Location: Emery Park - Amphitheater
Join Erie County Parks and BWELL in our first annual Pollinator Festival! This event is geared toward anyone looking to learn about native plants, discover how to make a pollinator friendly habitat and what you can do to help our native pollinators! Come join us for fun nature walks, taste mead, informational workshops and vendors all supporting and encouraging you to start your very own pollinator friendly garden!!
Notes: Family Friendly, Free, and Picnicking Encouraged.
Note about the Weather: This event is rain or shine. If there is rain predicted, the workshops will be shifted inside the field house and vendors and activities will be sheltered. See the map below showing the location of the amphitheater and the fieldhouse in the northern part of Emery Park. There will be signs as well.
Register for Workshops:
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Josh is completing his PhD at the University of Missouri studying native bees and will share his studies with us.
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Learn how to start your own food forest and grow your own tasty treats at home!
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Join Ranger Nikki at Erie County Parks first annual Pollinator Festival and learn all about native plants and bees and their importance to our lives! Ranger Nikki will be leading a wildflower hike during 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! Once we finish our hike join in the fun of the festival and check out the different vendors and workshops available!
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Get to know the native bees in your yard and about the critical pollinator conservation work that the Xerces Society focuses on.
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