Yates St Garden Open House & Pollinator Celebration

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Saturday, June 23rd, 2018
11:00 AM to 2:00 PM

Come join the fun!

Join Pollinator Partnership Canada and the Yates Street Community Garden Association in celebration of Pollinator Week as we co-host an Open House event at the Yates Street Community Garden. We are celebrating the unveiling of the native bee apiary that has been installed at the community garden, funded by the City of Victoria’s first Participatory Budgeting Process. There will be opportunities for members of the public to become engaged in community gardening, local and urban food production, and pollinator conservation and habitat creation.

Booth Participants: City of Victoria, Habitat Acquisition Trust, Parks Canada, Capital Regional Food and Agriculture Initiatives Roundtable, and the David Suzuki Foundation Butterflyway Rangers

We will be providing entertaining activities for the kids, and education and fun for kids and adults alike. There will be a scheduled talk by Dr. Lora Morandin about bees and the native bee apiary installation. City of Victoria will be providing information on their Boulevard Gardening Program , which offers opportunities to increase pollinator-friendly plantings throughout the City.

Snacks will be provided by WHOLE FOODS. Booths and activities will run from 11 am – 2 pm on Saturday June 23, 2018.