Starting a Garden from Scratch
Saturday, April 7, noon
Master Gardener and Washington resident Sharon Turner teaches the basics and answers beginner questions.

Avoiding Ticks
Monday, April 9, 6:30 p.m.
Vicki Harriman, Union’s Local Health Officer, will present the latest information on tick-borne diseases and prevention. There have been a number of advances in our understanding recently. She will also talk about how to reduce exposure, including building tick-safe paths, ideas that we will be incorporating into our Nature Trail. If the weather is good, we'll take a walk outside. Handouts and free tick cups will be available.

STEM Challenge with 4-H
Wednesday, April 11, 4 p.m.
Can you build the largest tower? Widest? Strongest? Join us for an afternoon of friendly competition, science, and snacks.  Kids of all ages welcome.

Author Visit: Margot Anne Kelley
Thursday, April 12, 7 p.m.
Margot is a writer and photographer. Her work emphasizes human relationships to place, especially to the natural world. Her books include the word-and-image projects Local Treasures: Geocaching Across America and A Field Guide to Other People's Trees. With the photographer Barbara Bosworth, Kelley recently completed The Meadow.



Location: Vose Library, 392 Common Road, Union. These programs are free and open to the public. For more information, call Vose Library at 785-4733.