Sustainability Month Event Descriptions:

Adult Programs:

Container Gardening -- Garden in small spaces and create a lavish landscape using containers planted with your favorite flowers or herbs. Offered by UF/IFAS Extension Services. Managing in Hard Times -- Tips to help you reduce stress by saving money and achieving the balance you need for a happy, healthy life. Offered by UF/IFAS Extension Services. Stretching Your Food Dollar -- A smorgasbord of strategies and recommendations to help you reduce your personal food expenses. Offered by UF/IFAS Extension Services. Urban Trees: Growing the Future -- Learn how trees hold the answer to growing and consuming SMART, in urbanizing communities like our own. Enjoy a seedling-give-away featuring trees for health neighborhoods. Offered by Urban Forestry Operations.

 

Youth Programs:

Seedling-Give-Away: Families will receive tree seedlings during some storytime programs. Seedlings will be provided by Urban Forestry Operations.

Young Adult Programs:

Recycling Workshops: Young adults will be recycling old items to make something new.

 

Need more information?
 Contact the Sarasota County Call Center at 941-861-5000 and ask about Sustainability Month at Sarasota County Libraries.

Background photo: "Fern" by Kaptain Kobold on Flickr, used under a Creative Commons license.