Sunday, May 3, 2026
11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Emery Park Ski Lodge - 2084 Emery Rd | South Wales, NY 14139
In Partnership with Buffalo Women of Environmental Learning and Leadership
Join Erie County Parks and BWELL for 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!
Activities include:
- Wildflower Walks by Ranger Nikki (register below)
- Pollinator Workshops by Local Experts (register below)
- Native Plant Sale:
- Amanda's Native Garden
- CW Native Plant Farm
- Eastern Monarch Butterfly Farm
- Primeval Forest Nursery
- Royal Fern Nursery
- Swiftwater
- Live Animals with Kester's Farm Alpacas and Hawk Creek
- Face Painting by Buffalo Face Paint (12:00 - 3:00 PM)
- Buffalo & Erie County Public Library Bookmobile
- Coffee and Food Vendors: Kornerstone and Buffalo's Original Zeets
- Nature Vendor and Non-profit/environmental Education Fair: including mead, honey, natural products, and nature art
- Buffalo Niagara Waterkeeper
- BWELL
- Citizens' Climate Lobby
- Ecos Cooperation, Inc
- Erie County Bureau of Forestry
- Erie County Environmental Management Council
- Erie County Park Rangers
- HoneyCraftNaturals
- Lilly Belle Meads
- MicheLaneous Farm - Honey and Beeswax Products
- US Fish and Wildlife Service
- Walker Works - Pewter and Copper Etchings with nature theme
- Western New York Land Conservancy
- Wild Fern Co. - Bath and Body Products
- Wildflower Meadery
- Wild Ones Western NY Chapter
- WildWood Western New York
- Xerces Society
Register for Walks & Workshops - Space is limited!
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 short wildflower hike at the start of the Pollinator Festival that will take you through a wonderland of blooming native flowers! Once we finish our hike join in the fun of the festival and check out the different vendors and workshops available.
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.
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.
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!
Getting there:
Please be mindful of pedestrians crossing and along the roadways.
Please park only in designated parking areas. Do not park along the roadways.
Accessibility
Accessible parking WILL be available in the Ski Lodge lot by the festival. For accessibility needs, please call the Erie County Office of People with Disabilities, at (716) 858-6215.