Butterfly gardening programs planned
Before planting a garden this spring, be sure to plan for summer
magic by choosing the plants that are friendly to
butterflies.
Michael Weissman, co-founder of the Butterfly Pavilion in
Westminster, will share the beauty of butterflies at Douglas Public
Library District libraries this spring.
In a slide show that introduces the varieties of Colorado
butterflies, Weissman will guide beginning and expert gardeners to
the plants that butterflies love.
Weissman received a doctorate’s degree in entomology from
Colorado State University and continues to serve there as an
affiliate faculty member. He has written several scientific and
popular publications on insects.
One major benefit to planting flowers and shrubs for butterflies
is “you don’t have to mow anymore,” Weissman said.
Butterfly gardening programs will be at the following
libraries:
q 1 p.m., April 7, Lone Tree Library;
q 1p.m., May 5, Highlands Ranch Library;
q 1 p.m., May 12, Parker Library
q 6:30 p.m., May 31, Philip S. Miller Library in Castle
Rock.
For information visit www.dpld.org or call Priscilla Queen,
program coordinator for the library district, at (303)
841-6942.
Used-book sale set for May 6-8
The Friends of the Philip S. Miller Library will have its spring
used-book sale May 6-8 at the library. Sale hours are 9 a.m. to 5
p.m., May 6, and noon to 5 p.m., May 7-8.
People can choose from thousands of fiction and nonfiction
hardbacks and paperbacks. Hardbacks are $1.50, large are paperbacks
$1, and small paperbacks are 50 cents.
When the “clearance sale” starts at noon, May 8, people will be
able to take home a plastic grocery bag of books for $2. And bags
will be supplied.
Proceeds benefit the Philip S. Miller Library. For information,
call Suzanne at (303) 660-1646.
Genealogy group to meet Tuesday
The next meeting of the Highlands Ranch Genealogy Group, “Little
Used Sources,” is at 7 p.m., Tuesday, at the Highlands Ranch
Library, 9292 Ridgeline Blvd.
Joan Grady will discuss unusual resources for genealogical
research. Grady is a retired school principal and career educator.
She has a certificate in family history from Brigham Young
University, has written an article that was published in The
Genealogical Helper and has presented programs on cruise ships and
to several genealogical societies.
Anyone interested in genealogy is invited. Registration is not
required. For information, call Judy Shofner at (303)
791-7703.
Puppet show
features bugs
Children still can sign up for the Douglas Public Library
District’s spring reading program, “Centipede, Millipede – Let’s
Read!” until Friday.
Once registered, participants read 15 books and write the titles
on their Centipede, Millipede Let’s Read! log (pre-readers can
listen to books or have adults read aloud to them).
Participants then bring the completed reading log back to their
local library and readers will be rewarded with a special
certificate, a “bug box” and a chance to win a real butterfly
nursery.
To celebrate books and bugs, the library district will feature
caterpillars, ladybugs, bees and butterflies as the stars of the
annual spring puppet show, Bugs Galore! The library’s story time
puppeteers will entertain young audiences with a dramatic
presentation of Eric Carle’s “The Grouchy Ladybug,” along with many
other silly skits and songs about bugs. Bugs Galore will be
crawling these local libraries:
q 7 p.m., Monday, Highlands Ranch Library;
q 7 p.m., April 5, Parker Library;
q 6:30 p.m., April 9, Lone Tree Library;
q 6 p.m., April 10, Louviers Library
q 4:30 p.m., April 16, Philip S. Miller Library in Castle
Rock.
For information, visit library www.dpld.org or call Priscilla
Queen, program coordinator for the Douglas Public Library District,
at (303) 841-6942.
New book club
aimed at families
Attention mothers, fathers, sons and daughters. Grab those
favorite books and head to the Highlands Ranch Library for the
parent and child book club.
At 7 p.m., the first Wednesday of every month, the parent and
child book club will meet to share thoughts and ideas from
books.
The club’s focus is to involve all family members and enjoy
reading children’s literature as a family. The next meeting is at 7
p.m., April 4, at the library, 9292 Ridgeline Blvd.
Those interested in attending should register at the children’s
desk. For information, call Janet Nelson at (303) 791-7703.