Thank You for Making It The Best Year Yet!!
5th Annual HONEYBEE & HARVEST DAY

Sunday, October 5, 2025  (Noon-4pm)

Celebrate Honeybees and the role of all pollinators in the Harvest Season at The Greenhouse Project in Nay Aug Park!

The day kicks off with a Honeybee Costume Parade featuring YOU in costume marching & buzzing behind our Queen Bee! Harvest Demonstrations, Vendors, Food, Games & Activities for Families, Music by DJ Jason Miller, Raffle Baskets… and more. Tell your friends and we’ll see you on October 5th!

Scroll down for full details of the day!

 

Thanks to Our Special Guests:

  • Our Queen Bee – Dani LongLegs

  • DJ Jason Miller

  • Howard Gardner School Marching Band

  • Arabesque Academy of Dance

  • Ask A Beekeeper –  with Orna Clum

  • Old Time Apple Press – Gwen & Nick

  • Rob The Juggler – from 2-4 pm

  • Scranton Fringe Festival – “Becoming A Bee”

     

  • And YOU!  Our Community who has made
    The Annual HONEYBEE PARADE famous!

A Bee-utiful Day in Nay Aug Park!

12-4pm:  HONEYBEE & HARVEST DAY ACTIVITIES

Buzz around all the Festivities, Food, and Fun
at The Greenhouse Project in Nay Aug Park!

Family-Friendly fun for all ages to enjoy – Held at The Greenhouse Project – 200 Arthur Ave., Scranton
Games, Activities, Food, Music, Vendors, Info Tables, Live Demos, Audio Immersive Experience, and more!

 
Throughout the day, enjoy the following HONEYBEE & HARVEST EXPERIENCES!
  • Wear your costume and join the Annual Honeybee Costume Parade
  • See an Old-Fashioned Apple Press in Action – with Gwen Philmeck & Friends
  • Learn about Honey and Beekeeping – with Beekeeper Orna Clum
  • Put on headphones and start “Becoming A Bee” – with Scranton Fringe Festival
  • Buzz around and get happy to Music by DJ Jason Miller
  • Take your photo with our Queen Bee, Dani LongLegs (12-2 pm)
  • Try your hand at juggling with Rob the Juggler (2-4 pm)

12:15 pm – HONEYBEE COSTUME PARADE

Join the Swarm! Help Kick Off Honeybee & Harvest Day
with our famous parade buzzing through Nay Aug Park!

ALL AGES JOIN IN THE COSTUME PARADE THRU THE PARK!
 
PARADE FORMS at 12:00 pm – AT THE GREENHOUSE PROJECT
(Please note we will not be forming at The Treehouse as in past years!)
Get your costumes ready to salute our pollinators and the beauty of the harvest. Fly behind our Queen Bee, Dani LongLegs, and the Howard Gardner School Marching Band. Stay around afterwards for photos with The Queen!
 

Need help making your costume? Check out our links here for great DIY ideas. Or… Wear black or yellow and we’ll stripe you up with tape to look like a bee! Buzzz!  

 
 
MAKE YOUR OWN HONEYBEE COSTUME - IT'S EASY & FUN!

Some Easy Online Ideas to Get You Buzzing!
(and remember – it’s not just for kids!)

https://sugarbeecrafts.com/no-sew-bumble-bee-costume
How cute is this no-sew bee costume by sugarbeecrafts.com! We are buzzing with excitement about all the creative costumes we will see at the Honeybee Costume Parade. Buzz buzz!!

 
https://onecreativemommy.com//easy-diy-bee-antenna-halloween-costume-idea/
Check out this easy DIY bee antenna headband created by onecreativemommy.com. A perfect accessory to wear in our Honeybee Costume Parade! Hope you can join the swarm!
 

www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Bee-Costume
No bee costume, no problem!! A fun and easy DIY costume you can make at home with just a few simple items. Who will you Bee?? Worker bee, queen bee, sparkly bee, punk rock bee, the mad scientist bee?

www.skiptomylou.org/easy-butterfly-costume/
Or what about a Butterfly? Thanks to skiptomylou.org, it’s quick and easy to come out of your chrysalis and become a butterfly. Butterflies are pollinators, too!

ALL DAY – VISIT LOCAL VENDORS & INFO BOOTHS

COME FOR THE FOOD!

El Buen Amigo
Ice Screamers
Molly’s Pierogies
Pilger’s Pastries
Pasquale’s Pizzeria

 

COME FOR THE COMMUNITY INFO BOOTHS!

BeSMART NEPA
Everhart Museum
Keystone College Apiary & Ecology
Lackawanna College
Lackawanna County 4-H
Penn State Master Gardners
The Lenape Center
The Wright Center – Community Engagement
USDA Natural Resources Conservation
Valley In Motion

COME FOR THE LOCAL VENDORS!

Antiques on The Ave
Artwork by Keith Renard
Bohemian Cat Designs
Clum Family Farm
Deep Roots Hard Cider
Fire Twins
Handmade with Love by Margie
KB Pottery
Murphy’s Bee Farm
Old Man John’s Apiary & Apothecary
Pretty Petals
Red House Honey Products
Sugarloaf Herb Farm
The Releafery
Tuscan Gardens Microgreens
Wild Rose Designs

and check out our Raffle Table for a chance to win great items from each of these generous, community-minded local vendors! Thank you vendors!!

SPONSORS & COMMUNITY PARTNERS

Enormous thanks to our generous sponsors and community partners.
You put the wind under our wings to make this day possible!

 MAJOR EVENT SPONSORS & COMMUNITY PARTNERS – WE COULD NOT DO THIS WITHOUT YOU!

OTHER EVENT SPONSORS and PARTNERS: