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How to Save Your Seeds

Saturday, August 10th

11:00 am - 12:00 pm

Learn how to save your seeds for yourself or to contribute to our seed library! Kasey Eaves, owner of Vivant Gardening will instruct on how to collect seeds from a variety of plants including tomatoes, beans, peas, squash and lettuce.

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Leslie Goddard Presents: Lilly Pulitzer

Monday, August 12th

7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Please join historian Leslie Goddard as she brings to life the 1960s entrepreneur and fashion designer Lilly Pulitzer. Learn what inspired this free-spirited young socialite to start a line of lightweight tropical dresses and how they become synonymous with resort living.

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United Foods of America: As American As Apple Pie

Wednesday, July 31st

7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Join us as we traverse the U.S. in search of the country’s best regional desserts. From Florida’s Key Lime Pie to Oregon’s Blackberry Cobbler, we’ll track down all things sweet. Samples provided.

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New for adults this month…

Curated by Meghan
Technology can be confusing. Let us help you with a 1:1 consultation with a librarian.
New at HPL: The Friday Afternoon Club by Griffin Dunne
Backlist Favorite: The Last Mrs. Parrish by Liv Constantine
New at HPL: Enlightenment by Sarah Perry
Going abroad this summer? Brush up with Mango Languages!
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