In this information kit, learn more about the Monarch’s life cycle, amazing migration and how to make your garden inviting for this native Vermont species. Download our Butterfly Wreath making activity.
About 90% of our food is pollinated by bees. Bee populations are decreasing all around the world. How does this affect us? Here’s a few simple things that you can do to help the bees.
BFF stands for Bee Friendly Farm and Billings Farm & Museum is a bee friendly farm! Find out why this is so important and what you can do to support our native pollinators here. Did you know bees need water too? Watch Christine as she shows us how you can make a simple bee bath for your garden.
We are celebrating foods that rely on pollinators with this simple and delicious Guacamole recipe, a perfect complement to any of this week’s Pollinator Happy Hour cocktail and mocktail recipes! Download the recipes here and follow along with Anna as she prepares this easy to make treat.
Enjoy your Thursday with these sweet happy hour drinks: Maple Orange Old Fashioned cocktail and What’s Sapanin mocktail. Download the recipes here and see which fruits the pollinators helped to produce.
For today’s Pollinator Happy Hour we share recipes for two popular drinks, the Martini Rouge cocktail and a Shirley Temple mocktail! Download the recipes here and find out which pollinators helped produce the ingredients used in these marvelous concoctions!
As we celebrate pollinators on Time Travel Tuesday, Emery demonstrates a Fanny Farmer recipe using vanilla, a plant which would not grow without pollination by bees. Accompanying today’s Vanilla Wafers is an oregano herbal tea, an immunity booster also made from plants that rely on pollination.Download the recipes here and watch the video here.
It’s Cinco de Mayo and what better way to celebrate than with these Pollinator Happy Hour drinks: Cinco de Mosa cocktail and Tropical sunrise sparkler mocktail! Download the recipes here and find out which pollinators helped produce the ingredients used in these amazingly good concoctions!
We’re celebrating the fruits of our pollinators during Pollinator Happy Hour! Watch Emery as she shows us how to make a Pineapple Buzz cocktail and a Peach Ginger Smash mocktail, the first in our series of Pollinator Happy Hour recipes. Download the recipes here.
Foodie Friday celebrates Earth Day this week. Watch as Anna demonstrates this delicious, fresh recipe with ingredients reliant on pollinators. Download the recipe here.
Planting for Pollinators with Ben Pauly : This spring, before our gardens were green and full of bounty, Ben Pauly, Master Gardener at the Woodstock Inn and Resort and creator of the Billing Farm Sunflower House, shared his knowledge with us about bees and pollinators and what to plant in your garden.
Pollinator Happy Hour : We are celebrating the fruits of our pollinators during Pollinator Happy Hour! Today Emery demonstrates a Pineapple Buzz cocktail and a Peach Ginger Smash mocktail, the first in our series of Pollinator Happy Hour recipes. Download the recipe, gather your ingredients and follow along!
Pollination Celebration – Guacamole: Let’s celebrate foods that rely on pollinators. Anna demonstrates homemade guacamole – delicious and simple – and a perfect complement to any of our Pollinator Happy Hour cocktail and mocktail recipes! Download the recipe, gather your ingredients and follow along!
Vanilla Wafers and Oregano Herbal Tea: Emery demonstrates an 1890’s Fanny Farmer recipe using vanilla, a plant which would not grow without pollination by bees. Accompanying today’s Vanilla Wafers is an oregano herbal tea, an immunity booster also made from plants that rely on pollination. Download the recipe, gather your ingredients and follow along!
Sweet Potato with Swiss Chard and Avocado: Anna demonstrates this delicious, fresh recipe with ingredients reliant on pollinators in celebration of Earth Day. Download the recipe here.
Make Your Own Bee Bath: Did you know bees need water too? Christine shows us how to make a simple bee bath for your garden.
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