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Adirondack Pollinator Festival and Native Plant Sale
June 1 @ 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
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AdkAction’s Adirondack Pollinator Project is celebrating our annual Pollinator-Friendly Native Plant Sale with a Pollinator Festival on June 1st, 9:00AM–3:00PM at the scenic Uihlein Farm Greenhouse at 281 Bear Cub Road in Lake Placid.
PRE-ORDER PLANTS HERE for pick up on June 1 at the Pollinator Festival. Plants will also be available for purchase at the festival, but pre-ordering is recommended to ensure availability.
What else can I do at the festival?
- Enjoy a stunning view of the high peaks from a historic greenhouse. Picnicking encouraged!
- Cornell Cooperative Extension Master Gardeners will be on hand to answer your questions about planting and caring for your pollinator habitat.
- Kids can take home free wildflower seed packets, participate in activity stations to learn about pollination, and get their faces painted with flowers, butterflies, bees, and other pollinators.
- Join in a guided Grasslands Walk with local experts.
- Learn about composting to restore Adirondack soils, and how to use compost in your pollinator garden.
All proceeds of the plant sale support the Adirondack Pollinator Project, a project of AdkAction in partnership with The Wild Center, Paul Smith’s College, and Northern New York Audubon.
Preordered plants are to be picked up at Uihlein Farm Greenhouse, 281 Bear Cub Road, Lake Placid, NY on Saturday, June 1st between 9am – 3pm unless you make alternate arrangements with AdkAction.
Can a friend pick up my plants for me? Yes! We’ll send a reminder email prior to our plant pick-up day, including instructions for if you will have someone else picking up your plants.
Can I pick up my plants at a different time? Contact [email protected] for times that someone will be at the greenhouse (near the date of the plant sale) to to assist you with your pre-order pickup.
Can I buy more plants when picking up my order?If we haven’t sold out, you will have the opportunity to buy more during our pollinator fest at the greenhouse on June 1st.