Did you stop by the Arts Hub during the 2025 Vancouver Pollinator Festival?

If so, you may have helped paint two beautiful community art panels with local artist Hill Kent! Hundreds of festival attendees helped bring these collaborative works of art to life, creating a lasting reminder of a wonderful day celebrating pollinators, nature, and community.

Only 23 days until the Vancouver Pollinator Festival!

One of the many great things you'll find at this year's festival is a Pop-Up Arboretum brought to you by the City of Vancouver's Urban Forestry team. Learn about the amazing trees growing in Marshall Park, their benefits to people and wildlife, and why trees are such an important part of healthy urban ecosystems.

See you June 20 at Marshall Park!

Spring Meadow Spotlight: Farewell-to-spring (Clarkia amoena)

Wow, we’ve already been seeing Farewell-to-spring blooming in some of our meadows! This beautiful native wildflower is one of our favorite late spring and early summer bloomers and adds amazing pink color to pollinator habitats.

What an awesome time being part of the Bee Brunch last weekend with Grays at the Hilton Vancouver! It was so great connecting with the community, talking about pollinators, and sharing why native bees and healthy habitats matter so much.

A huge thank you to Grays and the Hilton for supporting pollinator education and helping create space for these important conversations. We’re thankful for community partners who help make Vancouver more pollinator friendly.

Grand collomia (Collomia grandiflora) is starting to bloom in our meadows this week and we’re so excited to see it popping up right now! This beautiful native annual is an important pollinator plant that provides nectar and pollen for native bees and other beneficial insects during late spring and early summer.

Grand collomia is also drought tolerant, easy to grow from seed, and adds bright yellow color to native meadows and open spaces.

Today is World Bee Day and we’re officially just ONE MONTH away from the 2026 Vancouver Pollinator Festival!

Today is a great reminder that pollinators matter and that small actions like planting native flowers, reducing pesticide use, and supporting habitat restoration can make a real difference for biodiversity.

We can’t wait to celebrate bees, butterflies, native plants, community science, art, and education with all of you on June 20 in Vancouver.

New this year at the Vancouver Pollinator Festival — the Pollinator Festival Passport!

Collect stamps before and during the festival by participating in events, tours, speakers, and activities around Vancouver. Get 5 stamps and enter our festival raffle for prizes including pollinator art prints, mason bee houses, native plant consultations, and more.

Starting June 1st, pick up your passport at Vintage Books.

Learn more here: https://pollinatorfestival.org/passport

Who got Ookow bulbs from us last fall at the Native Plant & Seed Library? Are yours blooming yet? Ours popped this past week!

Dichelostemma congestum, also known as field cluster lily or Ookow, is a beautiful native bulb plant with clusters of purple-blue flowers that bloom in spring. It’s drought tolerant, adapted to our region’s dry summers, and provides an important nectar source for native pollinators.

We love seeing these native bulbs come back year after year.

Have a young entrepreneur, artist, or maker at home? Sign your kids up to be part of the Kids Market at this year’s Vancouver Pollinator Festival!

This is a great opportunity for kids to share their creativity, practice business skills, and be part of one of the region’s most unique community festivals celebrating pollinators, nature, and local community.

Sign up today: https://kidsmarkets.com/markets/vancouver-4