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HV Seed Library
From Humble Beginnings in Gardiner To The the Bronx Botanical Garden
by Peg Lotvin
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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..
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 He talked more and more about pea, now a signature vegetable at gardening, and seed-saving in the HVSL. Adults would compleparticular, even putting together Seeds, continued page 15
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