The Stonington Free Library Seed Library opened for the season on March 15. The Seed Library is organized by URI Master Gardener Noreen Kepple and library staff member Ivy Hope Burns. It is set up on a table inside the library, near the front desk.

Community members are welcome to select from a variety of vegetable and flower seeds. Packets are donated by seed companies and are available while supplies last. There is no cost to patrons for the seeds, and no expectation that seeds will be harvested and returned.

For more information, email ivyhope@stoningtonfreelibrary.org.

Speaking of plants, the library now has a Pollinator Observation Kit that can be borrowed. The kit contains simple tools for observing and recording pollinator activity. “Through citizen science, people share and contribute to data monitoring and collection programs,” according to the National Geographic Society.

Karla Umland is assistant director of Stonington Free Library.