You are invited to Border Free Bee’s Pollinator Picnic to celebrate Kelowna’s very first Nectar Trail!
What: Pollinator Picnic
Who: Border Free Bee’s
When: Sunday, June 25, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Where: Summerhill Pyramid Winery, 4870 Upper Mission Drive, Kelowna
Rhonda Neufeld
The picnic will take place at the Summerhill Winery Heritage Lawn on Sunday June 25th from 11am to 3 pm. The Pollinator Picnic’s purpose is to raise awareness of the importance of wild pollinators by providing an afternoon full of fun, family-friendly community activities and to celebrate the wild success of The Kelowna Nectar Trail Project. We aim to have booths and displays set up from our many community partners. There will be music and a great creation opportunity for kids and adults: A Swarm in June, a community art project with Armstrong artist Rhonda Neufeld.
The Kelowna Nectar Trail is a 7.4 km series of flowery stepping stones through the south Mission neighbourhood that helps pollinators move safely through the urban landscape. The more than 80 businesses and private homes, as well as every single school along the route, who have signed on to the Trail will be invited as special BeeIPs (Bee Important People). The Nectar Trail has already inspired other community groups to create Nectar Trails in their own neighbourhoods- Glenmore neighbours are hosting a nectar trail project and UBC is creating a nectar trail through the campus.
The Pollinator Picnic and the Kelowna Nectar Trail are part of Border Free Bees, a SSHRC-funded research project that uses art and design to inspire conservation and stewardship of native bees. The Kelowna Nectar Trail has brought together UBC students and faculty members, environmental partners, community groups, and members of the public, and is supported by a grant from Go Wild, a community initiative funded by Telus through the World Wildlife Federation.
For more information contact Kelowna@borderfreebees.com or visit borderfreebees.com/events/upcoming-events.
Nancy Holmes, Associate Professor, nancy.holmes@ubc.ca, 250-764-9666