Pollinator Fair Hosted by Garden Club by the Sea (MIWA Hosted Butterfly Walks)

Visit the Merritt Island Wildlife Association (MIWA) booth at the Pollinator Fair. We will be hosting 2 butterfly walks, led by Ed Perry. Butterfly Walks will leave from the MIWA booth at 12pm and 2pm (no advance registration required, just show up). Our booth will have educational merchandise for sales and pollinator resource guides including information on bees, butterflies, bats and other pollinators.

About Our Butterfly Walk Guide (Ed Perry)
Ed Perry retired after a 31-year career as a Park Ranger at Sebastian Inlet State Park. He enjoys fishing, butterfly gardening, growing & grafting tropical fruit trees, beachcombing (for sea-beans!), tropical fish aquaria, wildlife photography, and sharing life with his twenty-four-year-old daughter. Ed is a Florida native that graduated from the University of Florida. In his retired life he became interested in being involved in butterfly counts and protecting tracts of native, wild lands within our beautiful state of Florida.

Pollinator Fair Event Details
The “Garden Club by the Sea” is presenting a free, family friendly “Pollinator Fair” Sunday, March 3 from 11:00 am to 4:00 pm at Nance Park in Indialantic. Come experience the world of pollinators and interact with birds, bees, bats, butterflies and plants that support our local ecosystem. There will be:

• Jazzy Music
• Interactive children’s crafts
• Food Trucks
• Vendors
• Master Gardeners to answer your questions
• Plants for purchase and MUCH MORE!

So mark your calendars for Sunday, March 3 and we guarantee you will leave this event a Nurturer of Nature!