Magazines, journals, newspapers, reference books, ebooks available in the library or at home with your KPL library card or with your Michigan Driver's License or ID by going to Mel.org
Includes Computer Database; Custom Newspapers; General Reference Center Gold; Grand Rapids Press; Expanded Academic ASAP; General Business File ASAP; Legal Trac; InfoTrac Onefile; Health Reference Center Academic ASAP
Michigan eLibrary collection of ebooks.
Quick facts on a variety of subjects, including quotations, English and bilingual dictionaries, art and architecture, encyclopedias, timelines and subjects such as food and drink, computers, sciences, economics, history, law, mythology, performing arts, politics and social science, math and religion.
Community Resources
Phone
To provide volunteers with flowers to plant and maintain in city parks, as long as flower supplies last.
Phone 269-731-3850
To practice, teach, exhibit, and promote the art of Japanese bonsai and Chinese penjing.
Phone 269-381-0393
To promote gardening, flower arranging, landscape design, conservation, the study of nature, and environmental concerns.
Phone 269-375-1708
Area youth gardening; maintenance of Crane Park Arbor Day projects; Kalamazoo in Bloom and Greens sale; tomato taste off in fall; flower show every other year; directory of members; library of garden information; flower arranging classes; garden shop for members.
Phone 269-383-8830
Nutrition programs for limited resource families; food safety; breastfeeding peer counselor; support for grandparents raising their grandchildren; 4-H Program; youth development; volunteer opportunities; agriculture; livestock/crops; groundwater; commercial and home horticulture; master gardener program; community development; leadership development; natural resources.
Phone
To promote horticulture (specializing in growing and planting nursery stock), grounds maintenance, and landscape design.
Phone 269-624-1968
o expand knowledge, education, and appreciation of iris gardening and culture; to encourage youth in gardening and iris hybridization.
Phone 269-381-4946
Ecosystem restoration; assistance with community and school projects involving natural resources; "plant rescues" of valuable species which would otherwise be destroyed by development; education and promotion of natural landscaping.
Information about their awards, gardening tips, membership opportunities, press releases, FAQ's, and publications.
Offers gardeners and nature lovers links to informative and interesting horticulture sites around the world.
Offers gardeners and nature lovers links to informative and interesting horticulture sites around the world.
Friendly to the home gardener. Includes plant profiles, gardening tips, articles, retail links, and much more.
Photos and descriptions of cultivated plants with cultivated care and growth information.
Online resources about gardens, flowers, and landscaping, including access to articles, thousands of FAQ's, online courses, seed swaps, a school garden registry, and plant images.
This tele-robotic installation allows users to view and interact with a remote garden filled with living plants. Plant, water, and monitor the progress of seedlings via the movements of an industrial robot arm.
A wide variety of online resources including a searchable plant database, gardening tips, images, FAQ's, & a glossary of terms & names.