POLLINATOR FESTIVAL* - FREE –

SPONSORED BY THE HOLIDAY ISLAND CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

 

Saturday, June 22, 2024 10am – 2 pm

The Pavilion, 13 Buckskin Drive, Holiday Island

 

1:00 pm Mayor Dan Kees Proclamation

1:30 pm District Manager Rich Figgins Ribbon Cutting – “Monarchs in the Rough” Garden

Short Walk (Golf Cart as needed)

Mariellen Griffith – Native Plants at the Monarch in the Rough

Certified Master Naturalist. Life Member of Arkansas Native Plant Society

Life Member of Arkansas Audubon Society

A special thanks to Vernan & Debbie Anderson and James (Critter) Christerson for the labor and all the contributors too lengthy to list!

 

 

EXHIBIT BOOTHS

John Swan - Certified Master Beekeeper

, former VP & Director for the Texas Beekeeper’s Association

Past President of Travis Cunty beekeeper’s Association, TX, Owner of Wicked Bee Honey Products & Wicked Bee Removal Services, Producer of Hive Jive Podcast

 

Patrick Ross – Eureka Springs Beekeepers

 

 Ken Kimble – Native Bees 

      Eureka Springs Pollinator Alliance is the local community group promoting and advocating for Bee City USA Eureka Springs and pollinator species and native plants. As an organization, Bee City USA Eureka Springs is an affiliate of Eureka Springs Parks & Recreation Commission. We encourage & participate with several local community groups who share common interests in the wellbeing of our Pollinator populations.

 

  Marty Powers - Monarch Butterflies

         Shiloh Museum Grounds Manager

 

  Katrina Sims -   Conservation of Habitats

Grasslands Coordinating Wildlife Biologist, Pheasants Forever, Inc. and Quail   Forever

 

     Laurie Scott - Native insects

Lab Supervisor, Environmental and Regulatory Science, Outdoor Living   Laboratory. Land Manager, NorthWest Arkansas Community College

 

    Heather Cross – Pollinating Plants

Owner – Bear Creek Nursery

 

TREE CITY USA HOLIDAY ISLAND

 

Holiday Island Chamber of Commerce

 

 Kelly Marie – Simplicity Real Estate Solutions

 

Jessica Ames-Russell - Artist

 

WELCOME TO THE LAST-MINUTE EXHIBITORS AND FRIENDS!

 

Downtown Dawgs Food Truck

 

Kids Activities (maybe adult too)

Build Native Seed Butterflies - Laurie

Observation Bee Hive – Find the Queen - John

Sample different kinds of honey - John

Milk Jug Germination - Laurie

Face Painting - Jessica Ames-Russell

 

* More than 80 percent of the world's flowering plants need a pollinator to reproduce; and we need pollinators too, since most of our food comes from flowering plants. One out of every three bites of our food, including fruits, vegetables, chocolate, coffee, nuts, and spices, is created with the help of pollinators