This is a family-friendly event with educational topics for all ages! Come and enjoy the morning to learn about Monarchs and other butterfly species.
A large display will be available for interactive learning in our Discovery Center with a variety of live host plants, caterpillars, and chrysalis.
Ask an expert: Enjoy a planting demonstration from expert gardener Greg Charpentier from 10 am to 12 pm and learn how you can create your own butterfly garden at home. Greg has been landscaping and gardening for 35 years and has a wealth of knowledge.
Planting demonstration
Self-guided nature hike
Educational talks and displays
Our monarch expert, Gina Charpentier, will be teaching us about native milkweed and monarch migration tracking. She will illustrate how to participate in a community science project that anyone can do to help scientists track and help monarchs. Gina has worked with California State, San Luis Obispo, and the University of Georgia to receive training on monarch tagging, and OE monitoring and reporting. She has also actively contributed to native milkweed surveys and monitoring, as well as extensive public education about monarch preservation via Girl Scout training and projects, and other public events.
Each household that signs up for the Monarch Migration Mapping project will receive 3 three one-gallon milkweed plants. A $36 value! (While supply lasts).
Call 760 868-1400 for more information.