Plant, Paint, Cross-Pollinate

Library : Amesbury Public Library

Location : Side Lawn Amesbury Public Library, 149 Main St., Amesbury, MA, 01913

Start : Tuesday 17th of June 2025 5:30 PM

End : Tuesday 17th of June 2025 7:30 PM

Description :

Join local artist Jenn Houle to plant native flower seeds for your own garden, participate in a public art project promoting native flora and fauna, and write seed stories for packets of free seeds to be distributed in the community. This program is outdoors and therefore weather-dependent. In the case of inclement weather, the program will be rescheduled to Tuesday, June 24, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Please note: no pets, only service animals are welcome at our programs. About the project: Plant Paint Cross-Pollinate (PPCP) is a public art mural project led by artist Jenn Houle that cultivates botanical belonging, discusses decolonizing public and private land, and restores ecosystem health with native plants. Through community art and nature workshops, PPCP inspires a cultural shift from echoes of colonization, lawns & imported plants, towards restorative land use: interspecies habitat for seasonal cycles in a shifting climate. At Plant and Paint & Seed Stories workshops in Oct 2024 - Oct 2025, participants will paint Butterfly Mural signs, then plant and keep the seeds of native pollinator-friendly species and share Seed Stories (personal connections to place & plants). The community will create 200 Butterfly Mural signs to display in their yards or join the upcoming 2025 summer Butterfly Mural migration, and Seed Story packets of native seeds will be distributed at partner sites including conservation land, public libraries and schools. QUESTIONS ABOUT REGISTRATION? Contact the Reference Desk, 978-388-8148, option 2 / reference@amesburylibrary.org QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROGRAM? Contact Stephanie Smith, ssmith@amesburylibrary.org, 978-388-8148 x607 FUNDING NOTE: Special thanks to PPCP's sponsors: Collective Futures Fund New Projects Grant. This program is supported in part by grants from the Amesbury, Haverhill, Groveland, Merrimac, Newburyport, Salisbury and West Newbury Cultural Councils, local agencies which are supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.  Sign up for our e-newsletter and be among the first to learn about all of our programs and events. amesburylibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/plant-paint-cross-pollinate/