Stop by Reference Service to check out our new Seed Library. You are invited to take up to 10 seed packets per season.
Borrow seed packets for your home garden
- Choose a seed packet (each packet has between 3-12 seeds)
- Check out our gardening books and resources
- Take them home and start your gardening journey

Plant outdoors April-May
- Arugula
- Carrots (coming soon - through July)
- Chives
- Cilantro (late April through May)
- Coreopsis, Early Sunrise (perennial – usually blooms second year)
- Coreopsis, Dyer’s (annual)
- Hollyhocks (coming soon - biennial – blooms second year)
- Kale
- Lettuce
- Peas
- Radish
- Snapdragon
- Spinach
- Stock (coming soon)
- Sweet Alyssum
- Yarrow (perennial, but blooms first year)
While supplies last. Availability may vary.
Contact us
Reference Services
3110 Martin Lane
Rolling Meadows, IL 60008
askrmlreference@rmlib.org
847-259-6050 x130