Pollinator Festival 2026

​Monday 6/22 - Sunday 6/28

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. Wings painted by local maker, Sage & Oak Creative.

• 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. Available daily 8 am - 6 pm. Pick up a pollinator activity sheet and pollinator inside the farm store anytime from 8 am - 6pm. Free. Pick up near the beehive.

• 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!

• Win a Gift Basket - Valued over $100, this honey n' bee themed basket is full of sweet things! Visit the farm store 6/22-6/28, scan the QR code next to the basket to enter. No purchase necessary. Winner will beeeee revealed on Monday 6/29 via email.

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Tuesday 6/23

• Bee, Butterfly & Bat Stories with Amesbury Public Library. 10 - 10:45 am. Stories about bees, butterflies, birds, moths, bats or even small mammals that help carry pollen. Free. RSVP >

 

Wednesday 6/24

• Free! Lettuce Grow Children's Program. 9 am and 10 am sessions. 40-minute hands-on program guides our wee farmers on a short, educational farm hike and teaches them how to plant crops. Pre-registration required.

• Rócherry’s Bakery Pop-Up. Welcome this Amesbury micro-bakery blending Latin heat with Middle Eastern flavors serving savory favorites like halal shawarma, gluten-free falafel bites, and loaded island nachos, plus sweets like pistachio honey baklava and flaky cream pastelitos. Small-batch and made-from-scratch!

 

Thursday 6/25

• Discovery Thursday - Strawberries! 9:20 & 10:30 am sessions. In this 50 minute session, explorers will go to the strawberry patch with instructor, Miss Ana, to learn about the parts of a strawberry plant! They'll help the farmers prune "runners" and create a small berry craft. Registration required. $12 per child.

• Spring Farm-to-Table Dinner. 6 pm - 8 pm. Join as we gather community for a multi-course meal and mini farm tour to welcome spring crops and celebrate estate-grown hard cider. $100 per person. Buy Tickets. SOLD OUT

   

Friday 6/26

• Pollinator Themed Scavenger Hunt & Obstacle Course. 12 - 6 pm. Free. 

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Saturday 6/27

• Pollinator Themed Scavenger Hunt & Obstacle Course. 8 am - 6 pm. Free. 

• FREE! Morning with the Raptors with Tailwinds - 9:30 & 10:15. RSVP>

• Free! Pollinator Activity Table with the North Shore Children's Museum. 10 am - 2 pm.

• Julie Koon Book Reading & Art Tent. 11 am & 12 pm readings

• 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.

• Outdoor Hard Cider Bar. 11 am - 4 pm

• Free Live Music. 12-3 pm.

• Food Truck. 11 am - 4 pm

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Sunday 6/28

• Pollinator Themed Scavenger Hunt & Obstacle Course. 8 am - 6 pm. Free. No registration.

• Outdoor Hard Cider Bar. 11 - 4 pm

• Free Live Music. 12-3 pm.

• Food Truck. 11 am - 4 pm

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All activities, dates, times and details subject to change. Weather dependent. More events being added weekly!​