Pollinator Alliance of the Heartland presents “Milkweed and Cookies: Native Plant Giveaway and Vendor Fair.”

Join us to celebrate our 4th Annual Milkweed and Cookies event. Register at https://forms.gle/riHMsoXF9zhYLZry6 to claim your *FREE* native plant garden
-*a $20 refundable deposit will be collected at time of registration. This fee will be fully refunded the day of the event when you pick-up your garden. REGISTRARTION IS REQUIRED TO RECEIVE PLANTS!

We have a TWO garden options this year, choose from:
1) Sun / Part Sun Garden
- Butterfly Milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa)
- Blacksamson Coneflower (Echinacea angustifolia)
- Large-flowered Beardtongue (Penstemon grandiflorus)
- Missouri Evening Primrose (Oenothera macrocarpa)
- Dotted Blazing Star (Liatris punctata)
- Stiff Goldenrod (Oligoneuron rigidum)
2) Part Sun / Shade Garden
- Wild Geranium (Geranium maculatum)
- Common Violet (Viola sororia)
- Elm-leaf Goldenrod (Solidago ulmifolia)
- Hairy Beardtongue (Penstemon hirsutus)
- Calico Aster (Symphyotrichum lateriflorum)
- Pennsylvania Sedge (Carex pensylvanica)

Gardens will be available for the first 160 households who register. Registration and refundable payment is required to reserve your plants!

A Vendor fair with local non-profits and businesses, a raffle, a cookie decorating station, and three speaker presentations will all be available during this event.

Speakers / Presentations:
- 12:30PM - 1:15PM: Amanda Stastny, Bumbling Bee Native Wildflowers, “The Importance of Urban Habitat.”
- 1:30PM - 2:15PM: Jody Green, UNL Extension, "Wild About Wild Bees."
- 2:30PM - 3:15PM: Shelia Schrader, Schrader Landscape Design, ""Getting Started with Native Landscape Design.”

Speaker presentations will be recorded and made available on our YouTube Channel. You can view last year's presentations at https://www.youtube.com/@PATHMidwest/videos

This event is in the basement of the John. B Muller Administrative Services Building at Bellevue University. Please park in Parking Lot E: https://www.bellevue.edu/about/about-us/locations/campus-map