The Gardiner Gazette, Winter 2015
Hudson Valley Seed Library: From Humble Beginnings in Gardiner To The the Bronx Botanical Garden by Peg Lotvin
If you have a garden and a library you have everything you need ... This paraphrased saying by the Roman Philosopher Cicero has been Ken Greene’s mantra since he and his partner, Doug Muller, started the Hudson Valley Seed Library (HVSL) about 10 years ago. Ken was the much loved children’s librarian at the old Gardiner Library. He took the job as a part-time gig while he finished his Masters degree in education at SUNY New Paltz. The degree finished, Ken became full-time at the library, putting together original children’s programs and summer programs for the next few years.. He talked more and more about gardening, and seed-saving in particular, even putting together
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An assortment of “Art Packs” from the HVSL. Photo Peg Lotvin.
a summer program around gardening for kids. He ripped up the postage stamp sized lawn in front of the library and planted a garden. His smile always widened when one of the kids came in munching on a purple podded pea, now a signature vegetable at the HVSL. Adults would comple-
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