Pollinator
Palooza 2026
Festival Information
PLANNING INFORMATION
Saturday September 19
10 AM - 3 PM
Weldon Spring Site
7295 MO 94
St. Charles, Missouri
63304
Free parking available on site.
Pollinator Palooza will be held rain or shine.
Activities available outdoor and indoors. Restroom facilities are available on site.
Food and drinks will be available for purchase.
FESTIVAL
INFORMATION
Pollinator Palooza is a fun community festival with things to do for all ages! Make plans to attend today and bring the family.
Hands-on activities
Missouri made vendor market
Learning Opportunities
Outstanding
Speakers
Missouri Native & pollinator friendly plant sale
WHO WILL BE THERE?
Educational Affiliates
Big Cedar Farms
Ameren
Bring Conservation Home
Missouri Prairie Foundation & Grow Native
Missouri State Parks
Crazy Snake Lady
Dark Sky Missouri
Xerces Society
Friends of the Rainforest
St. Charles Master Gardeners
Purple Martin Coaching
Bluebirds & Hummingbirds
Wild Bird Rehabilitation
Missouri Master Naturalists
St. Louis Water Garden Society
Great Rivers Greenway
Maryville University
Wild Ones of St. Charles County
Flutterby Interactive
Wild Birds Unlimited
MDC
4H of St. Charles County
MO Market Vendors
Forest Keeling Nursery
Missouri Wildflower Nursery
Vibrant Spruce Herbals
Romanko's Roost
All Things Pollinators
Show Me HH Farms
St. Louis Carnivorous Plant Society
Faces by Rachael
Speakers
JEAN PONZI, Botantical Gardens
"Homegrown National Park" at 11AM
ELIZA PESSERAU, MU Extension
"Native Pollinators for Vegetables & Fruit Pollination: Who Pollinates Our Food?" 12Noon
ED SPEVAK, St. Louis Zoo
"Native Plants, Native People, Native Pollinators: An Indigenous Way of Thinking and Acting" at 1PM
All speakers will be indoors and each talk will last 45 minutes!
EVENT SPONSORS
Thank you to our 2026 Event Sponsors!
Missouri State
Parks
FACILITY HOST
To learn more information about educational and outreach programs click here.