Wings Over Westmoreland
August 15, 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Powdermill Nature Reserve
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When: Saturday, August 15, 2026, 9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. and 1:00–4:00 p.m.
Where: Powdermill Nature Reserve (9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.) and Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art (1:00–4:00 p.m.)
Tickets: Free
Celebrate the Westmoreland County’s pollinators at Wings Over Westmoreland! Come buzz through the gardens with us and enjoy a day of art, nature, and fun!
Spend the morning at Powdermill Nature Center learning about colorful, tiny, fast-flying hummingbirds and their important place as pollinators in their ecosystems. Go on a hike inspired by hummingbird migration, do pollinator-inspired crafts, and find out which plants in our area are perfect for pollinators. If we’re lucky, we’ll get to see some hummingbirds up close.
In the afternoon, head to the Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art (SAMA) in Ligonier to learn about monarch butterflies and other insect pollinators. From 1:00–4:00 p.m., catch migrating monarch butterflies from SAMA’s garden and see how they are tagged and recorded for science, create a diorama to understand the monarch’s life cycle, play the monarch migration game, learn about the many species of milkweed native to Pennsylvania, participate in the Fluttering Flutter painting, and see the winning entries from the Pennsylvania Pollinator Photo Challenge. This is a family-friendly event open to all ages.
