Jun 23 2022
Beekeeping and Pollinators in the Sacramento Valley

Beekeeping and Pollinators in the Sacramento Valley

Presented by Sacramento Perennial Plant Club at Shepard Garden and Art Center

Frank Lienert Beekeeping and Pollinators in the Sacramento Valley will talk to the Sacramento Perennial Plant Club about the life cycle of honeybees and beekeeping. Frank’s father started caring for bees in 1961 when he realized that his half-acre of boysenberry bushes would not bear fruit without pollination. He acquired a hive and bees from a neighbor, put them in the boysenberry field, and both flourished. He sold his first jar of honey to his grandmother for $1. Although Frank’s father passed away in 2019, the family’s production of honey has grown into a full-time business. They sell Lienert’s Honey at grocery stores and farmer’s markets throughout the Sacramento Valley.

The public is invited. Come early and bring your garden tools for sharpening. Add color and floral zing to your summer garden with a limited selection of Ageratum, Black-Eyed Susan, Calendula, Cosmos, Gomphrena, Strawflower, Sunflower, Tithonia. Zinnia, Feverfew, Foxglove, and Hollyhock plants for sale at the meeting.

Admission Info

Free

Dates & Times

2022/06/23 - 2022/06/23

Location Info

Shepard Garden and Art Center

3330 McKinley Blvd., Sacramento, CA 95814