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Lake County Master Gardeners will share the fundamentals of shade gardening during a free program at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, July 8, at our Lake Branch. Registration is required. Sign up online or call us at 440-257-2512.

The gardeners will suggest plants for an ideal shade garden.

You can visit our YouTube channel for more gardening and horticulture programs.

Two more tips for any gardeners out there:

1. Did you know that you can get free veggie, flower, and herb seeds from our Seed Library? Check out our collection  the next time you visit our Main Branch. Borrow up to 15 packets of seeds per season.
2. You should also check out the special collection from Holden Forests & Gardens’ Corning Library available at our Main Branch. In addition to a gorgeous arboretum in Kirtland, Holden also has a spectacular collection of gardening, horticulture, environmental and botany books at Corning Library within its arboretum. Dozens of Corning Library’s books are now available to borrow at our Main Branch. Thanks to a partnership between libraries, you can use your cards to check out books from this special collection. Our typical lending rules apply.

Explore the life and legacy President Andrew Johnson at noon on Wednesday, July 10, at our Main Branch.

Ranger Alan Gephardt from James A. Garfield National Historic Site will discuss the nation’s 17^th president. As a Southern Democrat, Andrew Johnson stayed loyal to the US during the Civil War and served as vice president during President Abraham Lincoln’s second term. However, he often butted heads with his mostly Republican legislature after becoming president and was nearly impeached. In short, he is a complicated figure.

This program is part of the Leaders and Legacies of the Civil War lecture series — organized by James A. Garfield National Historic Site and hosted by us. It’s open to all. Due to limited space, registration is required. Sign up online or by calling us at 440-255-8811 ext. 1.

By the way, if you’re interested in Civil War history, several talks in the Civil War series can be viewed online in their entirety, including:

• Antietam: The Deadliest Day in US History
• The Atlanta Campaign
• Gettysburg
• The Fourteenth Amendment
• The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
• Life & Legacy of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain

We’re hosting a cooking class for kids (ages eight and older) at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, July 3, at our Headlands Branch.

LaDonna Oltmanns of Let’s Cook, a mobile school for plant-based cooking, will lead the class. It’s free to attend. Due to limited space, registration is required. Sign up online or call us at 440-257-2000.

Westward ho! Young pioneers can choose their own adventure during a special program at 3 p.m. on Tuesday, July 2, at our Main Branch.

The library will become the Oregon Trail and kids (ages eight to 12) will work in groups to tackle the obstacles in their way.

The program is free. Due to limited space, registration is required. Sign up online or call us at 440-255-8811 ext. 3.