Pollinator Festival at Cider Hill Farm [06/17/24]

Cider Hill is celebrating all things bees, butterflies, birds, bats and ladybugs from June 17-23! Help us show some love to creatures essential to our food supply! This week long event features a full line up of FUN happenings with live music, interactive pollinator wing installation, tastings, hands-on family-friendly activities, meet the beekeepers, hayrides, specials and workshops.

Here's what's scheduled with more coming soon!

Monday 6/17 - Sunday 6/23

Free weeklong ways to celebrate with no registration required:

Interactive Pollinator Wing Installation. Open daily 8 am - 6 pm. Bee the pollinators! Take selfies in the fields with assorted bird, butterfly and bee wings hand-painted by local maker Sage & Oak Creative. Learn about the importance of our beloved pollinators along the way. FREE. Open daily. No registration required. Wings painted by local maker, Sage & Oak Creative.
New! Under Appreciated Pollinators Mini Wing Wall. Open daily 8 am - 6 pm. Visit the newest set of wings to learn a bit more about bats, moths and flies.
Pollinator Activity Sheets & Stickers. Available daily 8 am - 6 pm. Pick up a pollinator activity sheet and pollinator sticker inside the farm store anytime from 8 am - 6pm. Free. Pick up both at the register. While supplies last.
Hive Observation. Visit the store 8 am - 6 pm for our own honey, food specials, beeee-autiful decor and visit the observation hive to see if you can spot the queen!

Monday 6/17

Events coming soon!

Tuesday 6/18

Music Class with Miss Alicia - 9 and 9:45 am. Come buzz like a bee with this weekly music class. Sign up.
(pending) Bee, Butterfly & Bat Stories - 10 am - 10:45 am. Stories about bees, butterflies, birds, moths, bats or even small mammals that help carry pollen. Free.
(pending) Seed Paper Making Workshop. A 40 minute hands-on session learning to make hand-made seed paper to plant in your garden. $5 per child or $10 per family. Register.
(pending) Coffee, Honey & Bees… Yes, Please! 9:30 - 11:30 am. Bees play an important role when it comes to coffee acting as a pollination booster. Cider Hill Farm and our friends at Kaha Coffee Roasters are joining forces to honor our essential pollinators with free samples of locally roasted coffee. FREE. RSVP.

Wednesday 6/19 - Juneteenth

Lettuce Grow Children's Program. Crop tour and planting activity. 9:30 am - 12:30 pm. Free.
Meet the Beekeeper & Jam Maker - Without pollinators, we wouldn't have fruit. And without fruit, we wouldn't have jam! Cider Hill Farm's jam maker and fave resident homesteader are both sharing their incredible knowledge. Visit them in front of the farm store from 11 am - 1 pm for samples of our own honey and jam. Free. RSVP.
Pollinator Jam Tasting. Free. 11 am - 1 pm.
Copper Beech Company Pop-Up. Featuring fair-trade pollinator themed goods. 11 am - 2 pm.
Charcuterie Workshop with The Nosh Box. 11am -1 pm. Register.
Free Live Music on the Main Lawn with Ryan Maher. 12 - 3 pm. RSVP.
Outdoor Hard Cider Bar. 11 am - 4 pm.
North Shore Beefie Boys Pop-Up.11 am - 3 pm. Learn more.

Thursday 6/20

Discovery Day Program: All About Strawberry Plants. 9 am and 10:30 am sessions. Register.
Bike Repair Tent with Pedalin' Fools. 9 am - 3 pm. Learn more.
Children's Cooking Class with Rosita's Cocina (Tres Leches with Strawberries). 4-5:30 pm. Sign Up.

Friday 6/21

Pollinator Themed Scavenger Hunt & Obstacle Course. 8 am - 6 pm. Free.
Pollinator Meditation Walk with Outdoor Guide Nev Hoffman. 1:30-3:30 pm. Register.
Free Hard Cider Tasting. 4-6 pm. RSVP.
Sicilian Street Food Pop-Up with Terra d' Amari. Learn more.

Saturday 6/22

Pollinator Themed Scavenger Hunt & Obstacle Course. 8 am - 6 pm. Free. No registration.
Discovery Day Program: Plant a Pollinator Pot. 9 am and 10:30 am sessions. Register.
Children's Music Class with Miss Alicia. 9 & 9:45 am. RSVP.
Roll Honeycomb Candles, Pollinator Masks & Meet the Beekeepers. 10 am - 12 pm. Join Essex County Beekeepers Association (ECBA) to learn about beehives and roll a bee's wax candle to take home. And visit the children's pollinator activity tent to make n' create wearable bee n' butterfly masks.Free. While supplies last. RSVP.
Outdoor Hard Cider Bar. 11 am - 4 pm
Free Live Music with The Splinters. 12-3 pm. RSVP.
Food Truck. 11 am - 4 pm

Sunday 6/23

Pollinator Themed Scavenger Hunt & Obstacle Course. 8 am - 6 pm. Free. No registration.
Outdoor Hard Cider Bar. 12 - 4 pm
Free Live Music with Ryan Fitzsimmons & Jim Larkin. 12-3 pm. RSVP.
Food Truck. 11 am - 4 pm

Pollinator Festival at Cider Hill Farm

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