POLLINATOR WEEK IN QUIET WATERS PARK
June 17 – 23, 2024
REGISTRATION REQUIRED FOR SOME EVENTS
Monday, June 17
Event: “Macro Nature Photography Session with Jack Wildlife”,
with Jack Turner. All skill levels welcome, including phone
photography
Time: 5 – 6 pm
Location: Reading & Butterfly Garden
In case of rain, event will be on the Visitor Center Porch.
click here to register –Maximum #20 ages 18+
Tuesday, June 18
Event: “Special Edition Toddler Hike” (Includes Monarch Madness game)
with Ranger Liz
Time: 11am
Location: Reading & Butterfly Garden
Event takes place in light rain or sunshine.
No registration required
Wednesday, June 19
Event: Children’s Reading about Butterflies and Pollinators with
Carol Sayre (includes Monarch Madness game afterwards)
Time: 3 pm
Location: Reading & Butterfly Garden
In case of rain, event will begin on the Visitor Center Porch.
No registration required
Thursday, June 20
Event: “Don’t Bug the Bugs Walk”(Special Pollinator Week Edition)
followed by Seed Bomb Construction with Horticulturist Matt Pruett
(children and adults)
Time: 10 – 11am
Location: Meet at the Reading & Butterfly Garden then walk
Event takes place in light rain or sunshine
click here to register – Maximum #18 children with adults
Friday, June 21
Event: BioBlitz in the Park with Terri McKenna and Ranger Pauline.
Download iNaturalist App in advance – www.iNaturalist.org
Time: 10 am – Noon
Location: Meet in the Reading & Butterfly Garden then walk
Event takes place in light rain or sunshine
click here to register
Saturday, June 22
Event: “The Forest Ecosystem” with Jim Collatz.
Take a walk in the forest encountering plants & animals, learn how
each plays a role in this forest ecosystem.
Time: 10 am – Noon
Location: Meet on the Visitor Center Porch then walk
Event takes place in light rain or sunshine
click here to register – Maximum #15
Sunday, June 23
Event: Master Storyteller Katherine Haas shares a book on bees and tells a
special bird tale (for children with adults). Followed by Monarch
Madness game.
Time: 11 am
Location: Reading & Butterfly Garden
In case of rain, event will begin on the Visitor Center Porch
click here to register – Maximum #30 children with adults
Event: “Bee Informed: Importance of Native Bees and Honey Bees” with
Native Bee naturalist and Kinder Park Ranger Jess Furr and
Quiet Waters Park honey bee keeper Bob Latham.
Time: 4pm
Location: Reading & Butterfly Garden
Event takes place in light rain or sunshine
No registration required