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Join us in September as We Reach for the Moon!

Friends of Birmingham Botanical Gardens and Homewood Public Library present

Apollo Moon Trees and Moon Rocks Program

Friday, September 27

Noon–1 p.m. | Birmingham Botanical Gardens

Free and open to the public

In honor of the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing in 2019, the Friends of Birmingham Botanical Gardens is excited to partner with Homewood Public Library to host this special program about Alabama’s Moon Trees and NASA Moon Rocks! Jason Kirby, Library Assistant and Archivist for the Library at the Gardens, will share fun facts about the 1971 Apollo 14 NASA mission that explored the effects of weightlessness on seeds, and the trees—including the Gardens’ own Moon sycamore— that grew from them. Judith Wright, Teen Librarian at Homewood Public Library, will show off Moon Rocks on loan through the [email protected] My Library project. Mark your calendar to blast off and explore these fascinating artifacts—as well as Apollo 14 memorabilia in our collection—with us!

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The Library Offers:

• Large selection of new gardening books

• Children's section. Click here for the Kid's Catalog!

• Over 65 different circulating gardening and horticulture magazines

• Archives and Rare Book Room

• A large collection of DVDs

• Free internet access

• Free Wi-Fi

• Magic School Bus DVDs

• Eyewitness books and DVDs

• Resource material for Hands-on Activities Science Program (HASP) modules on Living Things, Organisms, Plant Growth and Development, Butterflies, Ecosystems and Earthworms

• Multiple copies of Peterson's First Guides: Forests, Trees, Urban Wildlife, Butterflies & Moths and Caterpillars

• The entire Discovering Alabama series on DVD

• Teacher Resource Area with lesson plan materials

• Used books & magazines for sale

• Friendly staff and volunteers to help with all your gardening questions

2019 Thyme to Read Book Club

When: Tuesday, January 8
Title: The Ravenmaster: My Life with the Ravens at the Tower of London
Author: Christopher Skaife 

 

When: Tuesday, February 5
Title: The Overstory
Author: Richard Powers

When: Tuesday, March 5
Title: The Nature Principle: Human Restoration and the End of Nature-Deficit Disorder
Author: Richard Louv

When: Tuesday, April 2
Title: A Taste for Vengeance
Author: Martin Walker

When: Tuesday, May 7
Title: Stoned: Jewelry, Obsession, and How Desire Shapes the World
Author: Aja Raden

 

When: Tuesday, June 4
Title: Letters of a Woman Homesteader
Author: Elinore Pruitt Stewart

When: Tuesday, July 2
Title: The School of Essential Ingredients
Author: Erica Bauermeister

When: Tuesday, August 6
Title: The Food Explorer: The True Adventures of the Globe-trotting Botanist Who Transformed What America Eats
Author: Daniel Stone

When: Tuesday, September 10
Title: Stir My Broken Brain and the Meals That Brought Me Home
Author: Jessica Fechtor

When: Tuesday, October 8
Title: Pomegranate Soup
Author: Marsha Mehran

When: Tuesday, November 5
Title: Where the Crawdads Sing
Author: Delia Owens

When: Tuesday, December 3
Title: Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Explain Everything About the World
Author: Tim Marshall