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October 9, 2011 * Sunday * 11am - 4 PM
Pinelands Discovery Festival
December 4, 2011 * Sunday * 12 PM - 4PM
PPA Green Trading Post
Pinelands Preservation Alliance
17 Pemberton Road, Southampton, NJ 08088
2012 EVENTS
October 1, 2011 * Saturday * 11 AM -4 PM
Silver Lake Green Fest
Silver Lake Nature Center * Bristol, PA
CANCELLED
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August 18, 2010 * Wednesday * 1 PM
Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve
http://marine.rutgers.edu * Tuckerton, NJ
October 10, 2010 * Sunday * 11am - 4 PM
Pinelands Discovery Festival
September 15, 2010 * Wednesday * 7 PM
Mount Holly Garden Club
Lumberton Leas * Lumberton, NJ
October 2, 2010 * Saturday * 2 PM - 6 PM
Fall Harvest Fund Raiser
Freedom Center for Wildlife * Pennsauken, NJ
December 5, 2010 * Sunday * 12-4 PM
Green Trading Post
17 Pemberton Road * Southampton NJ
Phone: 609-859-8860
June 26, 2010 * Saturday * 10 AM - 4 PM
27th Annual Whitesbog Blueberry Festival
June 11, 2011 * Saturday * 10 AM - 4 PM
Bordentown City Green Fair
Carslake Comm Center * Crosswicks Street Bordentown City, NJ
June 24, 2011 * Friday * 3 PM - 7 PM
Mercer County Soil Conservation District
508 Hughes Drive * Hamilton Square NJ 08690
July 17, 2010 * Saturday * 11 AM
Meadowedge Park * 609-698-0080 ext.122
550 East Bay Ave * Barnegat, NJ
June 25, 2011 * Saturday * 10 AM - 4 PM
28th Annual Whitesbog Blueberry Festival
September 10, 2011 * Saturday
Barnegat Pirate's Day
July 27, 2011 * Wednesday * 2 PM
Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve
http://marine.rutgers.edu * Tuckerton, NJ
August 31, 2011 * Wednesday * 7 PM
Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve
http://marine.rutgers.edu * Tuckerton, NJ
CANCELLED
August 20, 2011 * saturday * 8:30 AM
Medford Lakes Farmers Market
March 3, 2012 * Saturday * 1 PM
Friends of Barnegat Lighthouse
Barnegat Light, NJ 08006
April 3, 2012 * Tuesday * 7 PM
Southern Bucks Garden Club
Silver Lake Nature Center
Bristol, PA
April 9, 2012 * Monday * 7 PM
Audubon Wildlife Society
April 21, 2012 * Saturday
Haddenfield Earth Fair
Haddenfield, NJ
April 21, 2012 * Saturday
Joint Base Earth Fair
Fort Dix, NJ
Thank you, everyone, for a successful 2010!
We appreciate the support you and our community showed while we were out sharing our message. Look for us next spring when the festivals start up again.
2010 EVENTS
Where can you find us?
June 17, 2010 * Thursday * 7 PM
Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve
http://marine.rutgers.edu * Tuckerton, NJ
June 12, 2010 * Saturday * 11 AM - 4 PM
Bordentown City Green Fair
Carslake Community Center * Crosswicks Street Bordentown City, NJ
June 24, 2010 * Thursday * 4 PM - 7 PM
508 Hughes Drive * Hamilton Square NJ 08690
UPCOMING EVENTS 2011
Where can you find us? These are public events.
April 30, 2011 * Saturday
Joint Base Earth Fair
Fort Dix, NJ
April 16, 2011 * Saturday * 10 AM - 2 PM
Green Festival
Irvin Ave, Collinswood, NJ
http://www.collingswood.com
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MONARCHS & MILKWEED
HUMMINGBIRDS
JUST FOR FUN
SPONSORSHIP PROGRAMS
POLLINATION STATION
POLLINATION
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Friends of Pollination Station
Where can you find us?
These are public events.
Please accept our sincere gratitude to our devoted supporters. We met so many wonderful people during our countless programs over the past 12 years and consider many of you friends. Please stay up to date here and on our Facebook page as Pollination Station settles into its new home.
POLLINATION STATION'S "CONSERVATION CORNER"
We’re not just about pollinators! Those of you who are familiar with our backgrounds know we have a passion for wildlife. Although we have been teaching about the importance of pollinators for years, we were involved with native wildlife long before our introduction to honeybees and butterflies. It seems fitting that we should respect our roots and incorporate wildlife conservation into our mission.
“Conservation Corner” is a smaller part of Pollination Station. By engaging the public in discussions not only about pollination but also native wildlife and habitat loss, we are be able to address issues facing our environment as a whole. Be sure to follow us for updates on our new programs.
