The Public Art Pollinator Pasture Project at UBC and the UBC/ Okanagan Regional Library’s “Pollinizing Sessions” will focus on events that give “how-to” advice and experience about creating pollinator-friendly habitats in the month of May.
The public is invited to attend Lori Weidenhammer’s launch of her new book, Victory Gardens for Bees: A DIY Guide to Saving the Bees (Douglas & McIntyre) www.douglas-mcintyre.com/book/victory-gardens-for-bees on Thursday, May 26, at the downtown Kelowna branch of the Okanagan Regional Library, 1380 Ellis St. Kelowna from 7 pm – 8:30 pm. Lori Weidenhammer will be giving a talk “Women Who Run with the Bees: Artists Inspired by Bees and Artist-Led Conservation Projects” and her new book will be for sale.
Lori Weidenhammer is a Vancouver-based interdisciplinary artist and gardener. She has just published a bookVictory Gardens for Bees is buzzing with DIY projects that will help readers provide homes and food for precious pollinators. For the past seven years Lori has been exploring the persona Madame Beespeaker at venues across the country, sharing the tradition of “telling the bees.” She also regularly appears as the Queen Bee at schools and community events. As an artist and educator Weidenhammer works with students of all ages on identifying native plants, eating locally, gardening for pollinators and guerrilla gardening.
Admission is free but people are encouraged to pre-register at www.eventbrite.ca/e/lori-weidenhammer-author-and-artist-women-who-run-with-the-bees-artists-inspired-by-bees-and-artist-tickets-20131030454
The second event will occur on the weekend of May 28- 29th when a group of volunteers will help the Pollinator Pasture team create four test patches on the Pollinator Pasture site at the Brent’s Grist Mill in Kelowna. If you are interested in volunteering to help make these test sites and to learn four different ways to prepare highly disturbed soil for planting, contact ecoartokanagan@gmail.com to sign up for a morning’s work.
The Public Art Pollinator Pasture is a joint project between UBC Okanagan and Emily Carr University who have teamed up for a three-year partnership project with the City of Kelowna and the City Richmond to create community and public art projects around bees. Find out more information by contacting Nancy Holmes at 250-764-9666.