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Pollinator Palooza

Celebrate birds, bees, butterflies and all of the other creatures that make our gardens grow during Pollinator Palooza in conjunction with National Pollinator Week. Engage with local pollinator advocacy organizations, while enjoying learning opportunities, crafts, music, garden tours and more.

This event is free to attend; no tickets or reservations are required. Please note that this event is held in the Scotts Miracle-Gro Company Community Garden Campus, southeast of the Conservatory. Admission is required if you choose to visit the Conservatory before or after the event.

Schedule of Events

Food Demo: Education Pavilion
The Teen Corps have cooked up some tasty treats in the Education Pavilion! Zebra Swallowtails love to lay their eggs on parsley, dill, carrots and other garden veggies. Enjoy some fresh veggies and dips made from these garden herbs and learn how you can support butterflies in your backyard!

Raffle Prizes
Complete our Palooza Passport and enter to win prizes, announced every half hour! *Must be present to win*

Children’s Arts & Crafts: Community Garden Campus

Make a pop-up pollinator bookmark, decorate a community art project, and make a pollinator origami!

Live music from Greg Greyson 
Greg Greyson plays a unique blend of soft rock with jazz overtones 

Food Trucks
Pitabilities
More to be announced soon!

Participating Organizations

Nora Steele Art | Wild Ones Columbus | Pollinator Pathways
Xerces Society | GreenSpot | GCGC
OSU Master Gardeners | Columbus Kiwanis | ODOT
CDC Headstart | COBA | Girl Scouts of Ohio’s Heartland
Dobritsa Lab | Save Ohio Bees | Franklin Soil and Water Conservation District
Columbus Audubon | ODNR | Dawes Arboretum
Ohio Nocturnal Pollinators | Art of Honey |  Barley Moon Botanicals

More to be announced soon!

Past Pollinator Paloozas