Spring Has Finally Sprung at Mentor Public Library

What’s that in the sky?

 The sun?

 It’s been gone for too long.

But it's finally back, and doesn’t that deserve a celebration?

That’s what came to the mind for Barb Vendeville, a children’s library associate at Mentor Public Library, which sponsored a Plant-a-Perennial program for preschool children Saturday at the library's .

 “It’s a special program to celebrate spring and to help everybody shake off the winter blues,” said Vendeville, who coordinated the event.

There were certainly no signs of winter blues among the dozen children who participated in the library program. 

While the kids seemed to enjoy learning about the spring season through story time and music, they were even more eager to finally get outside and plant their own seeds.

Nathan and Dominic Duncan of Mentor donned Home Depot aprons and Reece Benedict, also of Mentor, brought a pair of work gloves so the dirt wouldn’t get stuck under his fingernails.

After planting pumpkin seeds in biodegradable seed pots to take home with them, the preschoolers ventured to the back yard of the Read House, which is next door to the library. On a large patch of soil, they planted  and watered wildflower seeds.

“Make sure you bring back your pumpkins so I can see how big they grew,” Vendeville reminded the children, who returned home with their parents looking forward, no doubt,  to another spring.