Event List

For ages 18+ only.

Betty Ranck is a nature photographer and her work often features wildflowers. She will be sharing her images and tips on identification. There will also be information about areas to hike within Ohio.

Paint your own flower pot and leave with some wildflowers ready to start growing. You can leave your flower at the library to bloom and come back for it or take it home and watch it grow! Snacks will be provided. 

Join us for a neighborhood field trip to Snowville Creamery!

We'll meet at the library for a short story, then caravan to Snowville Creamery, approximately a 10-minute drive. 

Expand your garden and help another's grow! Bring your plant cuttings, seedlings, and bulbs to trade for others to increase the bloom and bounty this growing season.

Join us at the Glouster Public Library as we share plants and stories from around the garden. Supplies will be provided to take plants home.

* Bringing plants is not necessary to participate.

Create a fantasy woodland that a gnome, fairy, or elf would love to inhabit!

All supplies provided. 

Learn about danger zones for ticks, good protective clothing and repellants, how to do proper body and head checks, how to minimize contact with ticks, what symptoms of illness to look for, pathways for proper medical help, what diseases ticks car

Unearth a deeper understanding about the world around us and encounter some incredible animals in person. Learn where our zoo guests are from, what they eat, and what makes them so unique. *Outside, weather permitting.

Trace the journey from dinosaurs to birds we see today with the Hocking College Nature Center.

Meet modern-day dinosaurs at the library! Live raptors will visit in person—including owls, hawks, falcons, and buzzards—for an exciting, educational program the whole family will enjoy.

Meet modern-day dinosaurs at the library! Live raptors will visit in person—including owls, hawks, falcons, and buzzards—for an exciting, educational program the whole family will enjoy.

Trace the journey from dinosaurs to birds we see today with the Hocking College Nature Center.

Meet modern-day dinosaurs at the library! Live raptors will visit in person—including owls, hawks, falcons, and buzzards—for an exciting, educational program the whole family will enjoy.

Trace the journey from dinosaurs to birds we see today with the Hocking College Nature Center.

Rural Action will help you test your worm grunting skills using worm sticks to lure the subterrestrial creatures out of the ground.

Journey to the past with Dr. Lawrence Witmer of Ohio University's WitmerLab to view dinosaur skulls and learn about these incredible prehistoric creatures.

Use paint, rhinestones, and a variety of craft supplies to customize your pot, then plant a succulent to take home. Librarians Jenny and Taryn will help you create your own stylish mini-garden.

Ohio U. scientists from the Biological Student Graduate Society will bring both interactive dig sites and real fossils to demonstrate how paleontologists find, excavate, and study extinct life.

Ohio U. scientists from the Biological Student Graduate Society will bring both interactive dig sites and real fossils to demonstrate how paleontologists find, excavate, and study extinct life.

Rural Action will help you test your worm grunting skills using worm sticks to lure the subterrestrial creatures out of the ground.

Rural Action will help you test your worm grunting skills using worm sticks to lure the subterrestrial creatures out of the ground.

This hands-on CFI program invites participants of all ages to investigate different leaf shapes, textures, and patterns found in plants.