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By Lydia Freudenberg
Growing a Music Garden
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How did these unique flowers blossom? And how is the Music Garden beneficial to a library, typically where reading is encouraged and silence is required? The PPL is redefining what a library does – and what it sounds like. A Flowering New Space A Rose Garden previously occupied the alcove and was dedicated to the Pickerington High School marching band – this was before the high school became two. The focal point was once the plaques commemorating the band’s involvement in the Rose Parade or the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. And parents of band students handled the www.pickeringtonmagazine.com
Photos by Lydia Freudenberg
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hile driving or walking up to Pickerington Public Library Main, a colorful collection of metal objects tucked beneath trees and surrounded by budding flowers might catch your eye. If you look closer, you’ll see that the metal objects are actually heavy-duty instruments: tubular bells, rainbow sambas, a Babel drum and a multicolored cavatina, similar to a xylophone. You might pick up the cavatina mallet and hit the bars with a meaningful whack, creating a beautiful, echoing bell sound. It’s hard not to smile while playing these instruments, for the new Music Garden sparks creativity and joy.
