Volume 3, Issue 9
September 15 Elisabeth C. Miller Lecture
features Ari Novy 

You won't want to miss this year's Elisabeth Carey Miller Memorial Lecture. Dr. Ari Novy, Director of the United States Botanic Garden (pictured at left), will speak on a subject close to all our hearts: "A Fresh Approach to the Urban Landscape." Through his work in Washington, DC, Dr. Novy promotes awareness of the multifaceted importance of trees and plants along with the value of good stewardship of green spaces, particularly in urban areas with rapid population growth.

The lecture is Thursday, September 15, at UW's Meany Hall. Doors open at 6:30 pm. This annual free lecture is a lasting gift to the community. To recieve a ticket, please email info@millergarden.org.

Children’s Collection continues to grow

The Miller Library offers over 700 fiction and nonfiction titles for children and youth (birth to age 18). Whether it’s One Leaf Rides the Wind (the collection of counting haiku pictured at right), Bug Zoo (a guide for creating a backyard insect vivarium), or something entirely different, here you can borrow the best books to enrich kids’ engagement in nature. With a parent or guardian present, our youngest visitors may also register as borrowers. Topics include:

• Bees and beekeeping
• Garden animals and wildlife
• Flower gardens, school gardens
• Ecology, restoration, forests
• Seeds, plant parts, botany
• Weather and climate
• Birds, wild and domestic
• Vegetable gardening, compost

Using this rich collection the library hosts monthly story programs September through June, presented for families with children between three and eight years old. Find the current story program schedule at www.millerlibrary.org.

Special thanks to the many individuals and organizations who use and contribute to this collection. All who live in Washington State are welcome to register as borrowers.

Alisha Dall'Osto exhibit begins September 12,
featuring her PodFORM paintings

 As fall arrives, seeds form in every garden. Inspired by the complex forms of seed heads and pods, local artist Alisha Dall'Osto's striking paintings with bold colors and organic shapes will be on display in the Miller Library September 12 through October 28.

The artist invites you to learn about her artistic process at an opening event Monday, September 12, from 5 to 7 pm.

New to the Library
  

Kincaid Ravine restoration project: a two-year progress report with a focus on hydrology improvements and place making / by Daniel Hintz.