Kearny Public Library Director Josh Humphrey stands in the nearly-completed outdoor reading garden, with plantings, bluestone pavers, benches, a small stage for public events, 4-foot-high fencing and a ramped entrance allowing wheelchair access, adjacent to the main branch of the library, 318 Kearny Ave. Work still to be done includes replacement of the library’s old wrought-iron fencing. Part of the project included construction of a retaining wall as a buffer to neighboring residences. Humphrey projects a formal opening of the garden by next month. Lou’s Landscaping of Wayne was contracted to do the job for $245,000. The town is applying a $150,000 grant from the Hudson County Open Space Trust Fund toward the cost of the project
