Pollinator Safari

Do you want to learn about the pollinators in your backyard? Join ecologist Leslie Spencer for a Pollinator Safari! Participants will be introduced to the secret lives of wild pollinators that live alongside us. Get up close to these gentle insects, learn to ID them, and learn how to support pollinators at home. 

Leslie is a third-year PhD candidate in the Food Systems graduate program at UVM, where her work focuses on wild pollinator conservation and education. Leslie is an alumna of our Immersion in Education for Sustainability Program, and she offers these tips for educators on introducing students to pollinators and building a lifelong appreciation for pollinators’ important role in our world.

Before coming to Vermont, she studied wild pollinators in Costa Rican forests and coffee farms, Minnesota prairies, and the urban wilds of Boston. She is also a Vermont Master Naturalist and member of the Burlington Conservation Board.

Rain date will be held August 10th from 10:30AM-12:30PM.

Registration required. All ages welcome! Children should be accompanied by an adult. Please register for every person in your group attending the program, both children and adults.