PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • May 12, 2025
Families and young pollinator enthusiasts gathered at Maine Audubon’s Gilsland Farm in Falmouth on Saturday for the 10th annual Pollinator Parade. With young children and adults dressed as butterflies, bats, bumblebees and beekeepers, the event marked a decade of raising awareness of pollinators critical to the local environment. With 150 attendees donning raincoats and wings, the event had crafts, live music and a procession of the pollinators braving the drizzle. The pregnancy and early childhood organization Birth Roots and Maine Audubon have partnered on the event since 2015 to raise awareness about the vulnerability of pollinators, which are critical to ecosystem health and food systems.