Our story

Little Mountain Books and Botanica is Mount Vernon’s only independent bookstore, a community-funded bookshop and apothecary that grew from a simple idea: bring an independent bookstore’s vision to life on Division Street.

What you’ll find inside

One half books, one half botanica. Browse new releases and staff favorites up front, then wander into dried herbs, apothecary goods, and plant-friendly gifts. Everything sits side by side the way it does on a good bookshelf: a novel next to a field guide next to a jar of tea.

Rooted in community

Neighbors shaped this shop from the start, and they keep it going. Our reading group talks books together, our beginning gardening group learns to grow things together, and regulars just stop in to see what’s new.