MEET WILLOW L. MOON
WILDLIFE SPONSORSHIPS
Pollination Station's "Conservation Corner" wildlife ambassador, Willow, is available for sponsorship. Similar to our Monarch Butterfly and caterpillar sponsorships, you will receive a decorative, personalized photo certificate, information about Willow and a laminated photo to carry and show off to your friends. As well, there will be some little surprises included in your packet to look forward to. The links above will take you to the sponsorship forms. This is a great way to support Pollination Station and our Conservation Corner Wildlife Ambassadors.
We find these sponsorships to be very popular with those who want to be part of conservation efforts and they also make wonderful gifts for grandparents and gardening friends. We've been told kids (and adults) look forward to the arrival of their sponsorship packets.
MILKWEED SEEDS ~ A LITTLE SOMETHING EXTRA
Add a "little something extra" to a gift or when giving a special occasion card. Our milkweed card inserts which feature our very own "Bloomer Butterfly" add a nice bit of surprise for your favorite gardener or butterfly lover. Each card is printed with "A Gift for your Butterflies" and contains a packet of seeds for Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) which plays a crucial role in the survival of the Monarch Butterfly. It is a perfect way to help spread the message about the plight of the Monarch Butterfly. You will receive 5 card inserts with seeds. Instructions for planting can be found on our milkweed planting web page. Find the Milkweed Card Inserts here: Tupper's Perch
MONARCH TAGGING AND HEAD STARTING
Pollination Station has a very dedicated Head Start program which helps boost the survival rate of the Monarch caterpillars. Many of you have attended programs where we tag and release butterflies which develop from those caterpillars.
This year we are inviting folks to help with our tagging efforts. We purchase our tags from the University of Kansas’ “Monarch Watch” and when done compiling our data, all the information is sent back to the scientists who in turn add it to other data sheets from across the country and Canada in order to study populations and migrating habits.
Monarch Watch charges us $15/25 tags, $20/50 tags, $30/100 tags and $50/200 tags. So you have an idea just how intensive our head start program is, in the past three years Pollination Station has tagged approximately 1500 butterflies. Any number you can help us purchase will be greatly appreciated. You need only send a donation stipulating your desire to help and we will purchase as many tags as we have funds for.
Checks made out to Pollination Station may be mailed to:
703 Head Tide Hill Road, Alna, Maine 04535
GIFTS AND SEEDS
We love birthdays and celebrations and would be delighted if you'd consider purchasing some of your gifts from Pollination Station. Your purchases support Monarch and Pollinator conservation as well as helping us with our community outreach programs. You can find these items at Tupper's Perch.
- Joe Costanza Photography
NATIONAL POLLINATOR WEEK
The Pollinator Partnership
is proud to announce the celebration of National Pollinator Week
each June.
www.pollinator.org
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My name is Millie Milkweed!
OUR MASCOT
Our cute little bug-nosed caterpillar mascot has a name!
If you'd like an exclusive Pollination Station "Plant Milkweed" sticker featuring our Millie Milkweed, they are $3.00 which includes shipping. Each additional sticker up to 10 is $2.50. A sticker is also included in each of our caterpillar sponsorship packets.
- Dovetail Concepts, Inc.
CURRENT NEWS
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Pollination Station is is a registered non-profit organization in the State of Maine.
We do not receive funding from any Local, State or Federal governments and rely on your donations to help us support conservation efforts and present environmental education programs to the public.
Your donation enables Pollination Station to continue its outreach programs in our community.
Please check back often for updates.
IN THE MEADOW
Our beautiful Eastern Screech Owl hails from Boyds, Maryland where she spent nearly six months at Owl Moon Raptor Center recovering from an unfortunate impact with a car. Willow L. Moon (note the play on words her name has) needed to have an eye surgically removed and although owls with one eye can successfully be released, Willow had a double injury which involved an ear. Because owls hunt by both sight and sound, the partial loss of these two senses deemed Willow unreleasable by her caretakers. She joined Pollination Station during the summer of 2015 and has become a popular wildlife ambassador in our local community.
UPCOMING PUBLIC EVENTS
2022
for
Wildlife Ambassadors
Updated 2022
Alna Days
July 24 10-2
Sea Lyon Farm
Alna, Maine
Wiscasset Art Walk
July 28 5-8
Maine Street
Wiscasset, Maine
Children's Day
August 14 10-2
Boothbay Railway Village
Boothbay, Maine
Wiscasset Art Walk
August 25 5-8
Maine Street
Wiscasset, Maine
Wiscasset Art Walk
September 29 5-8
Maine Street
Wiscasset, Maine
Fall Festival
October 8 & 9 9 - 4
Boothbay Railway Village
Boothbay, Maine
It's no secret Pollination Station has been MIA the past 2 years. Yes, the pandemic had much to do with it. We were able to provide a few video programs but that is not nearly as gratifying as talking to you all in person. We sure did miss everyone at our local festivals!
But there is more. Pollination Station has moved to Maine! The same great grass roots education, but a new location. We are excited to bring community outreach to Lincoln County, MidCoast Maine where we will be enjoying our retirement years.
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