Schedule of Events
All activities are scheduled from 11am-3pm unless otherwise noted.
Organization Fair & Activities
Stop by pollinator-centric booths from the Conservatory
and participating organizations for activities, crafts, games and more!
Food Demonstration
Taste delicious foods made with ingredients that are only possible thanks to pollinators in the Education Pavilion.
Led by the Conservatory’s Culinary & Sustainability Educator, Heather Bell.
Vendor Sales
Natives in Harmony (plants), Monarch Meadows (plants), Hinton Apiaries (honey), Red Beard Bees (honey) and pollinator-themed artists Nora Steele & Michelle Boerio.
Franklin Park Conservatory Booths
Info Table, Growing to Green, Nature School, Teen Corps, FPC Horticulture, and Community Art
Painting Demonstration
Local artist Michelle Boerio will be demonstrating her painting techniques
in the Community Garden Campus, creating a painting celebrating all things Pollinator!
Purchase a raffle ticket for $5 each for a chance to win her painting at the end of the event.
Live music from Greg Greyson
Greg Greyson plays a unique blend of soft rock with jazz overtones
The Bugman
Mark Berman, the Bugman, shares his knowledge and excitement about bugs while giving everyone the opportunity to hold his creepy, crawly friends!
Pollinator Passport Stations
Pick up a Pollinator Passport, stop by the Pollinator Garden, and get a stamp at each station as you learn more about bees, butterflies, bats and beyond.
Food Trucks
Tortilla, Pitabilities, Tyler’s Pizza and Too Good Eats (popsicles)
Raffle
Complete the scavenger hunt (visit info table) to enter a raffle to win general admission tickets, a Blown Glass Hummingbird Feeder, and more!
Or purchase more tickets to enter a raffle to win Michelle Boerio’s painting.
