Pollinator Party

The Pollinator Party is Today! And you’re invited!

1-4 pm at the Community Prairie in Decorah

The Prairie is on the West Side, near Aase Haugen Home. Here’s a map to help get you there.

In honor of National Pollinator Week, Northeast Iowa Pollinator Partners invited you to a Pollinator Celebration Party at the Decorah Community Prairie on June 18th, from 1-4 p.m.  The event is free and suitable for adults and children alike.

Attendees will enjoy guided pollinator exploration walks through the prairie; making bee houses, habitat seed balls and pollinator masks; playing a pollinator game; engaging in a scavenger hunt, pollinator face painting and a pollinator book arts project. The party will also include a tour of a display hive; learning stations and take-home materials for two citizen science projects: The Great Sunflower Project and Million Pollinator Gardens, as well as a silent auction and a “Gifts from the Pollinators” basket raffle. “Pollen Nation”, a CD of pollinator music created by local artists will be for sale. Any proceeds from the CD sales and the silent auction will be used to support pollinator conservation in Northeast Iowa.

Funding for the event is provided by Thrivent Financial and community donations. For more information on this and other upcoming events, call (563) 382-2451 or see the Northeast Iowa Pollinator Partners Facebook page.

Family Fun Event: Bees and Butterflies…

Beautiful Queen (Danaus gilippus) butterfly posed on a red flower feedingFamily Fun Event:  Bees and Butterflies…  As part of the Decorah Public Library “On Your Mark, Get Set, READ!!! Summer Reading Program, families are invited to come to the Decorah Community Prairie and Butterfly Garden to celebrate bees and butterflies!

Learn about these amazing pollinators while having fun on Wednesday, June 15th.

For additional information about this event please click here Bees and Butterflies.

Also be sure to check out the Pollinator Celebration Party, hosted by NE Iowa Pollinator Partners, happening Saturday, June 18th here Pollinator Party.