{"id":206308,"date":"2026-03-05T23:13:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T23:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/206308\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T23:13:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T23:13:08","slug":"some-libraries-in-oc-offer-something-you-can-keep-grow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/206308\/","title":{"rendered":"Some libraries in OC offer something you can keep & grow"},"content":{"rendered":"

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. \u2014 Of course, libraries are full of books and things to read. But some libraries in Orange County have been offering something that can grow.<\/p>\n

Huntington Beach Central Library is just one place in Orange County where you will find a seed library.<\/p>\n

Some local seed libraries are celebrating 10 years of providing seeds for free to the community. Seeds for all kinds of things, from jalape\u00f1o and eggplant to mint and flowers, are offered in Huntington Beach.<\/p>\n

Patrons can check out 10 seed satchels per month. (But of course, you don\u2019t have to return the seeds.).<\/p>\n

Library Assistant Cynthia Flores said many of the seeds are donated or come from local growers.<\/p>\n

Patron Jericho Rhoten said she only recently learned of the seed library in Huntington Beach and picked up some packets. She has since planted a few seeds, including ingredients for a tomatillo salsa.<\/p>\n

The seeds at Huntington Beach\u2019s seed library are sorted and labeled through a teen volunteer program<\/a>.<\/p>\n

There are more than a dozen seed libraries in Orange County. Some libraries, like the one at the Anaheim Heritage Center<\/a>, have direct ties to the city\u2019s history.<\/p>\n

The seed library in Anaheim features things like Anaheim chili peppers. The seeds are provided free to patrons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. \u2014 Of course, libraries are full of books and things to read. But some libraries…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":206309,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[163,165,164,36621,31532,7,643,31533,68504,31534,5996],"class_list":["post-206308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-anaheim","tag-anaheim","tag-anaheim-headlines","tag-anaheim-news","tag-app-environment","tag-app-human-interest","tag-california","tag-environment","tag-human-interest","tag-jo-kwon","tag-socal-editors-picks","tag-vod"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206308","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=206308"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206308\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/206309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=206308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=206308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}