Community Garden & Seed Library

JCPL's newest community initiative brings together a large group of caring gardeners and educators to support our community garden and seed library. This project builds on our health, wellness, and quality of life partnerships to help provide food education, food for the Fresh & Free fridge, volunteer opportunities, and more.

A seed library is a collection of seeds that are available for free to members of the community. Working with our community partners, JCPL is focused on improving food access, promoting local agriculture, and eventually retaining heirloom and organic seeds. Our new community garden provides a great way for patrons of all ages to get involved with the community and learn more about where food comes from, how to care for a garden, and how to improve nutrition and health. Items grown in the community garden are shared with the community through the Fresh & Free Fridge program. In 2023, hundreds of pounds of food, mostly fresh and homegrown vegetables, were distributed through this project.

The community garden & seed library project is a partnership of the library, the Jefferson County Agricultural Extension (UF/IFAS), the Jefferson County Department of Health, Wilderness Coast Public Libraries, the Damian Garden Project, and Herbalists Without Borders of the Big Bend. If you are interested in volunteering or supporting the project, contact the Agricultural Extension at (850) 342-0187.

Website Accessibility Policy

Jefferson County R.J. Bailar Public Library is fully committed to providing accessible facilities, elements and channels of communication to all members of the public. As part of this commitment, Jefferson County R.J. Bailar Public Library has a policy of providing an accessible website compatible with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.1) and commercial screen reading software. All features of the website are coded to allow individuals with vision and other impairments to understand and use the website to the same degree as someone without disabilities. We welcome feedback and can often resolve issues in a timely manner if they arise.

If you need any special assistance or accommodations:

Call us at (850) 342-0205

Ongoing Compliance Information

Compliance Officer

Jefferson County R.J. Bailar Public Library has designated a compliance officer for website disability-related accommodations. The compliance officer has received training in website accessibility and updates the site in accordance with those best practices. Contact our accessibility officer to report an issue.

Compliance Procedures and Reports

In addition to testing with users with a wide range of disabilities and coding our website to WCAG standards, Jefferson County R.J. Bailar Public Library regularly scans its website to ensure ongoing compliance, and makes timely changes to any inaccessible changes, if any are found.

Linked Documents and Third Parties

Please note that this site may link out to third-party websites, such as state or federal agencies, that do not have accessible content. This site may also include documents provided by third parties included in our agenda packets, for example. While we cannot control the accessibility of content provided by third parties, we are happy to assist any member of the public with reading and accessing content on our site.

See an opportunity for us to improve? Please contact our accessibility officer or call us at (850) 342-0205.

Report a Website Accessibility Issue

We are committed to your ability to access all content, and we will respond to all requests as soon as possible.