If you take a walk around our beautiful library grounds, you will notice a variety of colorful native plants. Native plants provide so many benefits to our world. Once they are established, native plants require much less water, pruning and fertilizer, which saves time and money. They offer important food and shelter for native insects,
Let’s face it. We just survived a tough winter. Now that the flowers are starting to bloom and trees are budding, we can breathe in the clean, new spring air and think about all of the ways that we can refresh our lives - our health, our homes, our back yards - as the spring
by Steve Sass and Amanda Smith In April 2025, we detailed the history of the new Carlisle Olive Township Library's naturalized meadow and the efforts to maintain it (https://ncpl.lib.in.us/2025/04/08/beyond-the-books-biodiversity-in-action-at-the-new-carlisle-olive-township-library/). In the article, we discussed the original planting, the problems that ensued, and our efforts to correct them. In 2025, we began implementing a standardized method
