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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

Organization Fair & Activities | 11am–3pm

Stop by pollinator-centric booths from the Conservatory and participating organizations for activities, crafts, games and more! The full list of participating organizations is below.

Food Demonstration | 11am-3pm

Taste delicious foods made with ingredients that are only possible thanks to pollinators. Led by the Conservatory’s Culinary & Sustainability Educator, Heather Bell.

Plant Sales | 11am–3pm

Natives in Harmony and Monarch Meadows will have a variety of native plants for sale

Live Critters | 11am-3pm

Get an up-close look at local wildlife with The Bugman

Franklin Park Conservatory Booths

Info Table, Growing to Green, Nature School, Teen Corps, FPC Horticulture, Community Art and Flutter Run Registration

Watercolor Painting | 11am-1pm

Join us for a drop in style painting activity to paint a watercolor pollinator. Limited supplies will be provided, or feel free to bring your own watercolor paints and join along for an outdoor painting session

Live music from Greg Greyson | 11am–3pm

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

Stinger | 11am

The buzzing force behind the Columbus Blue Jackets

Meet the Bees | 12 & 1:30pm

Visit the Pollinator Garden and see native bees in action. Led by OSU Extension.

Food Trucks | 11am-3pm

Tortilla, Pitabilities 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!

Participating Organizations

Wild Birds Unlimited | Wild Ones Columbus | Pollinator Partnership | Xerces Society | GreenSpot | The Greater Columbus Growing Coalition | Franklin County Master Gardeners Volunteers | Kiwanis Club of Columbus | Ohio Pollinator Habitat Initiative | Child Development Council of Franklin County | East Central Ohio Beekeepers Association | Ohio History Connection | Columbus Recreation and Parks Department | Girl Scouts of Ohio’s Heartland Council | OSU Molecular Genetics: Dobritsa Lab | OSU Extension | Red Beard Bees | Keep Columbus Beautiful | Franklin County Public Health | Columbus Zoo | Franklin Soil and Water Conservation District | The Bugman | Audubon Society | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | Columbus & Franklin County Metro Parks | Grange Insurance Audobon Center | Ahlum & Arbor | Ohio Farm Bureau | Columbus Zoo | Ohio Department of Transportation

Past Pollinator Paloozas

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