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Build a Terrarium
2024-08-07 18:00:00 2024-08-07 19:00:00 America/New_York Build a Terrarium Join Ocean County 4-H Program Associate, Amelia Valente as she demonstrates how to make your own terrarium to bring home. Ages 12-18. Barnegat Branch - Barnegat Meeting Room

Wednesday, August 07
6:00pm - 7:00pm

Add to Calendar 2024-08-07 18:00:00 2024-08-07 19:00:00 America/New_York Build a Terrarium Join Ocean County 4-H Program Associate, Amelia Valente as she demonstrates how to make your own terrarium to bring home. Ages 12-18. Barnegat Branch - Barnegat Meeting Room

Barnegat Branch

Barnegat Meeting Room

Join Ocean County 4-H Program Associate, Amelia Valente as she demonstrates how to make your own terrarium to bring home. Ages 12-18.

Join Ocean County 4-H Program Associate, Amelia Valente as she demonstrates how to make your own terrarium to bring home. Participants will learn about the latest technologies for the future of feeding humans on planet earth and in space. Please register. Space is limited. Sponsored by Friends of the Barnegat Library.

Open the ages 12-18.

**Registration opens 3 weeks before the program** 

AGE GROUP: | Teens |

EVENT TYPE: | Lectures & Discussion | General | DIY/Craft |

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