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Great Southeast Pollinator Census at the Dublin Visitors Center

August 21 @ 2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
4-H Ambassador reads books to children during the Great Southeast Pollinator Census

Watch as butterflies, bees, flies, wasp, moths, and more flighty friends frolic among the flowers in our pollinator garden during the Great Southeast Pollinator Census at the Dublin Visitors Center on Friday, August 21st!

Blooming Fun

Visit Dublin GA and Laurens County 4-H are buzzing with excitement about the Great Southeast Pollinator Census and have teamed up for an afternoon of education, family friendly activities, snacks, and most important of all, counting bugs!

Join us at our Official Rosalynn Carter Butterfly Trail Pollinator Pitstop from 2 PM to 6 PM for these fun-ducational activities:

  • Hourly talks from Georgia 4-H Pollinator Ambassador, Lorelei Mullis, about types of pollinators, plants pollinators love, how to participate in the count, and more!
  • 15 minute Pollinator Counts
  • Hourly Story time
  • Plant and bug themed coloring pages
  • Refreshments for our bee-rilliant counters
  • An interactive You are the Pollinator Photo Op
  • And more!

Great Southeast Pollinator Census

The Great Southeast Pollinator Census is a citizen science project created by the University of Georgia to make a difference for pollinator conservation, encourage better entomological literacy, and help people across the Southeastern US create sustainable pollinator habitats. Anyone can participate. Just take 15 minutes to count how many bugs visit a particular plant, log what type of bugs visited, and upload your counts HERE.

Your Bee-utiful Hosts

Laurens County 4-H

Laurens County 4-H is a 501(c)(3) Youth Development Program that is connected to the University of Georgia through Cooperative Extension. It creates high-quality educational activities for youth in 4th through 12th grades in the focus areas of Agriculture and Science, Health and Wellness, and Leadership and Civic Engagement.

Visit Dublin GA

That’s us! Visit Dublin GA promotes Laurens County as a destination for tourists and conventions, invests in local community resources that encourage tourism and conventions, and coordinates and stages events with regional and state-wide interest. Basically, we tell people all the good reasons to visit Dublin GA!

For more info, call 478-272-4002 or email us at Info@VisitDublinGA.org.

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