The Stratford Library will offer a double dose of "green" events on beginning at 1 p.m. April 19 with two environmentally correct programs.
The Library is offering a variety of special events for the month of April with the "green theme". They are free and open to the public. The "Go-Green Double Feature!" includes speaker Evangelio Franco, shown, regional manager of Connecticut Programs with Metropool. Franco will discuss "Transportation Alternatives" and how to conserve fuel in daily living. Alternatives to driving alone include car and van pooling or riding the bus or train resulting in improved air quality, reduced traffic congestion and a better quality of life for all.
Then at 2 p.m . a "Grow Your Own," gardening workshop will be held with Stratford's Susan Pildner. Pildner will discuss the many advantages to home gardening and demonstrate joys of growing vegetables, herbs and flowers. A life-long gardener, she designs and installs perennial, herb and vegetable gardens and specializes in redesign of existing gardens, and consultations. Pildner will cover such topics as where to locate agarden, how to prepare soil and when to use transplants rather than sow seeds. She'll also discuss how to use herbs and flowers as companion plants to improve soil, keep plants healthy, discourage pests and increase yields.
Both “Go-Green!” programs will be held in the Library's Lovell Room. For more information, call the Public Relations & Programming Office at (203) 385.4162 or visit: http://www.stratfordlibrary.org/.