What to do for the next display?
I had the pleasure of attending ALA this year and before I left, I thought I would get some freebie, which would inspire me to make a cool display.
Well...
I did get a freebie, but it was not at ALA. Me and fam were checking out the mall and my husband spotted a farmer's market. The man cannot resist a fruit and vegetable stand. Anyway we checked it out and it just happened to be pollinator week.
There were some really great resources for folks to learn about what to put in their gardens to bring the pollinators, information on what is harming them, and how to manage a hive.
The poster was great and even though I knew I was going to have to carry it around for 5 hours and then home on a plane I took it.
It was my starting point. There were some other pamphlets and stuff that I took that I knew would go with my idea.
When I got to the library I pulled a few books on pollination, bees, bats, and butterflies and put everything up.
It was a bit bare, so I took the fake flowers by the reference desk and asked a colleague who was working the desk to print me out some color photos.
It looked better...but needed a little more.
My daughter loves to paint and had made me a painting for my office. It has bees on it, so I added that as well. She also painted me a bird house, which I included and some more fake flowers and butterflies that I had at home.
Think it turned out pretty nice.
