Plymouth Public Library
The Plymouth Public Library is fortunate to have a number of areas on the property designated for gardens. In 2023, through a grant from the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners, the library was able to construct a garden with 8 - 4’x8’ raised beds along with with a 4’x 16’ bed designated with native pollinators. The 8 raised beds grow vegetables and herbs for the library’s Little Free Pantry. Included in the planting of the pollinator garden is Wild Bergamot (Monarda fistulosa), Spotted Bee Balm (Monarda punctata), Mountain Mint (Pycantheum muticum), Foxglove beardtongue (Penstemon digitalis), Purple lovegrass (Eragrostis spectabilis), Asclepias tuberosa (Butterfly weed), plus much more. There are also fruit trees planted on the front lawn including apples, pears and paw paws.
The front garden beds which are maintained by the Plymouth Garden Club include two pollinator gardens each with Butterfly weed (Asclepias incarnata), Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia fulgida), Massachusetts bearberry (Acrostaphlos uva-ursi), Foam flower (Tiarella cordifolia), Purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea), Cardinal flower (Lobelia cardinalis), Anise hyssop (Helenium agastache).