Heinz Chapel is partnering with Pitt Sustainability for National Pollinator’s Month with a special tour in June.
Pollinators not only play a vital role in ecosystems and food production, they also serve as meaningful symbols in architecture and stained-glass. Learn how butterflies, bees, squirrels, lilies, roses and more work together in the pollination process while also symbolizing diligence, transformation, and divine work as shown in the gothic artistry of Heinz Chapel and its adjacent English garden.
This Pollinators in the Light tour starts in the chapel’s English garden and moves to the magnificent stained glass windows inside and a chance to hear the chapel’s pipe organ.
Free for Pitt students, faculty and staff. $5 general admission. Reserve your spot here for the June 17 or June 30 tours. Both are from noon to 1 p.m.
Other Pollinator Month events
The Pollinator Patch, noon-1:30 p.m. June 16 at Hillman Library, Open Lab. Bring your creativity and design a quilt square for the Pitt Climate Change Quilt. Using repurposed lab coats and scrubs, create a colorful quilt square celebrating pollinators and our shared commitment to a thriving planet.
Habitat by Hand: Building for Bees and Butterflies, 4-5:30 p.m. June 23 at Center for Creativity, Cathedral of Learning Basement, B50. Pollinators are responsible for one in every three bites of food we eat. Celebrate these environmental powerhouses with the Center for Creativity and Pitt Sustainability by making your own butterfly puddler and bee hotel from recycled materials. No crafting experience needed, all materials provided. Facilitated by Erik Schuckers, Center for Creativity.