• Cacti and Succulents 101 – A Great Hobby For All

    Needham Public Library Community Room 1139 Highland Avenue, Needham, MA, United States

    On September 16 at 9:30am in the Community Room at the Needham Public Library, Laurence Magner and Carolyn Iacoviello will present a program called, Cacti and Succulents 101.  They are officers of the Cactus and Succulent Society of Massachusetts. They grow cactus and succulents inside their homes and outside in their gardens. They love helping […]

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  • Putting Music to Words: A Biographer’s Story

    Needham Public Library Community Room 1139 Highland Avenue, Needham, MA, United States

    The Friends of the Needham Public Library present: Dr. Warren Zanes, “Putting Music to Words: A Biographer’s Story” Dr. Zanes, a former guitarist in Boston’s 1980s Del Fuegos rock band, returns to the “old neighborhood” to talk about his life as a writer, musician and filmmaker. He’ll discuss his work as biographer of Tom Petty […]

  • Hydroponic Farming & Gardening

    Needham Public Library Community Room 1139 Highland Avenue, Needham, MA, United States

    Come and learn about Hydroponic Farming and Gardening at Kalmia Garden Club's April 16th meeting. Guest Speaker:  David Ridill, Hydroponic Specialist, Freight Farming Hydroponics is the technique of growing plants using a water-based nutrient solution rather than soil.

  • Look Ma No Flowers

    Needham Public Library Community Room 1139 Highland Avenue, Needham, MA, United States

    On Tuesday, April 15 at 9:30 am in the Community Room of the Needham Public Library, the Needham Garden Club will once again be entertained by Deborah Trickett as she introduces us to using fabulous foliage in containers. While flowers are beautiful, they also require deadheading, fertilizing, and more deadheading. What if you could enjoy […]

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  • Book club for Fourteen Talks by Age Fourteen

    Book club for Fourteen Talks by Age Fourteen
    Needham Public Library Community Room 1139 Highland Avenue, Needham, MA, United States

    Michelle Icard, is coming to Needham! Michelle is a nationally recognized author specializing in tweens development, who has been featured in CNN, Today Show, The Washington Post, Time, People.com (just to name a few). She has a degree in Education and has worked with parents, children, and teachers for more than 20 years, creating curriculum, […]

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  • Book club for Fourteen Talks by Age Fourteen

    Book club for Fourteen Talks by Age Fourteen
    Needham Public Library Community Room 1139 Highland Avenue, Needham, MA, United States

    Michelle Icard, is coming to Needham! Michelle is a nationally recognized author specializing in tweens development, who has been featured in CNN, Today Show, The Washington Post, Time, People.com (just to name a few). She has a degree in Education and has worked with parents, children, and teachers for more than 20 years, creating curriculum, […]

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  • Ware Collection of Blaschka Glass Models of Plants

    Needham Public Library Community Room 1139 Highland Avenue, Needham, MA, United States

    On Tuesday, February 25, 2025 @ 9:30 AM in the Needham Public Library Community Room, the Needham Garden Club will host Jennifer Brown who will introduce us to the father and son glass artists, Leopold and Rudolph Blaschka who worked from 1886 through 1936.  Their glass flowers, as many as 4,300, are scientifically accurate models representing […]

  • Racism in Boston: How Far Have We Come?

    Needham Public Library Community Room 1139 Highland Avenue, Needham, MA, United States

    Friends of the Needham Public Library Program: “Racism in Boston: How Far Have We Come?” A Lecture by Dr. Ted Landsmark Noted Bostonian Dr. Theodore Landsmark will deliver a talk about Boston’s landscape of equity and inclusion, and how it has changed – for better and worse – over the years. Dr. Landsmark is the […]