Save The Date & Tell Your Friends!
The 4th Annual Honeybee & Harvest Day
Sunday, October 6, 2024 (Noon-4pm)
The day kicks off with a Honeybee Costume Parade featuring YOU in costume marching behind our Queen Bee to the sounds of The Howard Gardner Charter School Band. Harvest Demonstrations, Vendors, Food, Games & Activities for Families, Music by DJ Jason Miller, Raffle Baskets… and even Live Theatre in The Park. Tell your friends and we’ll see you on October 6th!
Scroll down for full details of the day!
With Special Guests:
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Our Queen Bee – Dani LongLegs
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Howard Gardner Charter School Band
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DJ Jason Miller
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Live Theatre – Farm Arts Collective
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Beekeeper Demos – Orna Clum
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Old Time Apple Pressing – Gwen Philmeck
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, Educational Tables, Live Demos, Live Theatre, and more!
- 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
- Buzz around and get happy to Music by DJ Jason Miller
- Gather around for an outdoor, live theatre experience “Alice in ScienceLand”
with Farm Arts Collection, in partnership with Scranton Fringe. One showtime – 2:00 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!
(Please note we will not be forming at The Treehouse as in past years!)
Get your costumes ready to march with The Howard Gardner Charter School Band to salute our pollinators and the beauty of the harvest. Fly behind our Queen Bee, Dani LongLegs, and stay around afterwards for photos with The Queen!
Also – The Everhart Museum will have a Costume Making Table at their Community Day on Saturday, October 5th. More Info to come.
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!!
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!
FLY AROUND DOZENS OF GREAT VENDORS & LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS ON SITE
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!
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