Pollinator Festival 2026

Join us for an educational and fun day of pollinator festivities. 

• FREE activities for the public and families. 

• Weather permitting: Monarch butterfly tagging and release

• FREE movie: “The Extraordinary Caterpillar”

• Family arts and crafts

• Artisan and native plant vendors

• Nature walks 

• Creating a pollinator habitat presentation

• Patuxent Research Refuge scientists and experts on site for: pollinators, bees, native plants, birds, amphibians, conservation, and gardening

• Wild Bird Meet & Greet, Maryland Raptor Conservancy

• University of Maryland Insect Zoo 

• Free native plants and seeds

• Food available for purchase

• Live music

Rain or Shine