To date, the project has set up dozens of LFLs, and delivered over 17,500 books to LFLs across the CRD by bike trailer. This project also helps people install their own LFLs and tops up collections with fresh books. “Victorians love LFLs,” says Teale Phelps Bondaroff, Pocket Places Project Lead and Greater Victoria Placemaking Network (GVPN) volunteer board member, “The city has the highest density of LFLs in Canada, and the pace at which Victorians have been installing LFLs is rapid.”įor the past four years the GVPN has been mapping LFLs across the CRD, and celebrating milestones, as part of its Pocket Places Project. These wholesome community features are what the CRD calls, ‘Little free Libraries’ – aka LFLs – and they can be found throughout the city in all shapes and sizes. It’s the kind of neighbourhood feature that makes your heart feel warm and fuzzy. It’s a little red box with ‘Give a Book, Take a Book’ stamped on the side. You’re driving along a residential road singing along to the radio and something bright and colourful catches your eye. There are more than 650+ Little Free Libraries in Victoria, and the CRD has created a map so you can find them all! Downtown Victoria: Support Small this FallĬITY LIFE Find 650+ Little Free Libraries in Victoria, B.C.Generalizing here, but it seemed like most recommendations for putting in a mini library box was to keep the height similar to the height of a mailbox post. Having the installation guidelines were a must-have for us. We had never put in a fence post or anything similar to that, so we had no idea how deep to dig the hole for the 4x4 or how much concrete to add to the hole, how tall to make the post, etc. If you are building your own, then that link might be helpful. My little library kit came with installation guidelines but I recently came across this installation how-to for installing the library box post that's really great. Once the paint was dry, I put the hardware back on and gathered the supplies to install the library box. I painted the small library with outdoor paint and made sure to paint inside the box to help with weathering (as well as underneath). The library kit came put together but unfinished. See our all about upgrading our double front doors and what it cost for our outdoor update. There are a few different mini library kits you can buy but I bought these: Let's talk about each one just a bit and I'll link to some great resources I found for all the options. All three are honestly great options, depending on your skillset, budget, and time allotment. I had three options for the library box: I could either DIY it on my own or use little free library plans that you can find online, buy a library kit or purchase a ready-made little library. After really thinking about it and how far away their box is from our house, I decided that adding my own outdoor library box would add to the neighborhood in general. We've used their little library quite a bit over the past six years or so.įor a few years now, I've wanted to add my own little library to our house, but didn't want to take away from the older couple who had one in the neighborhood. Since we are active walkers in our own neighborhood, we quickly learned after we moved into this house that a neighbor about fifteen minutes from us has a free library box. I'd seen the different home owners create their own version of a free library box around town for years and have always thought they were such a neat way to foster more community within a neighborhood. It's run on the honor system, so take a book leave a book type of thing. It's a book lending box where anyone can take a book to borrow or keep.
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