Pollinator Festival

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When:

• SUNDAY JUNE 27
• 10:00 AM-6:30 PM

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Where:

• At the Evergreen Brickworks
• 550 Bayview Ave (between the Prince Edward Viaduct (Bloor/Danforth) and Pottery Road).

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• For public transportation info see: Getting Here By Bus.

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• A full day educational event to empower you to protect and enhance Toronto’s pollinators. An all day celebration of pollinators with five free workshops from a diverse group of educators.

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Detailed Schedule at the Brickworks:

• 10:00 AM - 11:15 AM - Explore the lives of Bumblebees with Sheila Colla, PhD
• 11:30 AM - 12:45 PM - Pollinator Gardening: Tips and tricks to attract pollinators to your garden.
• 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM - Honey Bee Hive Life with the Toronto Beekeepers Cooperative.
• 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM - Keeping the Bees: Why All Bees Are in Decline and What You Can Do to Save Them with Dr. Laurence Packer.
• 2:30 PM - 4:15 PM - Pollinator Monitoring with Dave Barr, Maria Kasstan, and Norma Barr.
• Learn about the importance of pollination services and gain hands-on experience in recognizing seven common types of insect pollinators (1 introduced and 6 native).
• Learn how to support pollinators as well as how to monitor pollinator activity using the Pollination Canada protocol.
• 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM - The movement of Bees with Naomi Tessler and Zita Nyrady. A movement and sound based workshop that brings community together through enacting the movement and sounds of the bee community

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$5 donation or pay what you can for Sunday schedule at

Evergreen Brick Works.

All ages welcome!

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• Space is limited: To RSVP for by-donation workshops or register for paid workshops, please email ebw@evergreen.ca

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• For more info Contact: Sabrina Malach sabrinamalach@gmail.com
• Media contact: pollinatorweek@gmail.com
• Details: ebw.evergreen.ca/cal/event/international-pollinator-week

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All day marketplace with great information and materials including the display and sale of ‘bee houses’ for your garden’s solitary bees by artists, architects and creative thinkers (Details and flickr page via resonatingbodies.wordpress.com) , local honey made by Toronto honey bees and Dr. Laurence Packer’s new book Keeping the Bees: Why All Bees are at Risk and What We Can Do To Save Them.

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• Partners - Carrot Cache, Pollination Canada, Gladstone Hotel, Evergreen Brick Works

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