Events

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2026

Fall Kick Off Program 

Co-Host Wild Ones Prairie Edge

Social 6:30 to 7:00 pm

Announcements and Program 7:00 to 8:30 pm

Oak Grove Presbyterian Church

2200 W Old Shakopee Rd, Bloomington, MN

Free and Open to Public | In Person and Livestreamed 

Native Bee Conservation: Our Yards Matter!

Presenter | Judy Cardin

Judy Cardin is an educator with the Wisconsin Bumble Bee Brigade program, and is a bumble bee conservation and native habitat expert. She is administrator of the Wisconsin/Midwest Bumble Bee Observers Facebook group, where she identifies bumble bees and helps with bumble bee conservation questions from thousands of group members. Judy and her husband Bob transformed their 1/4-acre urban yard into a pollinator and bumble bee queen sanctuary. She learned first hand in her own yard what each of us can do to make a difference for pollinators, and will share the best native plants for native bees, and how to create nest, hibernation and shelter habitat in your own yard. Judy and Bob’s yard is featured in the spring issue of National Wild Magazine: Queen Bumble Bee Habitat.