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Try your hand at guerilla gardening! Kits contain everything you need to create a seed bomb to plant in your garden. Stop by Main Children's Library starting June 1 for a kit. While supplies last.
Limit one kit per child. For questions or additional information, contact the Children's Library at 330.643.9050 or cldiv@akronlibrary.org.
Got a green thumb? Find more gardening ideas here!
AGE GROUP: | Tween | School Age (Grades K-2) | School Age (Grades 3-5) | Preschool |
EVENT TYPE: | Nature & Outdoors | Art & Crafts |
TAGS: | Take It Make It Craft | nature | gardening | family |
Main Library, located in the heart of downtown Akron, combines compelling public space with meaningful and relevant public library services for all members of our community. Since opening in 2004, the downtown library welcomes more than one million visitors each year.
Subject divisions include: Business, Government & Science, Culture & AV, Magazines & Newspapers, Special Collections (local history & genealogy), TechZone@Main, Teen, and a 12,000 square feet Children's Library.
Special services available at Main Library include: a Patent & Trademark Resource Center; U.S. Passport and Notary services; a Microbusiness Center; a Maker Space; a resource lab for early childhood educators; and regularly scheduled computer training classes. Also available at Main Library are more than 125 public access computers, color photocopiers/printers, laminating, scanning, faxing, and free Wi-Fi.
Specialized spaces include a 425-seat auditorium, public meeting rooms, and a used bookstore. An interior glass block walkway leads to a 600-space parking garage owned by the City of Akron. An outdoor amphitheater and landscaped park complete the complex.