This month's leaf buds are bursting and some trees and shrubs have begun to flower. As part of a forest ecology program we will offer with mycologist Luke Sarrantonio on Sunday, April 21, we will have a demonstration with the Extractigator, a tool which you can check out with your library card. The Extractigator allows you to easily uproot unwanted vines and saplings. We will hold the program at the Snyder Estate and finish our walk with some plant pulling (think garlic mustard) in order to help out the forest ecology there.
April is National Poetry month! We are celebrating with a poetry open mic night. You can sign up on our website. We will also have collage artist Patti Gibbons come back to do a poetry collage adult art program with us on Saturday, April 20. You can bring one of your own poems, a poem you love, or find one here at the library. We will work the poem into a paper collage. Throughout the month we will have poetry books on display, and will have a station where you can transcribe a poem onto a fancy piece of paper with a fancy pen. We hope you will take the time to make contact with at least one poem this month.
The Friends of the Rosendale Library are offering a scholarship for any high school senior residing in Rosendale. The Women’s Club of Rosendale is also offering a scholarship. The deadlines are April 12. Please spread the word! They are eager to support students in Rosendale. Applications can be found on the library’s website.