SCHWENKSVILLE PA – Saturday (June 15, 2024) in Schwenksville will be filled with arts, crafts, and other family-friendly activities, as well as talks and information on caterpillars, honeybees, native bees, and creating a pollinator-friendly garden.
It’s all part of a “Pollinator Party,” scheduled from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., at Pennypacker Mills, 5 Haldeman Rd. The event is free to attend and open to the public. It’s being hosted by the Friends of Pennypacker Mills, and the Master Gardeners of Penn State Extension in Montgomery County.
The partners hope to establish the party as an annual activity on their calendars.
“We’re very excited to host a party to celebrate pollinators at Pennypacker Mills,” Linda Moore of the Friends organization said. “Our property is all about preservation for the future. By teaching our community how to preserve pollinators in their gardens, they’re helping future generations.”
For the kids
Kids who come along with parents or guardians will be kept happily busy. Exhibit tables and a craft tent will provide entertaining activities, many with a pollinator theme. Additionally, the Pennypacker Mills property is open year-round for guided tours, and includes a StoryWalk and changing exhibits.
Local crafters will be on-site to sell their homemade goods. A truck from Fitzwater Station will be available on the grounds, providing food and beverages for purchase.
For the adults
The talks and information sessions are geared toward adults looking for tips, tricks, and assistance in making their gardens both productive and attractive. Most will last an hour or less, and will be held throughout the day by the master gardeners in the classroom at Pennypacker Mills.
The specially trained master gardeners volunteer their time to educate community residents on horticultural matters, answer questions regarding gardening problems around the home, and support community gardens and food banks, according to the Collegeville-based Extension office. It also operates a speakers’ bureau that provides horticultural education to interested community groups.
For more information about Pennypacker Mills, send an e-mail to Museum Educator Laura Foose at Laura.Foose@montgomerycountypa.gov, or call 610-287-9349. Want to know more about the master gardeners’ program, or have a gardening question that needs and answer? Send an e-mail (the preferred form of contact) to montgomerymg@psu.edu, or call the gardening hotline at 484-971-6525.
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