The County Library discussion

It’s been an unseasonably warm winter and the tulips are already popping up out of the ground so with the spring equinox on March 20th, this month’s challenge is to read a book related to spring: look for books with floral colors, start your gardening plans or celebrate the equinox.

Floral covers has been a trend for awhile, so there’s many lists with lots of options across the genres:
Floral Covers: https://www.goodreads.com/list/tag/fl...

Cozy mystery reader? The Gardener's Plot is a new debut title that takes place in a community garden in the Berkshires. Or if you like something darker, discover the inspiration gardens have given mystery writers over the years in Gardening Can Be Murder.

If dark, psychological dystopian books are more your vibe, check out The Garden.

Plan an equinox celebration with The Solstice Yearbook: A year of rituals, festivals and ancient magic for modern life. Or if you have kids in the home, learn with them how the spring equinox has been celebrated through the centuries with A New Beginning: Celebrating the Spring Equinox.

Convinced you have a black thumb? This book may solve your woes: RHS You Will Be Able to Garden By the End of This Book. If you’re adamant you’re a lost cause or dislike getting your hands dirty, enjoy another author’s exploration of the world that exists in her own garden in Journeys to the Nearby: A Gardener Discovers the Gentle Art of Untravelling.

Salt Lake County Library’s Seed Libraries start March 2nd (https://www.slcolibrary.org/events/se...) so visit a branch with a seed library to pick up seeds for your own garden.

Let us know what you’ve chosen to read!

I'm going to read Grandpa Alan's Sugar Shack by Alan Page. Nothing says spring like tapping maple trees and boiling the sap down into sugar. Yum Yum.

Another great choice would be The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh. An excellent book!

I look at plants and they die. I weeded a bush, and it died. My longest surviving Mother's Day plant lasted 6 months, and it was plastic.