park Branch, East Springfield Branch, Forest Park Branch, Indian Orchard Branch, Library Express at Pine Point, Mason Square Branch, Sixteen Acres Branch, Off Site, Online, Special Events
Description:

Closed for the holiday

Gardening Default Image: a photograph of gardening tools, soil, flowers, and vegetables

Create A Seed Bomb

Monday, July 6, 2026 at 1:00pm - 3:00pm
IO Community Room at Indian Orchard Branch
Program Type:
Gardening & Outdoors, Summer Reading
Age Group:
Teens

What is a seed bomb? Also known as seed balls or flower bombs, they are little balls of seeds, dirt and clay that are tossed into any barren areas in need of flowers. Join us to make a wildflower seed bomb of your own! All supplies provided!

Library Location: Indian Orchard Branch
Room: IO Community Room
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Gardening & Outdoors, Summer Reading
Event Details:

What is a seed bomb? Also known as seed balls or flower bombs, they are little balls of seeds, dirt and clay that are tossed into any barren areas in need of flowers. Join us to make a wildflower seed bomb of your own! All supplies provided!

Gardening Default Image: a photograph of gardening tools, soil, flowers, and vegetables

Plantmobile: Natural Dyes and Fabrics

Tuesday, July 7, 2026 at 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Children's Program Room at Central Library
Program Type:
Classes & Workshops, Community Events, Gardening & Outdoors, Summer Reading
Age Group:
Children, Tweens, Teens

Hands-on plant science, brought to us by the Massachusetts Horticultural Society's Plantmobile!

Library Location: Central Library
Room: Children's Program Room
Age Group: Children, Tweens, Teens
Program Type: Classes & Workshops, Community Events, Gardening & Outdoors, Summer Reading
Event Details:

Hands-on plant science, brought to us by the Massachusetts Horticultural Society's Plantmobile!

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

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Jerry the Butterfly Guy

Tuesday, July 7, 2026 at 3:30pm - 4:30pm
SA Community Room at Sixteen Acres Branch
Program Type:
Classes & Workshops, Gardening & Outdoors, Summer Reading
Age Group:
Babies & Toddlers, Children, Tweens

Learn all about butterflies through beautiful projected pictures and well-told stories from Jerry Schneider—The Butterfly Guy.

Library Location: Sixteen Acres Branch
Room: SA Community Room
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers, Children, Tweens
Program Type: Classes & Workshops, Gardening & Outdoors, Summer Reading
Event Details:

Learn all about butterflies through beautiful projected pictures and well-told stories from Jerry Schneider—The Butterfly Guy.

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

Limited Space

Space is limited and participation will available on a first come, first served basis. 

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Plantmobile: Natural Dyes and Fabrics

Wednesday, July 8, 2026 at 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Forest Park Branch
Program Type:
Civic Engagement, Classes & Workshops, Gardening & Outdoors, Summer Reading
Age Group:
Children, Tweens, Teens

Hands-on plant science, brought to us by the Massachusetts Horticultural Society's Plantmobile!

Library Location: Forest Park Branch
Age Group: Children, Tweens, Teens
Program Type: Civic Engagement, Classes & Workshops, Gardening & Outdoors, Summer Reading
Event Details:

Hands-on plant science, brought to us by the Massachusetts Horticultural Society's Plantmobile!

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

Gardening Default Image: a photograph of gardening tools, soil, flowers, and vegetables

Plantmobile: Plant Parts and Functions

Wednesday, July 8, 2026 at 3:30pm - 4:30pm
East Springfield Branch
Program Type:
Classes & Workshops, Community Events, Gardening & Outdoors, Summer Reading
Age Group:
Children, Tweens, Teens

Hands-on plant science, brought to us by the Massachusetts Horticultural Society's Plantmobile!

Library Location: East Springfield Branch
Age Group: Children, Tweens, Teens
Program Type: Classes & Workshops, Community Events, Gardening & Outdoors, Summer Reading
Event Details:

Hands-on plant science, brought to us by the Massachusetts Horticultural Society's Plantmobile!

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.