Community Partners

Thank you to our sponsors and community partners who are helping to make this festival amazing!

Friends of the Pine Bush Community

LUPINE FEST SPONSOR
Become part of a Capital Region community of Friends that protects the unique habitat of the Albany Pine Bush Preserve!

Schenectady County Cornell Cooperative Extension Master Gardeners

FEATURED AT OUR NATIVE PLANT SALE ON MAY 18
Since 1918, Cornell Cooperative Extension of Schenectady County (CCE,SC) has responded to the needs of local residents with unbiased, research-based information, tools and education that people have come to depend on and trust. Our programs are developed in direct response to community input, and are based on the most current information available from Cornell and other Land Grant universities from across the nation.

Farnsworth Middle School Butterfly Station

FEATURED AT OUR NATIVE PLANT SALE ON MAY 18
Looking for native pine barrens plants for your home landscape? Stop by the Discovery Center on May 18th from 10am-noon and purchase native pine barrens plants from the Schenectady County Cornell Cooperative Extension Master Gardeners and the students of Farnsworth Middle School. Purchases will support the work of the Cornell Cooperative Extension Master Gardeners and the Butterfly Station at Farnsworth Middle School.

Southern VT Museum of Natural History

FEATURED ON MAY 4, 11am & 1pm
Learn about wildlife of the Albany Pine Bush in live animal programs with Michael Clough of the Southern Vermont Natural History Museum.  Mike will introduce us to a variety of animals that are native to the preserve including owls, opossum, snakes, and turtles in this one-of-a-kind experience. Reservations required. Click here to make a reservation.