Pollinator Festival at Holiday Island

06/23/2026

This Sat, June 27 | 10a-2p learn about native plants and pollinators with Sharon Roberts, Eureka Springs Garden Manager AND Mark Hughes, the Grandaddy of birthing and releasing Monarch Butterflies. It's the 3rd Annual Pollinator Festival at the Holiday Island Recreation Center | 13 Buckskin Lane. TONS of FREE ACTIVITIES for the ENTIRE FAMILY. More info https://www.pollinatorfestival.com/ City of Holiday Island Advertising & Promotion Commission Eureka Springs Parks and Recreation Eureka Springs Chamber of Commerce Eureka Springs Native Plant Garden Project

06/18/2026

Save the Date ... Saturday, June 27th | 10a-2p for the 3rd Annual Pollinator Festival at the Holiday Island Pavilion. Tons of FREE FAMILY FUN!

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06/11/2026

Join Us Saturday June 27th for tons of Family FUN!!

05/30/2026

Thank you to everyone who came out to the opening of "It's a Bug's Life - Celebrating the Pollinators" Art Show & Sale at Brews on Wednesday. It was such a FUN night! DON'T MiSS IT ... The SHOW runs until July 7th! 20% goes to the Holiday Island Pollinator Festival.

05/29/2026

We're in Monarch Butterfly season.

Temperature makes a big difference🌡️

04/25/2026

Here’s a super cool look at the Monarch Pupa

Monarchs have left their overwintering sites and have begun to repopulate their breeding range for the spring and summer months, which means we'll start to see more monarch eggs, caterpillars, pupa, and butterflies. Let's take a closer look at the pupa stage, or chrysalis stage, of a monarch's life cycle.

A monarch will spend about 10 to 14 days as a pupa (chrysalis). When a monarch first pupates, shedding its exoskeleton as the chrysalis is revealed, the pupa is very soft, but it'll end up hardening. The pupa will start out a light-green color, but as the days progress, it'll turn transparent, and you'll start to see the butterfly within, getting ready to emerge.

In the featured image, you can start to see the outline of the monarch butterfly through the pupal cuticle. We've pointed out a few areas of the monarch butterfly (abdomen, wings, thorax, head) as well as parts of the chrysalis itself (spiracles, silk pad, cremaster).

04/24/2026

Check out these fabulous items at our Pollinator Festival Garage Sale ... Friday - Saturday, April 24-25 from 9 am - 4 pm daily. 129 Appaloosa Dr, Holiday Island. 100% of ALL sales goes to support the June 13th Pollinator Festival.