Pollinator Palooza

Pollinators like bees, butterflies, moths, and beetles are crucial to our ecosystem, helping produce nearly a third of the food we eat and sustaining over 80% of flowering plants. Celebrate their importance at the Pollinator Palooza on Saturday, August 2, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Illinois Art Station in Normal, IL. Hosted by the University of Illinois Extension and the Town of Normal-Illinois Art Station, this free, family-friendly event will feature hands-on activities, games, and booths from local organizations dedicated to pollinators, native plants, and local nature spaces. 

Step inside the Art Station studios to craft enchanting flying butterflies and a unique Victorian thaumatrope—a mesmerizing spinner featuring a butterfly on one side and its chrysalis on the other. Let’s learn, play, and help protect the pollinators that power our plates and our planet! There is no cost or registration to attend. Come to learn how you can help save the pollinators that are not only critical to our food supply and human survival, but also make the world a more beautiful and interesting place.