That’s right: every week we are going to celebrate some small holiday! We want you to join us in celebrating every week – because really, everyone needs a little more happiness in their lives.

Join us in celebrating the holiday just yourself, and take some small quiet time to enjoy it. Or, take our book and program ideas, and celebrate in a larger way in your library. Take a small, goofy opportunity to have a little more fun today! (We celebrate you in doing this!)

This is one of those nice small holidays – one where you can celebrate by doing small fun things. It’s been such a long time since we saw the ground and had sunny warm days; this is a good small holiday to bring the idea of nature back into your day to bring some good cheer.

You can start by reading a few books, or setting up a nice display for your patrons:

• Inspired Ikebana: Modern Design Meets the Ancient Art of Japanese Flower Arrangement, by Naoko Zaima
• Just Add Water: Easy Techniques and Everyday Ideas for Inspiring Flower Arrangements, by Cynthia Gaylin Bigony (Author), Vivian Johnson (Photographer)
• Orchid Muse: A History of Obsession in Fifteen Flowers, by Erica Hannickel
• Flower Color Guide, by Taylor Putnam and Michael Putnam
• The Flower Recipe Book, by Alethea Harampolis and Jill Rizzo
• Flowers by Design: Creating Arrangements for Your Space, by Ingrid Carozzi

And of course, there are all kinds of programs you can do with flowers and flower arranging:

• set up construction paper, pipe cleaners, glue, and other decorative items so patrons can make a paper garden. The flowers can be added to the walls of the library, or folded into bouquets to go home with the patrons
• cut the pages of old books that are being weeded, grab a glue gun, and use some green wire for stems to make book paper roses
• bring in a speaker to talk about the meaning of flowers, or flower arranging that patrons can do on site
• bring in some flower seeds and small containers, and let patrons plant some flowers to take home; keep a few back to create an indoor garden for the library (you may want to use herb seeds)

Join us in celebrating the holiday just yourself, and take some small quiet time to enjoy it. Or, take our book and program ideas, and celebrate in a larger way in your library. Take a small, goofy opportunity to have a little more fun today!