Bee Wise outdoor Pollinator Festival

Holy Cross Lutheran Church is hosting an outdoor Bee Wise Pollinator Festival on Saturday, October 21st from 10am to 2pm. Free & open to the public. Vendors with all sorts of bee products, bee related art work & plants that attract pollinators. Hear great speakers with info about the importance of pollinators without which we would be missing a long list of about so many of the foods we enjoy. Come for a day of educational family fun! All products are safe for our important flying friends & us!
We will have:
-BEE- u -tiful Products from bees and nature as well as native plants.
-Biggie Bee’s all natural dog treats
-Your Urban Microgreens will be on hand with her fantastically healthy boxed greens
-Audubon with natural looking bird and bee houses
-Sierra Club local information about Nature Coast
-Fancy Chickens 4 You with quail eggs, emu egg carvings, plants and more!
-Saturn Studio – nature inspired original fine art and silks screened shirts
-Nature Coast Moringa – natural products and supplements
-Big Red Bus – on hand for blood donations
More added every day!
Join us to learn what you can do to help our pollinator friends that are facing dangers in the modern world.
For children, we will be giving a prize for every one that comes dressed as one of our 4 B’s Flying pollinators:
Bee, bird, butterfly or bat.
Beautiful milkweed plants – that attract monarch butterflies – will be given away in drawings every 1/2 hour.
Informative speakers on the hour
Refreshments will be served by @Cafe Connection 
Recent 2022 Gold Award Winner in Two Categories: Breakfasts and Bakery! 
Several expert speakers will be on hand to inform and enrich us with important facts such as:
Honey bees, alone, pollinate 80% of all flowering plants
Including 130 types of fruits and vegetables that we love.