Join us for a day of family fun as we celebrate the outdoor art exhibit David Rogers’ Big Bugs and the pollinators that help Heritage’s gardens grow during National Pollinator Week with special guests, games, crafts, music, and more.
Schedule of Activities:
10 am-3 pm
Parade Field:
- Community booths: Visit the Parade Field to learn more about the efforts of organizations to preserve and protect pollinators, including:
- Music and Games: Dance to bug-themed music, play outdoor lawn games, and build with giant blue Imagination Playground blocks
- Hart Family Maze Garden: Take part in a pollinator activity
- Hidden Hollow features insect-themed activities
- Family Challenge – Go on a fun scavenger hunt, complete challenges along the way with your group, and collect a pollinator prize!
Timed Activities:
- 10:30 am, 11:30 am, 12:30 pm, 1:30 pm, & 2:30 pm: Story Time on the Hidden Hollow stage – every hour on the hour
- 12 pm: Insect Walk with Global Entomology Coalition
- 1-1:45 pm: Toe Jam Puppet Band - Bring a blanket and join us on the lawn for this regional favorite kids’ band for music and fun at the Outdoor Concert Stage.
Special daily activities include:
- 10 am-5 pm: Self-Guided Walking Tour – Discover pollinators and native plants that support them while following this 9-stop, go-at-your-own-pace tour.
- 11-11:30 am: 30-Minute Pollinator-Focused Guided Tour–Guides share information about native plants and native cultivars that during this walking tour of the Garden of the Senses area. Tour meets at the entrance to the Garden of the Senses.
- Today, Saturday, June 21 an American Sign Language interpreted tour is available.
- 11:30 am-3:30 pm: Pollinator Discovery Cart – Play a pollinator matching game, craft a pollinator of your own to take home, learn about the importance of native plants in supporting pollinators and about what we can all do to help our pollinator pals thrive at the McGraw Family Garden of the Senses
All extra pollinator-focused activities are free with admission or membership. No advance registration is required.
Ticketing Information
Online ticket purchases are strongly encouraged, and allow for quick and easy entry. All tickets are date specific and are valid for entry any time between 10 am-4:30 pm. Tickets are non-refundable.
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Visit Information
Tickets include admission to:
- The Clarissa S. Nye Visitor Center, with orientation information and staff assistance
- The gardens, featuring collections of rhododendrons, hydrangeas, daylilies, and more (seasonal)
- Hidden Hollow, an outdoor discovery area
- The Special Exhibitions Gallery, featuring the Bountiful Bogs: The Massachusetts Cranberry Story exhibit
- The J.K. Lilly III Automobile Gallery, featuring the From Carriage to Classic: How Automobiles Transformed America exhibit featuring the 1942 Willys MB Jeep
- The American Art & Carousel Gallery, featuring the Heritage Highlights exhibit and rides on the 1908 Looff carousel
- The outdoor art exhibit David Rogers’ Big Bugs (opening May 31)
- Wampanoag Stories exhibit featuring a wetu, Three Sisters Garden, and mush8n
- Outdoor features such as the McGraw Family Garden of the Senses, the Flume Fountain, the Hart Family Maze Garden, the labyrinth, walking trails, and more
- Lilly's Café
- The Shop at Heritage
Terms and Conditions
By purchasing tickets you agree to abide by Heritage Museums & Gardens’ visitation policies. Note that by purchasing tickets you acknowledge that you have read and agree to the conditions of the following:
- Ticketing, Cancellation, and Refund Policy: Please read this policy here in its entirety before purchasing tickets.
- Health and Safety Acknowledgement, which can be reviewed here.
