What’s happening…
Our Agricultural Day on June 3rd was a great success! We heartily thank all attendees & volunteers.
As usual the Friends will continue plant & book sales all summer. Stop in to pick up heirloom tomatoes, perennials, houseplants, beach reads & beautiful flower arrangements! Visit the baby chicks downstairs at the Children’s desk.
Stop in our entry and browse our Seed Catalog! We have vegs, herbs, & flower seeds.
Choose some packets to plant.
If you have some to share please drop them at the Circulation desk to be filed in the catalog.
Thank you!
Crafting Connection: Macrame plant hanger!
Monday, June 12 at 5:30 PM
This is an in-person class. Please note that space is limited for this program and registration is required. For ages 16+.
In this session of the Crafting Connection, we will create a macrame plant hanger. Using some cord and a few knots we will make a plant hanger that you can use to spruce up any room in your house. All materials will be supplied by the Library. Please register here or call.
Drew’s Bees: Saturday, June 17th at 11:00 am and 1:30pm
Rain date is June 24th
Would you like to see the inside of a working honeybee hive? Can you tell the difference between a queen and a worker bee? Climb into a bee suit and join Andrew Burnett from Drew’s Honeybees! He will educate us about his working honeybee hives that he’ll bring to the Library. Andrew has been beekeeping for dozens of years. He keeps 11 apiaries in eastern CT with about 120 hives.
We will hold two sessions at 11:00 and 1:30pm. Children can attend the 11 AM session with a parent.
Please sign up for only one session. Please register here or call 860-345-2204.
The Art of the Cottage Garden with Andrew Pighills
Wednesday, June 21st at 6:30
Horticulture may be a science, but creating gardens that speak to one’s soul is an art form. This presentation by Andrew Pighills will inspire you to reimagine your landscape. He will examine the qualities and characteristics that define cottage gardens, and offer practical advice on how to achieve this in your own garden environment.
Born in Yorkshire, England, Andrew Pighills is an accomplished gardener, horticulturist and builder of dry stone walls. He received his formal horticulture training with The Royal Horticultural Society and has spent 30 years creating gardens and building dry stone walls in his native England in and around the Yorkshire Dales and the Lake District. Please register here or call 860-345-2204.
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Culinary Club
2nd Wednesdays at 6:30 pm
June 14th
June 14th From Crook to Cook- BML will provide cookbooks for celebrity chefs that have been in prison. Questions? Contact Laurie at lgardner@brainerdlibrary.org. We will meet in the History Room. Please register here.
Blithewold Mansion & Garden Tour
Thursday, June 8th
Our community partner, The Haddam Garden Club, is sponsoring a bus trip to Blithewold Mansion & Gardens in Bristol, Rhode Island on Thursday, June 8.
Price is $100. pp. Includes bus, admission, docents and lunch. Email Lorraine for more info at: lcfriess@att.net.
Brainerd Book Club
Meets the 4th Wednesday of each month at 6:30pm
The book choices are rather eclectic; selected from a diversity of genres. Discussion is always friendly and expansive. All are welcome! The library orders books in advance to be checked out as needed.
For more info visit our Bookclub page.
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BML is pleased to announce that we offer a pass to the:
Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center!
Ask at the Children’s Desk, where all museum passes are held.
The Friends of the Library welcome new babies to the community and introduce them & their families to the library with a free baby gift bag!
If you or someone you know has a new baby, please stop in, or tell them to pick up a free baby gift bag!
Gift bags are at the Circulation desk & the Children’s Department desk.
We hope new patrons will take a little time to explore what BML has to offer!
Please visit our website & Facebook Pages to sign up for our E-newsletters and discover Children’s activities and events.
Bringing the Outside In
The Children’s Department has guides & binoculars to identify birds. We also installed a bluebird house! Link to Free Audubon Bird App
Get to Know These 20 Common Birds
New to birding? Right outside your window is a great place to start. Here is a list of some of the most common backyard birds found around the country.
Even if you’re an experienced birder, the list includes some fun facts about our most common—and beloved—feathered friends. Learn More These goldfinches showed up at our window feeder.
BML magazines include: Birds & Blooms, National Geographic & Smithsonian to check out. Complete list in our Reading Room.
BML’s Game Collection!
Brainerd Library has a collection of board games for all ages and Nintendo Switch games for checkout! Call or check the catalog to see what’s available. When it’s too wet or warm to play outside, stop in and grab one of these games!

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