Fairy Gardening

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$2,108

Project of

Traverse des Sioux Library Cooperative Legacy Grant SFY 2014 - SFY 2015

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient Type

Libraries

Status

Completed

Start Date

May 2014

End Date

May 2014

Activity Type

Education/Outreach/Engagement

Counties Affected

Waseca

Project Overview

Kids would create their own fairy garden using nature elements, fairy garden miniatures, and a container. This program will be held as part of Waseca Public Library's Gardening Week as well as an Early Out event. At Waseca, the kids will also help create a Library fairy garden which will be placed in front of the library throughout the summer. Each week, something new will happen in the fairy garden and kids will be encouraged to write a story about what they think is happening in the fairy garden. Weekly prizes will be awarded to the winner of that week's story.

Project Details

32 participated

Project Details: 2014 Fiscal Year

Legal Citation / Subdivision

Laws of Minnesota for 2013 Chapter 137, Article 4, Section 2, Subdivision 4

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$2,108

Other Funds Leveraged

$1,022

Direct expenses

$3,130

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Participants will learn how to straw bale garden, learn vertical gardening techniques and enjoy direct access to expert gardener.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Kids created their own fairy garden using nature elements, fairy garden miniatures, and a container. This program was held as part of Waseca Public Library’s Gardening Week as well as an Early Out event. The other session was held as part of Janesville Public Library’s Gardening Month. At Waseca, the kids also created a Library fairy garden which was placed in the library lobby throughout the summer. Each week, something new changed in the fairy garden and kids were encouraged to write a story about what they thought happened in the fairy garden. Weekly book prizes were awarded to the winner of that week’s story. This feature was quite popular on Facebook, often yielding the most likes to our posts for the week. Next spring, Janesville Public Library will use these same fairy garden elements to create a changing fairy garden.