“Our new children’s Nature Lab is open! Heartfelt thanks to the Friends of the Library Mount Dora for their $7,000 gift to fund all our science-based artifacts and art (library impact fees funded the construction). Friends board members from left: Barb Peterson, Vice President Bonnie Hand, President Cheryl Schwyzer, Treasurer Jean McGuire and Robbie Sutton. Thank you so much for this gift to our community!”, Cathy Lunday, Library Director

The purpose of the Nature Lab is to help children experience the natural world, with age-appropriate, science based and accurate depictions of plants, animals, insects, rocks and minerals. Through their curiosity and familiarity with these carefully curated artifacts, children will develop a greater connection to and understanding of the natural world.