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Operation Gardeners' Advisory

Photograph shows seed bundles and microgreens display in the library.

Tulsa City-County Library has had a seed library at some locations since 2014 but the pandemic hit just as Tulsa’s spring planting season began. We were completely closed until mid-May 2020. Meanwhile, everybody and their brother had taken up gardening. How could we get as many seeds as possible in Tulsa gardens while offering only curbside service?

The Tunnel Tour: Heading Underground to Learn About Local Waterways

tour group walking through tunnel

Enticing patrons to attend lectures on climate change and sustainability can be a real challenge. It’s hard to deny: these topics can be a real downer.

But there are ways to make learning about the environment fun. This was my goal when I set out to create my library’s Earth Day programming last year.

Swap It Like It's Hot

woman holding jeans

Swap It Like It’s Hot is a free clothes-swap program aimed at adult patrons. Patrons bring along their gently-used clothing and receive tokens. They use their tokens to swap for others' items. All remaining clothes after the swap are donated to the city mission. 

The library also offered sewing and upcycling workshops in collaboration with Conscious Layers, a local organization that works to popularize the re-use of fashion.

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