Success Stories About Friends Groups

A lush garden with blooming flowers and a square reflecting pond sits in front of a large beige house with many windows, surrounded by tall trees and greenery.

Special Library Service Contribution Award 2024

Known as the “New London Hidden Gem,” the Garden at Tracy Library was the 2024 recipient of the Special Library Service Contribution Award. It is truly a wonder with a long and interesting history. Volunteers from the New London Garden Club and members of the community have maintained the garden. An article about the award is on page six in the Winter 2024-25 NHLTA newsletter.

“Secret Gardeners” of the Meredith Public Library

Every year a group of volunteer Friends of the Meredith Library plant and maintain the gardens at the library.

A group of people work together tending a garden beside a residential street lined with cars and houses. An American flag is visible on a pole in the background.
A garden path with round stepping stones winds through flower beds filled with yellow and pink blooms, surrounded by green foliage on a sunny day.
A red-brick building with a triangular roof sits behind a garden full of colorful flowers and greenery, with a sign and a path leading up the landscaped slope.
A young girl sits on a wooden bench reading a book beside a small outdoor community library box on a grassy lawn, with a white house and a quiet street in the background.

Friends of the Converse Library in Lyme

The Converse Library Little Free Library in Lyme includes an attached bench for comfortable browsing.

It was designed and built by the Lyme School Principal with materials purchased by the Friends of Converse Library and is located on the Lyme Common.

A classroom with children sitting on a blue carpet, reading books. Several adults sit at the front, also holding books. Colorful artwork and educational materials decorate the walls.

Friends of the Moultonborough Public Library

Every year the Friends Group presents a book to each child in kindergarten