Metro Grows

City Beet

Tokyo Digs a Garden

Kitty and the Sky Garden Adventure

The Night Garden

In the Garden

Around the Farm

Mary Had a Little Plan

A Squirmy Wormy Surprise

Plant, Sow, Make & Grow: Mud-tastic Activities for Budding Gardeners

A Seed Grows

The Flower Garden

Biscuit and Friends Visit the Community Garden

Uncle John's City Garden

How to Say Hello to a Worm: A First Guide to Outside

Gardens are for Growing

Miguel's Community Garden

The Comic Book Guide to Growing Food: Step-by-Step Vegetable Gardening for Everyone

Little Yellow Bee

Garden Day

¡Solo Pregunta!: Sé Diferente, Sé Valiente, Sé Tú

A la rueda reuda en el jardin = Round and Round the Garden

Harvesting Friends = Cosechando Amigos

Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants

Garden of Thorns and Light

The Sprite and the Gardener

Taproot: A Story About a Gardener and a Ghost

Soil: The Story of a Black Mother's Garden

Farming While Black: Soul Fire Farm's Practical Liberation on the Land

Urban Gardening for Beginners: Simple Hacks + Easy Projects for Growing Your Own Food in Small Spaces

Year-Round Edible Gardening: Growing Vegetables and Herbs, Inside or Outside, In Every Season

Gardening Your Front Yard: Projects and Ideas for Big & Small Spaces

Starter Vegetable Gardens: 24 No-Fail PLans for Small Organic Gardens

Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants

How to Become a Gardener: Find Empowerment in Creating Your Own Food Security

The ABC's of Oklahoma Plants

Modern Container Gardening: How to Create a Stylish Small-Space Garden Anywhere

The Comic Book Guide to Growing Food: Step-by-Step Vegetable Gardening for Everyone

Oklahoma Native Plants: A Guide to Designing Landscapes to Attract Birds and Butterflies

Best Garden Plants for Oklahoma

A Library of Things is a collection of items for loan that expands the boundaries of traditionally defined library materials. It supports the "sharing economy" and the city's sustainability efforts, as guests sharing items means less waste. The collection also offers an opportunity to "try before you buy," to save money and test out something you might not have come across otherwise.

You must return the tools or discovery backpacks in person at a service desk at the library branch from which you borrowed it.

Yes, each library branch has the same tools available.

The checkout time is three (3) weeks.

Tools and discovery backpacks cannot be placed on hold. They are available on a first-come, first-served basis only.

Tools and discovery backpacks are non-renewable. However, if you return tools or discovery backpacks to the library and there are others available to check out, staff can check your tools or backpack in and back out to you for another three (3) weeks.

Borrowed tools or discovery backpacks do not accrue late fines, but you are strongly encouraged to return these items in on time for others to enjoy!

You will not be responsible for damaged tools or discovery backpack contents as we realize they are meant to be used and will experience wear and tear. We do ask that you treat the tools and materials inside the backpacks with care and if damage occurs, please let staff know when you return them.

You can download the Tool Care and Safety Tips sheet by clicking here.

If you lose or do not return a tool or discovery backpack, you will be charged the full replacement cost of the tool or backpack.

Please note, if you lose an item within the backpack, you may be charged for that particular item and not the full replacement cost of the entire discovery backpack.

Yes, you can check out one of each tool or discovery backpack available, at the same time.