Join us on June 21 for Pollinator Palooza at Franklin Park Conservatory during National Pollinator Week. Meet pollinator organizations, learn cool stuff, and enjoy crafts, music, and garden tours.
Discover Ohio’s native bees, and what makes them so special
Get a FREE Wildflower Seed Planting Kit
Enjoy bumble bee coloring stations
Enter to win a PRIZE: Save Ohio Bees organic cotton limited-edition tote, hot/cold thermos with sleeve, Save Ohio Bees circle sticker, Save Ohio Bees organic cotton limited-edition T-Shirt, wildflower seed planting kit.
ATTENDANCE IS FREE
This event is held in the Scotts Miracle-Gro Company Community Garden Campus, southeast of the Conservatory.
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 contests.
Food Demonstration
Taste delicious foods in the Education Pavilion.
Franklin Park Conservatory Booths
Painting Demonstration
See local artist Michelle Boerio in the Community Garden Campus.
Live music from Greg Greyson
The Bugman
Mark Berman, the Bugman, shares his knowledge and excitement about bugs.
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.
Raffle
SAVE OHIO BEES
AND, purchase more tickets to enter a raffle to win a blown glass hummingbird feeder at Michelle Boerio’s Painting.
Participating Organizations
Ribbit! Magazine | Wild Ones Columbus | Franklin County Pollinator Pathway | Xerces Society | GreenSpot, GCGC | Franklin County Master Gardener Volunteers | Kiwanis Club of Columbus | Ohio Pollinator Habitat Initiative, Child Development Council of Franklin County | Central Ohio Beekeepers Association | Columbus Recreation and Parks Department, Girl Scouts of Ohio’s Heartland Council | OSU Molecular Genetics | OSU Extension | Red Beard Bees | Keep Columbus Beautiful, Franklin County Public Health | Hinton Apiaries | Franklin Soil & Water Conservation District | Save Ohio Bees, Columbus Audubon Society | Columbus & Franklin County Metro Parks | Ahlum & Arbor | ODNR | Dawes Arboretum