Below is an update by Jim Demosthenes about the gardens at Topsham Public Library. The gardens are maintained by a talented group of volunteers. Our demonstration gardens behind the library are… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Update
Meet the New President of the Board of Trustees
Six times. He has tried six times, but this time Larry Fitch is determined to get through James Joyce’s Ulysses. Intrigued by all the layers and interwoven threads that Joyce… Read more »
Get Your Bookmarks Done!
Didn’t school just let out for the summer? Didn’t we celebrate the Fourth of July just last weekend? Where has the summer gone? It feels like summer is just beginning and it’s… Read more »
Wednesdays Are Back Happy Hour!
Remember our burst pipes and how we had to cancel the happy hour scheduled to celebrate that Topsham Public Library is open again on Wednesday evenings? Well, we have rescheduled!… Read more »
We Missed You, Too!
As many of you know, we had an unexpected closure last week. Unfortunately, we had a water pipe burst, and as it seems to happen (at least in my experience… Read more »
We’re Back!!

Topsham Public Library cordially invites you to join us Wednesday, July 6, 2016 as we re-institute our Wednesday evening hours! Please join us at 5pm for mocktails in the gallery. Then, Zany… Read more »
Check Up Time

It seems like ages ago, but back on December 8, 2015 I told you about a reading challenge I am participating in this year. Well, it’s time to check up and see… Read more »
Spring Cleaning
It wasn’t until high school that I realized not every mother spring cleans their house like my mom did. My mother went through every room, every closet, every box and… Read more »
We got an Edible Food Forest Seed Grant!
Thanks to master gardener, entrepreneur, garden fairy, and all-around swell person Sarah Wolpow, TPL Gardens will receive a Norm Steele Memorial Seed Grant. Here’s Sarah’s grant application: MGSeedGrantForestGarden. She whipped it… Read more »
Edible Forest Gardens
Sarah brought to the last meeting the idea of edible forest gardens. The basic idea is that since our ecology is suitable for forests, why not create gardens that are… Read more »