It is time to start your seeds.
Seed starting kits provide everything you need to get those seedlings started. The kit includes a heat mat, grow lite, fan, flat seed tray with a dome, a 38-cell seed tray, and The New Seed Starters Handbook by Nancy Bubel.
Seed starting kits are available by reservation to residents of Cheshire County. Click Here to place a reservation or call the circulation desk at (603) 352-0157 for assistance. Seed starting kits check out for 90 days. Kits are available on a first come first serve basis and must be picked up within 7 days of your reservation.
About the Seed and Tool Libraries
The Monadnock Grows Together Seed, and Garden Tool Lending Libraries are available to all residents of Cheshire County with an active Keene Public Library Card or Cheshire County Special Borrowers Card in good standing. Garden Tools can now be reserved up to 6 months in advance - Click here to place a reservation. Please allow staff 24 hours to process pending reservation requests and retrieve reserved Items. All borrowers must also complete and sign our Library of Things, Garden Tools and Outdoor Gear Library Terms of Use and Waiver of Liability.
Vegetable and Flower seeds are available on the seed racks located in the Putnam Atrium. Garden Tools can be reserved by calling the main desk at (603) 352-0157.
This program is a result of a partnership between the Keene Public Library, Cheshire County Conservation District, Antioch University New England's Community Garden Connections (CGC), and the National Center for Appropriate Technology (NCAT).
Monadnock Grows Together is funded by the Urban Agriculture Conservation Grant Initiative. The National Association of Conservation Districts (NACD) and USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) established the Urban Agriculture Conservation Grant Initiative in 2016 to help conservation districts and their partners provide much-needed technical assistance for agricultural conservation in developed or predominantly developing areas. Since July 2016, NAC and NRCS have awarded three rounds of grants totaling $4 million to 81 conservation district projects across 34 states.
In addition to seeds and garden tools, the library provides educational workshops and other resources about growing and saving seeds and organic gardening. Please see our calendar for upcoming gardening workshops.
Want to start gardening but don't have the right tools? Ready to tackle a big yard project and need something unusual? The Garden Tool Library can help!
Gardener Support
For questions regarding the Garden Tool lending library, seed library and library of things please call the circulation desk at (603) 352-0157.