By Sean Sullivan 

Artificial turf was laid out among the tomes at Morse Institute Library last month, a welcome respite from the snow that piled up and plummeting temperatures punctuating the season.

The library hosted its annual indoor mini-golf event, building a befuddling array of obstacles between bookshelves to challenge even the most proficient of putters. 

The course comprised two floors of the historic structure, its holes incorporated into the building’s 66,000 square feet of architecture.

“And we get to show off all of it,” said Miki Wolfe, Director of the Morse Institute Library. “This is just pure joy.” 

The event was hosted on Saturday, March 7 , from 9 a.m to 4:30 p.m.

In keeping with the sacrosanct code of mini-golf, each hole had its own theme. Each was meant to tell the story of a local nonprofit organization, town department, or scholastic club.

The Natick Drama Workshop for example, had its name up in lights in theatrical fashion, the club’s three-letter acronym displayed and accented by battery-operated bulbs. 

The workshop is a local staple in the performing arts realm, training Natick students to produce and play their parts for over 50 years.

In addition to advertising its mission, the workshop used the mini-golf hole to get the word out about its latest production of “Beauty and the Beast.” The organization produced and performed four showings of the musical in March.

The Natick Academy of Performing Arts was also represented on the course.

The Natick Art Association used its patch of mini-golf green to get the word out about the group, and also to publicize “Art in Bloom, Nature’s Magic,” an event the organization will host on May 2 and 3.

Art in Bloom will feature an array of floral arrangements, each inspired by children’s book art and created by local artists.

 The Natick Art Association adorned its mini-golf hole with flowers that served as obstacles for putters.

Keep Natick Beautiful is an organization whose mission is to keep outdoor town spaces in free of clutter and waste. For its hole, the group littered the green with bottles and cans, all placed responsibly into recycling bins placed to block putters’ progress.