Posts Tagged: library
January 2024 Library Classes - Growing Citrus Trees
Our last newsletter may have prompted you to have more questions about citrus. The good news is,...
The Backyard is for the Birds!
A recent study* found that seeing or hearing birds can improve your mood and mental wellbeing for...
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Booking Insects at Vacaville Public Library: Bring 'em On!
It's so quiet at times that you can almost hear a bee buzz or a walking stick walk or a Madagascar...
The Bohart Museum of Entomology insect presentation fascinates these youngsters at the Vacaville Public Library. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
How many of you like insects? Hands shoot up at the Bohart Museum presentation at the Vacaville Public Library. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Tabatha Yang, the Bohart Museum of Entomology's education and outreach coordinator, discusses the diversity of insects to a diverse crowd. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Tabatha Yang hands out insects from the Bohart Museum of Entomology's petting zoo to eager youngsters. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A Madagascar hissing cockroach draws attention. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
One of the most popular insects: a Great Thin Stick Insect (Ramulus nenatodes). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Eager hands await their turn. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A pre-schooler takes an image of an insect with a borrowed cell phone. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A line of viewers at the display of the Bohart Museum's pinned specimens, gathered from all over the world. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Grace Murray, 13, relaxing with a stick insect. Her mother, Kristen Murray, is a children's librarian. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
July 2023 Library Classes - Seed Saving
Are you ready to take your gardening skills to the next level? Although the actual process of...
CA poppy seeds and pod, Anne Schellman.
May 2023 Library Classes - Plant Propagation
If you've always wanted to learn how to propagate or “multiply” your plants, here...