Clamshell box for miniature book

Miniature artist's book. Goal To create standard size housing for miniature books so that they can be shelved with the collection. Treatment Based on a standard size, a clamshell box with foam filler was created to house a miniature artist's book. Cotton tape secured beneath the foam was added to gently lift the book from the foam insert.

2011 Home Demonstration Gardens

Themes for the 2011 Home Demonstration Garden Field Days included 1) a storybook garden (vegetables and annual flowers named after characters in classic fairytales), 2) warty pumpkins, 3) new flowers and vegetables, 4) summer squash named after types of cats, 5) pole beans, and 6) sunflowers without pollen for use as cut flowers.

2010 Home Demonstration Gardens

Themes for the 2010 Home Demonstration Garden Field Days were several newer cultivars of annual flowers (zinnia, four o’clocks, gazania, gaillardia, petunia, coleus, and vinca), a blooming quilt block, eggplant cultivars (including an inedible eggplant), and a compost trial.

2011 Home Demonstration Gardens

Themes for the 2011 Home Demonstration Garden Field Days included 1) a storybook garden (vegetables and annual flowers named after characters in classic fairytales), 2) warty pumpkins, 3) new flowers and vegetables, 4) summer squash named after types of cats, 5) pole beans, and 6) sunflowers without pollen for use as cut flowers.