Plan your garden with long-time organic farmer and Atlas Farm owner, Gideon Porth! This workshop is for all experience levels whether you've been gardening for years or are planning on starting your first one this year. Plot out your garden beds and pick the brain of an organic farmer with over 15 years of experience growing in the valley. LIMITED TO 8 PEOPLE, SIGN-UP REQUIRED – STOP BY TILTON LIBRARY OR CALL 413-665-4683
The Friends of Tilton Library will be COLLECTING gently used RECENT books on April 29 & May 6, 10am-12pm at the Tilton Library. We are looking for RECENT fiction, kids books, history, and biographies. All books must be in good condition and all potential donations will be reviewed by Friends members at the time of donation—only select items will be accepted. Books may only be donated during these collection days. The Book Sale will be on Saturday May 13, 9-12. Clean out your book shelves and help the Friends raise money for library programs!
Where everyone's a poet, but you might not know it. (yet) We'll use paint chips, magazine photos, and your words to create poetry...be prepared to be messy and creative! Open to all ages - kids, teens, adults.
Registration is required. Stop by the library, call 413-665-4683, or send an email to tiltonlibrary@cwmars.org to reserve your spot. Learn to slow down, relax, and experience mindfulness in this free four-week workshop. We’ll explore the principles of mindfulness and teach meditation strategies including breath work, mindful movement, and mindful writing.Led by community members and mindfulness practitioners Jennie Donohue, Erika Higgins Ross, and Sara Coblyn. Limited to eight people, 18 years and older. Please wear comfortable clothing and feel free to bring a yoga mat, blanket, and pillow or cushion to sit on..
PLANT SALE* It's that time of year! *Bring your divided perennials - BARE ROOTS ONLY, NO SOIL - to the back of the library on May 11-12th. We thank you for your donations. All sales go to the Tilton Fund.
The Friends of Tilton Library are holding a Book Sale. Come browse excellent contemporary fiction, history, biographies, children's books, and young adult books! Out front of the library from 9am - 12pm. $5.00 for a bag of books from 11:30-12!
In the Tilton Library backyard with artist Madge Evers. Rain date Saturday June 3. Limited to 15: please sign up. Stop by the library, call 413-665-4683, or send an email to tiltonlibrary@cwmars.org to reserve your spot! Magical and simple cyanotypes are a camera-less technique that results in graphic blue and white prints. Developed in 1852, this alternative photographic process uses a light-sensitive solution on paper, sunlight, and pressed plants to make beautiful botanical images. Participants will make one cyanotype print to take home. Funded by the Friends of Tilton Library.
Save the date! Join the Tilton Library Building Committee, Board of Library Trustees, Library Director, Architect and Project Manager for the public forum where the Deerfield community can see the unveiling of the revised Building Expansion design, ask questions, and give feedback. This forum will take place at Town Hall in South Deerfield on May 16 at 6pm- we look forward to seeing you there!
TICKETS ON SALE NOW: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/david-sibley-at-tree-house-brewing-company-tickets-621723149677 The Tilton Fund invites you to join us for an evening with Deerfield's own award-winning, nationally acclaimed author and illustrator of Sibley Guide to Birds, and What It's Like to be a Bird, at Treehouse Brewing's state of the art theater. Bring your birding questions! Have dinner and drinks before the talk inside the Tree House taproom. Ticket options include the addition of a beer ticket and a copy of the author's latest book. TICKETS ON SALE NOW: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/david-sibley-at-tree-house-brewing-company-tickets-621723149677 A benefit for the Tilton Library Expansion Project. For more information call 413-665-4683