2nd Annual Pollinator Festival

Join Erie County Parks and BWELL at our 2nd annual Pollinator Festival, a free, family-friendly event! Learn about native plants, discover how to make a pollinator-friendly habitat, and what you can do to help our native pollinators! Featuring fun nature walks, mead tastings, informational workshops, get your face painted, and food vendors all supporting and encouraging you to start your very own pollinator-friendly garden!

 

This event is rain or shine.

 

Register for scheduled events below:

 

11:00 AM: Wildflower Walk with Erie County Parks Ranger Nikki Registration

 

12:00 PM: Workshop: Native Plants that Attract Beneficial Insects as part of an Integrated Pest Management Approach to Organic Gardening Registration

Speaker - Sylvin Ashbrook from Grassroots Gardens WNY

Topic: Come and learn about the various native plants that you can plant in your home garden to attract a wide range of pollinators and beneficial predatory insects.

 

1:15 PM: Q&A Panel about Land Management for Pollinators Registration

Speakers - Erie County Bureau of Forestry, WNY Land Conservancy, Silo City and Wild Ones WNY

Topic: How private and public land including parks, conservation parcels, and gardens are managed to increase native species and protect pollinators.

 

3:00 PM: Wildflower Walk with Erie County Parks Ranger Nikki Registration

Join Ranger Nikki at Erie County Parks second annual Pollinator Festival and learn all about native plants and bees and their importance to our lives! Ranger Nikki will be leading a longer wildflower hike toward the end of the Pollinator Festival that will take you through a wonderland of blooming native flowers! Learn to identify the different species of wildflowers found blooming throughout the park!

 

Visit event webpage for more information including a full vendor list!