Name: Beaver Island District Library seed-library and gardening programs, 2024–2025
Start: 2024-10-19
End: 2025-02-15
Location: Beaver Island

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Event

Dates: 2024-10-19 – 2025-02-15
Kind: Educational program
Where: Beaver Island
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: ecologyeducationcommunitygardening
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The Beaver Island District Library’s seed-library programming continued with an October 19, 2024 food-preservation session on freeze-drying and canning, a November 9 demonstration of winter sowing, and a February 15, 2025 session on starting seeds indoors.

Evidence limits

The held forum records are first-party program announcements. They document the planned subjects and presenters, but provide no attendance, recording, or outcome evidence.

Sources

Beaver Island District Library, “Starting Seeds Indoors with Heidi,” Beaver Island Forum, February 5, 2025, topic 18376.
The Library announced a February 15 session with Heidi Vigil on starting seeds indoors. It establishes the planned educational program, not attendance or gardening outcomes.
forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 18 · t018376
Beaver Island District Library, “Winter Sowing, learn how to with Monica!”, Beaver Island Forum, October 26, 2024, topic 18314.
The Library announced an October winter-sowing session with Monica; the attached image is catalogued by the forum archive but its text is not transcribed here. The notice establishes the planned educational topic, not attendance or results.
forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 18 · t018314
Beaver Island District Library, “BIDL Seed Library Speaker series,” Beaver Island Forum, October 17, 2024, topic 18312.
The library announced an October 19 session in which Jim Bontrager would discuss freeze-drying and Lois Campbell would discuss canning. The notice establishes the planned program, not attendance or a completion report.
forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 18 · t018312
Beaver Island District Library, “Winter Sowing speaker at the Library,” Beaver Island Forum, November 7, 2024, topic 18326.
The library announced Monica Longlet’s November 9 demonstration of winter sowing. The notice establishes the planned session, not attendance or program results.
forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 18 · t018326

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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island District Library seed-library and gardening programs, 2024–2025”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-district-library-seed-library-speaker-series-2024/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island District Library, “Starting Seeds Indoors with Heidi,” Beaver Island Forum, February 5, 2025, topic 18376. (and 3 further sources listed on the page).

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