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Bondsville Mill Park Nature Library & Resource Center
*** Now OPEN for 2024 Winter Hours ***
Nature Library ... In the News ...
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More Than HoneyThis young lady totally wowed the gardeners on a morning when she stopped by to share this project she created for school. She prepared her presentation for her 7th grade project, titled "More Than Honey", using information and resources from the Mill's Nature Library. The presentation is all about bees both native bees and honey bees.
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Mondays & Saturdays *
9:30 - 11:30 AM
* Most Mondays & Saturdays
9:30 - 11:30 AM
* Most Mondays & Saturdays
It was August 2019 when a visitor pointed out an exceptionally large spider to the Bondsville Mill Park’s volunteer garden crew and asked them if they knew what it was. That query planted the seed for the establishment of a Nature Library at the Park!
One goal of the Park is to provide educational opportunities on a variety of topics associated with the Park, including Park history, horticulture, and nature. In line with that and the growing enthusiasm, a corner of the Spinning Room was offered for the Nature Library project.
The Nature Library now has over 500 non-fiction titles, many of which are geared to younger readers. Nature, habitat, gardening, landscaping guides, as well as wildlife encyclopedias, are just some of the titles available for adults as well. This is a lending Library and anyone is welcome to visit the Nature Library to look at our collection and to borrow a book. The Nature Library is open each Saturday and Monday from 10 AM till Noon. Borrowing does require signing the book(s) out and providing some basic information. Books are lent for a period of 2 weeks.
Even though the library was not open, exciting things have been happening! Please stop by and preview our collection. The library now has the use of space in the Spinning Room and has expanded to include books and a DVD on how a Mill like Bondsville would have operated. A loom much like those that would have been used at the mill has been donated and we hope to have re-enactors demonstrate how the loom works. We’ll be able to have programs in the building. Lots to look forward to!
