2026 Garden Lovers’ Book Sale: April 10-11
Join us April 10th and 11th for our annual book sale. Enjoy the company of fellow plant lovers, browsing thousands of gently used books for sale on gardening, plants, ecology and related topics.
The Opening Night event on Friday, April 10 from 5 to 8 pm includes the book sale, a silent auction, food and drink. Tickets are available now.
No registration is required for the Saturday book sale, which runs from 9 am to 3 pm.
Interested in volunteering? Please contact Nick Williams at nickjpw@uw.edu to sign up. Shifts include setting up Friday morning or takedown on Saturday afternoon.
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Roots + Bones: Paintings by Mary Mann, April 2-27, 2026
In Roots + Bones, Mary Mann explores the intimate relationship between human and plant life. Roots mirror our own lineage with ancestry, memory, and the invisible networks that sustain us. As a child, she saw bodies in trees: torsos rising from the soil, limbs reaching skyward, trunks entwined in struggle and embrace. Mann paints from the living forest, still lifes with animal bones, and imagined landscapes. Together, these elements form a vision of the forest as a living archive, where generations intertwine and hold stories of growth, conflict, resilience, and shared survival beneath the surface.
Mary Mann is a Tacoma-based public mural artist and studio painter. Roots + Bones will be on display at the Miller Library April 2-27. You can meet the artist during the 2026 Garden Lovers’ Book Sale April 10 and 11.
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March 2026: Make plans for our Garden Lovers’ Book Sale, scheduled for April 10 and 11.
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