What you’ll find at Saturday’s 4th annual West Seattle Bee Festival

(2013 WSB photo from first WS Bee Festival Parade)

The place to “bee” tomorrow is the West Seattle Bee Festival – you can even join in the parade celebrating those buzzy little insects on which our lives depend. A few things so you can plan your visit:

*Official festival hours, 10 am-3 pm
*Official locations – High Point Commons Park and inside Neighborhood House’s High Point Center (immediately south of the park at 6400 Sylvan Way SW)
*Honey Run, 10 am (signups start at 9:30 am by the Commons Park amphitheater)
*Costume-making and face-painting activities to prepare for the parade start at 10 am
*Food trucks west of HP Center, 10 am-2:30 pm
*Music in the park, 10 am-3 pm
*Kids & pets parade, 11 am, starting from the amphitheater
*Vendor/Information Fair, 11 am-2 pm along Lanham Place SW on the west edge of the park, between Graham and Sylvan/Morgan
*Plant/Seed/Tool Swap, 11 am-2 pm
*Woodland Park Zoo “Up Close” pollinator program, 11:30 am-1:30 pm inside HP Center
*Art-making activities, 11:30 am-3 pm inside HPC Center
*Bee hive demo, noon-12:30 pm at the Bee Garden on the north side of the park
*Bee Garden tours, periodically noon-2 pm

Aside from food trucks and vendors’ merchandise, it’s all free! More details here. WSB is participating in the Vendor/Info Festival, so we hope to see you there!

3 Replies to "What you'll find at Saturday's 4th annual West Seattle Bee Festival"

  • pupsarebest May 20, 2016 (9:11 pm)

    Thank you, Lauren, and all others involved, in educating us regarding this delightful insect, crucial to our survival—and making it fun in the process.

  • steve May 21, 2016 (9:39 am)

    So sorry we missed this.  We’ve been thinking about what we can do to help the bees.  We’ll watch for it next year.

    • WSB May 21, 2016 (10:08 am)

      Hasn’t even started yet!

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