The Eleanor Squire Library is a circulating library specializing in horticultural, botanical, and gardening resources.  Members may check out items for three weeks.

Library Hours
Tuesday – Saturday: 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
Sunday: 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Open until 9:00 pm on Wednesday evenings (Memorial Day - Labor Day)

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Gifts may be made to the library as a book purchase, rare book preservation, or cash donation.  Book donations of any kind are accepted for our semi-annual book sales.

Circulation Policy

• All current members of Cleveland Botanical Garden, staff, interns, volunteers, and their families may borrow library materials.  Members of Holden Arboretum may also check out items under the same terms and conditions as Garden members.  The Holden membership card will be honored as a library card.
• Full name, phone, address, membership number, and employment status must be given upon request and is entered into the circulation database.  New patrons must register before borrowing.  Updated proof is needed for expiration of membership.
• Library items circulate for three weeks and can be renewed an additional three weeks in person, by phone or through e-mail.  Up to 10 items can be checked out at any given time.
• Rare books do not circulate.  Staff, trustees, and volunteers can check out storage and reference books for short loans at the discretion of the librarian.
• Fines for overdue items are $.25 a day.  If a patron has overdue items they are not permitted to check out additional items.  Replacement costs will be pursued for items long overdue or lost.
  

For further information contact:
Gary Esmonde
Librarian – Eleanor Squire Library
Cleveland Botanical Garden
11030 East Blvd.
Cleveland, Ohio  44106
216.707.2812
gesmonde@cbgarden.org