The Ankeny Hill Nature Center is hosting a free ‘Bees and Blooms’ event. All are welcome!

Volunteers will be onsite to engage visitors in outdoor activities that celebrate Oregon’s pollinators! Visitors are invited to discover the beauty and variety of our native bees and butterflies, create pollinator related crafts, take a native plant discovery walk on the trails, and more!

Free information about native plants, their colors and bloom time and how to make pollinator friendly places at home.

Oregon has over 500 native bees and almost 50 native butterflies! These little animals bring beauty to our world, help other wildlife survive, put food on our plates and contribute to our economy!

The Center is the result of a public-private partnership with the local Salem Audubon Society, Friends of the Willamette Valley National Wildlife Refuge Complex and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.