Date: Mon, 5 May 2014 03:50:51 +0000
From: Debbie Roos
Subject: 7th Annual Pollinator Day this Saturday in Pittsboro!
Come join the Chatham County Center of North Carolina Cooperative Extension and the Chatham County Beekeepers’ Association for our 7th Annual Pollinator Day Celebration on Saturday, May 10, from 9:00 am til 1:00 pm on the lawn next to the Chatham Mills Farmers’ Market at Chatham Mills in Pittsboro, NC. The purpose of our popular Pollinator Day is to raise public awareness of the importance of the bees and other pollinators that are needed to produce 80 percent of our flowering plants and one third of our human food crops. The event is co-sponsored by Starrlight Mead.
We have a great program planned for folks of all ages and all activities are free!
You can hear presentations about beekeeping – how to get started, equipment needs, management tips – from experienced beekeepers. Watch an expert beekeeper work an actual hive inside a bee cage (bees inside, participants outside!) and see honey bees up close and personal. Learn about what to plant in your garden to attract butterflies and bees and other pollinators. Tour Cooperative Extension’s demonstration Pollinator Paradise Garden at Chatham Mills and get a close look at visiting pollinators. Sample delicious baked goods made with local honey and get recipes for how to cook with honey.
Ever tried honey wine? Co-sponsors Starrlight Mead will be doing a mead tasting and a mead making demonstration. They will be giving away a gift certificate for a mead tasting for four lucky people. Visitors can also visit the meadery where they produce their award-winning honey wines on the Chatham Mills property!
Visit our kids’ tent with lots of activities for kids including a scavenger hunt, plant-a-pollinator-plant, beeswax candle making, pollen game, face painting and balloons, Chatham County pollinator coloring books, and more! Watch “Bee TV” – park yourself in front of an observation hive and watch the worker bees tending to the queen. It’s mesmerizing!
We will be giving away native plants and gift certificates from local nurseries throughout the day, thanks to generous support from Niche Gardens, Mellow Marsh Farm, Cure Nursery, and Big Bloomers Flower Farm.
For photos and a program schedule visit the Growing Small Farms website at http://go.ncsu.edu/2014-
Thanks to the following local businesses for supporting our event:
Country Farm & Home Supply, Inc.
Bailey Bee Supply
Cure Nursery
Mellow Marsh Farm
Niche Gardens
Big Bloomers Flower Farm
We hope to see you there!
Debbie
Debbie Roos
Agricultural Extension Agent
Chatham County Center
North Carolina Cooperative Extension
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