Celebrate Pollinator Week at the Brampton Farmers’ Market!
On June 24th, Parks Programming and the Grow Green team will be at the Brampton Farmers’ Market at Gage Park to celebrate International Pollinator Week!
Activities include:
- Grab a free pack of native seeds to kickstart your own pollinator-friendly garden.
- Pick up your own "Native Plants for Pollinators" booklet from the Credit Valley Conservation
- Capture the moment with our pollinator-themed photo booth.
- Unleash your creativity by participating in origami butterfly making, a fun and educational activity for all ages
- Roll up your sleeves and join us in making pollinator seed balls, a hands-on experience that supports pollinator habitats.
In addition to these engaging activities, take the opportunity to learn more about local pollinators, discover the actions you can take to support them, and stay informed about the City's ongoing pollinator initiatives. Some of these initiatives include:
- City and Community Pollinator Beds
- Community Gardens Program
- Dearbourne Park Pollinator Habitat Project
- Don't Mow, Let it Grow Program
- Parks and Valleyland Naturalization Program
Location: Brampton Farmers' Market - Gage Park
Date: Saturday, June 24, 2023
Time: Saturday, June 24, 2023 - 7:30am to 1:30pm
Brampton City Hall Clock Tower
Stop by Brampton City Hall during Pollinator Week and check out the clock tower that is lit up yellow! The clock tower located at 2 Wellington Street will illuminate once the sun sets to shine a beacon of hope for our local pollinators.
Loafer's Lake Pollinator Garden Talk
Join native plant expert Shawn Patille and learn about what native plants are best for a pollinator bed. Bob Noble will also talk about what native pollinators are attracted to pollinator gardens.
The Loafer's Lake Pollinator bed is a local community project. It has been planted and maintained by the Heart Lake Happenings Adopt A Park Group.
Location: Loafer's Lake Park (garden is by Petworth entrance) 30 Loafers Lake Lane Brampton, ON L6Z 1X9
Date: Sunday, June 25, 2023
Time:10am-12pm
Register here for this free event!
Loafer's Lake Story Walk
A Story Walk is a way for you to enjoy a walk and a story! You don’t need to be there at a specific time and it is available all day for a few weeks. Stop by Loafer's Lake to read Give Bees a Chance by Bethany Barton!
Fred Kline Park Butterflies and Friends Walk
Meet your neighbours and celebrate National Pollinator Week by exploring the wonderful world of pollinators in your neighbourhood! CVC expert Melissa Creasey will guide you along the walk and help you discover why pollinators like bees and butterflies depend on trees, flowers and community care to thrive.
This family-friendly event will explore what you can do to keep pollinators safe, and how initiatives like the Fletchers Creek SNAP Butterflyway and Brampton’s Don’t Mow, Let It Grow program are making space for biodiversity.
Binoculars will be available to borrow to look at pollinators up close! Each household will receive a free University of Guelph Arboretum biodiversity identification sheet, appropriate for all ages and filled with colourful images, while supplies last.
Pollinator Week Photography Contest
Some examples of photos include:
- A pollinator on a flower
- A food that requires pollination
- A pollinators habitat
- A pollinator garden
Please submit your photos by June 25, 2023 at 4:00 pm. Participants can email their photos to BramptonGreenCity@brampton.ca and will be entered to win 100 Easy-to-Grow Native Plants for Canadian Gardens
Guidelines
- One entry per person
- The odds of winning the prizes are affected by the number of valid entries received.
- Residents do not need to purchase anything to participate in the draw. Winners may be subject to answering a skill-testing question. Winners consent to having their name and image used in any promotional materials or news items resulting from the contest.
- By making a submission, you are consenting to the collection of your personal information submitted (or that of the minor child) for the purposes of the contest only.
- By making a submission you further consent to having future communications from the City for this contest by electronic means.
- By submitting your picture, you acknowledge that this is an original work. You further allow the City and grant the City the license to be publishing this work and your personal information on whatever platform the City chooses, in its sole discretion. You retain ownership of the picture and moral rights.
- Contest is not open to city of Brampton staff and their family members
- If you have any questions, please feel to contact us at BramptonGreenCity@brampton.ca
Pollinator Week Colouring Contest (Children 12 and under)
Unleash your best colouring skills for a chance to win a Brampton Parks prize pack! Pick a pollinator colouring page below and show us your skills!
Please submit your colouring page and the submission form by June 25, 2023 at 4:00 pm. Participants can email their artwork and form to BramptonGreenCity@brampton.ca
2023 Pollinator Colouring Contest Submission Form.pdf
2023 Pollinator Week Colouring Contest Sheets.pdf
Guidelines
- One entry per person
- The odds of winning the prizes are affected by the number of valid entries received.
- Residents do not need to purchase anything to participate in the draw. Winners may be subject to answering a skill-testing question. Winners consent to having their name and image used in any promotional materials or news items resulting from the contest.
- By making a submission, you are consenting to the collection of your personal information submitted (or that of the minor child) for the purposes of the contest only.
- By making a submission you further consent to having future communications from the City for this contest by electronic means.
- By submitting your picture, you acknowledge that this is an original work. You further allow the City and grant the City the license to be publishing this work and your personal information on