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Get Growing with Cleveland Seed Bank and Shaker Library
Order free seeds and check out a selection of eGardening books to help your garden grow.
Cleveland Seed Bank wants to help you get your garden growing and Shaker Library has the books to help teach you how. And it's all virtual!
Last spring, Shaker Library worked with the Cleveland Seed Bank and opened a seed library in an old-fashioned card catalog at Main Library. Now that libraries are closed, the Cleveland Seed Bank has gone virtual. Growers can checkout up to 5 seed packets per month from a selection of 24 organic, open-pollinated herb, vegetable, and flower seeds. Seeds will be shipped within one to two weeks. In May, it's time to start seeds and plant seedlings.
Here's how to use the Virtual Seed Library and Get Growing:
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- Open the online checkout form
- Fill it out and submit it
- Receive your seeds in the mail
Gardening is a fulfilling and rewarding hobby. It's a great form of exercise, gets you back to nature, and improves your mental health and well being. Add to that the gratifying feeling of having grown your very own flowers, fruits, or vegetables, and you can understand why gardening is so rewarding. Shaker Library offers a selection of books to help you get started on your gardening adventure. Just click on the title to access these books digitally using your Shaker Library card.
eGardening Books
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Beginning Seed Saving for the Home Gardener by James Ulager, 2019.
Container Vegetable Gardening by Liz Dobbs, 2019.
Countertop Gardens by Shelley Levis. 2018.
Field Guide to Urban Gardening by Kevin Espiritu, 2019.
High-Yield Vegetable Gardening: Grow More of What You Want in the Space You Have by Colin McCrate and Brad Halm, 2015.
Kitchen Garden Revival by Nicole Johnsey Burke, 2020.
Low-Maintenance Vegetable Gardening by Clare Matthews, 2018.
Stark County Food by Barbara Abbott, 2019.
Starter Vegetable Gardens by Barbara Pleasant, 2010.
Starting Seeds: How to Grow Healthy, Productive Vegetables, Herbs, and Flowers from Seed by Barbara W. Ellis, 2013.
Vegetable Gardening Wisdom by Kelly Smith Trimble, 2019.
Vegetables Love Flowers by Lisa Mason Ziegler, 2018.
Have questions? Need help? Shaker Library staff is available by phone (216-991-2030) or email (librarian@shakerlibrary.org) to answer your reference questions.