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Enjoy live music, a pollinator market, animal interactions, workshops, and more to raise awareness and support for pollinator conservation.
WHAT:
This June, for National Pollinator Month, Butterfly Pavilion is holding its second annual Pollinator Palooza Celebration all month long, culminating in the Pollinator Palooza Festival on Saturday, June 29 from noon – 8:00 p.m.
Full access to this event is included with paid general admission to Butterfly Pavilion, while our members get in for free!
Visitors will experience a hybrid outdoor and indoor pollinator extravaganza featuring all-day, live outdoor entertainment, activities, and more. Food, beverage, and artisan wares will be available for sale.
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Throughout the event, attendees can:
-Enjoy fabulous cultural performances and live music throughout the day.
-Shop at the pollinator market seeking items connected to pollinators.
-Purchase delectable bites at a variety of food trucks.
-Take an outdoor garden or Wings of the Tropics rainforest tour.
-Witness butterfly releases in Wings of the Tropics.
-Learn about Butterfly Pavilion’s conservation projects and talk to the experts.
-Participate in one of many pollinator-themed craft workshops.
-Have your face painted with a pollinator.
-Cool off with a beer at the beer tent (21+ only).
-And take a photo with Bee-trice the Bee mascot.
WHY:
Pollinators, such as bees, beetles, butterflies, and flies are critical for our economy, environment, and agriculture. Pollinators help sustain our ecosystems and produce our natural resources by helping plants reproduce. Almost a third of crops depend on insect pollinators with more than 80% of flowering plants depending on insect pollinators.
Yet, pollinator populations are in decline. Butterfly Pavilion is a leader in pollinator protection and conservation and engages the community with opportunities to get involved with us. The Pollinator Palooza Festival offers a fantastic opportunity to learn about pollinators while having fun. Attendees will discover how they can get involved in pollinator conservation right in their own backyard!
TICKETS:
Non-Members: Festival is included in general admission on June 29.
Members: Free
More information: https://butterflies.org/pollinator-palooza/.
WHEN:
Saturday, June 29, 2024
Noon – 8 p.m. (Note that on this day Butterfly Pavilion will not open until 12:00 p.m. instead of regular visiting opening at 9:00 a.m.)
On-site interviews with Butterfly Pavilion representatives about the festival and the importance of pollinators will be available upon request.
WHERE:
Butterfly Pavilion
6252 W 104th Ave., Westminster, CO 80020
About Butterfly Pavilion:
Butterfly Pavilion has been part of the Colorado community since 1995 and is the first Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA)-accredited, stand-alone, non-profit invertebrate zoo in the world. Butterfly Pavilion’s mission is to foster an appreciation of invertebrates by educating the public about the need to protect and care for threatened habitats globally, while conducting research for solutions in invertebrate conservation.
Beyond Colorado and the United States, Butterfly Pavilion conservationists are doing important invertebrate conservation projects around the world from Mongolia and Turks and Caicos to Tanzania and Sumatra, Indonesia.
