Thanks One and All for a Very Bee-autiful
4th Annual HONEYBEE & HARVEST DAY
Sunday, October 6, 2024 (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 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!

Thanks to Special Guests:

  • Our Queen Bee – Dani LongLegs

  • Howard Gardner Charter School Band

  • DJ Jason Miller

  • Live Theatre – Farm Arts Collective

  • Beekeeper Demos – Orna Clum

  • 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 in The Park, 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
  • 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 Collective, 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!

ALL AGES JOIN IN THE COSTUME PARADE THRU THE PARK!
 
PARADE FORMS at 12:15 pm – AT THE GREENHOUSE PROJECT
(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!
 

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!  

Also – The Everhart Museum will have a Costume Making Table at their Rakin’ In The Fun Community Day on Saturday, October 5th. More Info to come.

 
 
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!

High Vibe Kitchen Food Trailer
Ice Screamers – Ice Cream & Fall Treats
Luppo Rosso Wood Fired Pizza Truck
Pilger’s Pastries & Comfort Food

 

COME FOR THE COMMUNITY INFO BOOTHS!

BeeSMART for Kids
Bhutanese Cultural Foundation
Black Scranton Project
Congolese Community of Scranton
Everhart Museum
Indraloka Animal Sanctuary
Keystone College Apiary & Ecology Club
Lackawanna College
PSU Master Gardeners
Valley In Motion
University of Scranton Service Dogs

COME FOR THE VENDORS!

Antiques on The Avenue
Art by Francesca Panuti
Artwork by Keith Renard
Bee Bold Boutique
Bohemian Cat Designs 
Clum Family Farm
Ellie Kloss Architecture Portraits
Jonart Kreations by Sunday Olaniyi
Handmade with Love by Margie
KB Pottery 
Murphy’s Bee Farm
Old Man John’s Apiary & Apothecary
Peaches Greens
Red House Honey Products  
Spacetime Mead & CiderWorks
The Releafery 
The Workshop / Crow Designs
Tuscan Gardens Microgreens
Wild Rose Designs Yarn Ball Cuties 

and check out our Raffle Table for a chance to win great items from each of these generous community-minded local 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: