Schedule of Events

2025 Pollinator Festival

Festival Schedule

From Nature Walks to Inspiring Talks—Explore, Learn, and Connect

A bee collecting nectar from a white and red-speckled flower with yellow center.

9 AM - Festival Bioblitz Kick-off– Bee City USA sign unveiling – Marshall Park Shelter

9:30 AM - Bee Walk at Clark College Meadows – Steven Clark & Bella Padgett

10 AM – VITA Elementary School Walk & Talk – Jane Tesner-Kleiner from nature + play design

9 AM - 3 PM - Naturespaces planting areas & sensory garden self-tour at Marshall Park, Urban Forestry pop-up arboretum, Bioblitz

10 AM – 1 PM - Art at the Arts Hub Sponsored by the City of Vancouver & theARTScentered with artist Hill Kent

11 AM – Featured Speaker - Michael O’Loughlin, Clark Public Utilities, Pollinator Habitat in Clark County and How You Can Create Your Own - VITA Elementary School

11:45 AM – Featured Speaker – Josephine Woolington, Time to notice, book signing following - VITA Elementary School, book signing to follow

12:30 PM – Featured Speaker – Andony Melathopoulos, OSU, Right Plant, Right Bee: Matching bees to flowering plants with data from the Oregon and Washington Bee Atlas - VITA Elementary School

1:15 PM – Keynote Speaker – Dr. Robert Michael Pyle, lepidopterist, author, and founder of the Xerces Society. Pollinators, Plants, and People on the Edge of What’s Left - VITA Elementary School, book signing to follow

3 PM – Festival Close

Join Our Walking Tours

Small insect on white flower petal with green leafy background, bud clusters visible.

9:30 AM | STEVEN & BELLA

Bee Walk at Clark College Meadows

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A bumblebee hanging from a pink and white flower cluster.

10:00 AM | JANE

VITA Elementary School Walk & Talk

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Two bees on a yellow flower

9am-3pm

Clark Public Utilities Pollinator Garden Tour

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