Birds, Blooms, & Butterflies Festival

Birds, Blooms & Butterflies Festival is Saturday, August 12, 2023, 9:00 am-3:00 pm

The Dahlem Conservancy is excited to announce the return of BBB Festival! We are hosting the 15th Annual Birds, Blooms, and Butterflies Festival this summer 2023. This wonderful environmental educational community event in past years has served over 700 guests in one day!  Environmental education organizations, presenters, and volunteers involvement will help strengthen our community’s appreciation for the natural world. Please join us, and many other organizations, for this exciting family-friendly event!

The BBB Festival will include a wide variety of outdoor learning opportunities and activities for all ages. We are planning to offer a live birds of prey program, Monarch & Zebra Swallowtail butterflies and caterpillars exhibit, environmental education programs (birds, blooms, butterflies, mushrooms, honeybees and pollinators, etc.), nature walks, native plants and bird seed sales, children’s crafts, live music, food vendors, and more. We’re excited for the return of the BBB Festival!!

Admission Fee
Member… $5 Individual and $15 Family
Non-Member… $7 Individual and $20 Family

Scroll down to purchase ‘tickets’ online or pay at the gate on the day of the event.  Thank you

>> Program Presenters and Vendors, please contact us to discuss opportunities and availability.  Space and time slots are limited and scheduled by the BBB Festival Committee.  Online Registration Forms; Program Presenters and Vendors.

>> Event Sponsor Opportunities are available. Review the list of Sponsorship Levels, or please contact Dahlem at 517-782-3453.  Thank you for your consideration to support Dahlem and this wonderful community event.

>> We Need Volunteers to help set up, assist throughout the event and cleanup.  Please consider signing up for a shift and complete the online Volunteer Form; Volunteer Sign-up    Thank You!

>> Advance Registration for festival attendees is below!

Please contact us if you are interested to participate, have questions, or suggestions.  We appreciate your interest and assistance.

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Thank You Event Sponsor!  We greatly appreciate your generosity and continued support!

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List of participating registered Program Presenters, Vendors, and Booths. MORE WILL BE ADDED!! Thank you all!

Presentations Schedule (Dutcher Room)

• 9:00-9:50 am … J&K Farms (advanced beekeepers) – What’s The Buzz With Our Pollinators
• 10:00-10:50 am … JLW CISMA – presentation about invasive species; swallow-wort
• 11:00-12:00 pm … Michigan Avian Experience – live birds of prey; Bald Eagle, hawk and owl
• 12:15-12:50 pm … Don Henise; Dragons and Damselflies basics and natural history, followed by an optional walk on Dahlem trails to look for dragonflies
• 1:00-1:30 pm … Legacy Land Conservancy  – trends on farmland loss, how farmers can protect their farmlands
• 1:45-3:00 pm … Windy Rock Farm & Nursery – ‘A Year in Blooms – a Pollinator’s Perspective”’ visually rich and information packed presentation providing native plant selection advice for pollinator gardens/landscapes.

Vendors – Booths (outdoors)

• Consumers Energy/Home Energy Efficiency Programs
• Earth Cures, LLC – herbalist and create/sell herbal remedies
• Experience Jackson – event sponsor…. THANK YOU!
• The Harmony Gardeners; live music 10:30am-2:00pm under the pavilion
• J&K Farms – advanced beekeepers
• Jackson Audubon Society – caterpillars, butterflies and moths exhibit
• Jackson County Conservation District
• Jackson County Master Gardeners
• Jackson Pottery and Clay Guild
• Jackson School of the Arts
• JLW CISMA
• Kids ‘N’ Stuff Children’s Museum
• Kona Ice   11am-2pm
• Legacy Land Conservancy 
• Mack Island Art
• Michigan Bee Mom – honey products for sale
• Michigan Bluebird Society
• Perennial Connections, LLC – native and non-native perennial plants for sale
• Stoyanna’s Catering – lunch menu
• The Five Forks – tasty treats
• Tie Dyes By Jen
• Windy Rock Farm & Nursery – native plants for sale
• Lisa Brown/Carol Kent/Julie Smith – demonstration and sale; wood/soapstone carving, water color note cards, plein air painting

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Registration for the BBB Festival Attendees