Pollinator Celebration events

Posted on by Carrie Eidson
Puppeteer Hobey Ford will perform "Migration" at the West Asheville Library

Thursday, June 11

4-7 p.m.: Pollination Celebration! Launch Party
Free. Held at Renaissance Asheville Hotel, 31 Woodfin St

Saturday, June 13

10:30 a.m.-noon – Botanist Lisa Wagner presents “Native Plants for Pollinators”
Registration required; $12 members; $17 non-members. Held at The Botanical Gardens of Asheville, 51 W T. Weaver Blvd

1:30-7 p.m. – Wise Beekeepers Roundtable facilitated by Diane Almond
Registration required; $15; Held at Living Web Farms, 176 Kimzey Road, Mills River

Sunday, June 14

5:30-8 p.m.: Photographer Clay Bolt presents “The Dance: A Look at the Interwoven Lives of Pollinators, Plants and Predators.”
Free; Held in the Reuter Center at UNC Asheville

Monday, June 15

5:30 p.m.: Faerie Kin Stiltwalkers perform “Enchanted Bees.”
Free; Held at Pritchard Park in downtown Asheville

5-7:30 p.m.: Around the World Honey Tasting Adventure
$10; Held at Asheville Bee Charmer, 38 Battery Park Ave.

Tuesday, June 16

6:30 p.m.: Author Mark Winston presents “Value or Values? Audacious Ideas for the Future of Beekeeping.”
$10; Held at Mountain Horticultural Crops Research Station, 455 Research Drive, Mills River

Wednesday, June 17

6 p.m.: Author Mark Winston presents “Bee Time: Lessons from the Hive.”
Free; Held at Pack Library, 67 Haywood St. 

Thursday, June 18

noon-2 p.m.: Interpretive pollinator garden stroll
Free; Held at USDA Forest Service Southern Research Station, 200 W.T. Weaver Blvd.

7 p.m.: Wings of Life documentary screening and panel discussion 
$10. Held at the Fine Arts Theatre, 36 Biltmore Ave.

Friday, June 19

11 a.m.-noon – Hobey Ford’s Golden Rod Puppets perform “Migration”
Free but tickets required; Held at West Asheville Library, 942 Haywood Road

Saturday, June 20

10-11:30 a.m. –  Guided Pollinator Walk with environmental educator and monarch specialist Kim Bailey
Free; Held at the Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary

8:30 p.m.: Outdoor screening of The Bee Movie
Free; Held at Wedge Brewing Company, 37 Paynes Way

Sunday, June 21

1-5 p.m.: Asheville GreenWorks Father’s Day Garden Tour
$25/$20 advance; Held throughout Biltmore Forest

1-3 p.m.: Native Pollinator Workshop & Farm Tour
Registration required; $10 per family; 24 Middle Mountain Road, Black Mountain

For more information visit beecityusa.org/pollinator-week.html

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