A tea-rrific time at Sea Cliff’s Children’s Library

Sunday’s gray skies didn’t deter residents from visiting the Stenson Memorial Children’s Library for teatime, tulip watching and celebrating the bloom of Jackie’s secret garden. The garden was commissioned last summer behind the library in honor of the late Jackie Hudak, a former Sea Cliff resident who adored the library and the community surrounding it.
In August, Marc Hudak, Jackie’s widower, enlisted the help of his friends to design and create a beautiful space that the whole community could enjoy. They planted hundreds of tulips, which are now in full bloom.
Residents brought their own teacups, saucers and kettles for the community tea party, and enjoyed an array of cookies, munchkins and biscuits. A cellist provided light music for the event, which swirled from inside the library to the garden outside where children played together, weaving among the tulip beds.

— Alyssa Seidman