Adults are invited to join Kevin Allison of the Marion County Soil and Water Conservation District (MSCWCD) as he discusses what cover crops are, what they do for soil, and whether they are right to plant in your garden. Cover crop seeds are available for free at the Pike Branch, thanks to MCSWCD.
The second county branch in the library system opened in 1967 as the Westlane Branch in the Westlane Shopping Center on North Michigan Road. In 1974, the library purchased 2.76 acres on Zionsville Road from MSD Pike Township for construction of the current 13,000-square-foot Pike Branch that opened in 1986. Its design was cited by the local chapter of the American Institute of Architects. The branch was remodeled and expanded to 20,000 square feet in 1999.