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All About Monarchs
13th Annual NH Monarch Festival - Aug 23 at Shaker Village
We are pleased to let you know the NH Monarch Festival is happening for it's 13th year in a row, however there are lots of changes!
Out citizen scientist, Amira Provost, who has an amazing presentation of monarchs in all life stages, has taken over the management of this event. The Monarch Festival has become so popular and it has simply outgrown this space.
The event will take place at Canterbury Shaker Village on August 23rd from 10 AM -3 PM. Details can be found at the NH Monarch Festival Facebook Page and Amira can be reached at TheMonarchMatriarch@gmail.com.
You will learn about the monarch life cycle, tagging butterflies, diseases and testing for OE. Find out how you can help the monarchs and bring the monarchs to your yard. There will be a butterfly release too! We will have a Petals in the Pines booth there and will continue with our mission of educating the public about helping the monarchs and all pollinators.
ADMISSION:
Children under 2 years old or wearing a butterfly costume are FREE!
$4 per child 12 years or younger
$7 per person 12 years and up
Discounts will be provided for parties combining the festival with Shaker Village tours.
VENDORS:
They are welcoming more vendors for the event! Vendors must keep to the monarch, milkweed, and pollinator theme. Vendor space rental: $25/booth. Vendors offering approved presentations will waive the rental fee. Please email TheMonarchMatriarch@gmail.com for more details if you would like to be a vendor.
We'd like to thank the many people who supported this event when it was here at Petals in the Pines. We hope to see you at the new location.
Monarch Presentation for Organizations & Clubs
Do you belong to a club or organization that is looking for a speaker? We have an hour-long Monarch power point presentation that has been enjoyed by garden clubs, women's groups and libraries. Filled with beautiful photos taken here at our gardens, you'll learn about the life-cycle of the Monarch, their amazing migration to Mexico, what they need to survive, and how you can help.
Donna has been a citizen scientist for Monarch Watch since 2008, tagging Monarchs annually before their fall migration. She weaves in interesting stories from her experience with these amazing creatures over the years.
Monarch Links
Activities for Kids
Scroll down the left column on their page. Check out For Kids and Education. There are activities and educational information here for kids of all ages. If you want to get involved helping the monarchs click on Citizen Science.
So many great resources here! This link takes you to the "Spring" page. At the top you can click on Fall or Winter for so much more!!
This is something that should be done with the supervision of a parent or adult. Keeping the cage/net cleaned daily is very important. Please do your research before committing to this.
Books for Kids:
Fly, Butterfly by Bonnie Bader
Are You a Butterfly? by Judy Allen and Tudor Humphries
Milkweed Visitors by Mary Holland
Growing Milkweed & Meadows
How to Cold Stratify and Germinate Milkweed Seed
This is for starting seeds indoors. The easy way to plant milkweed seed is to plant it outside in your garden just before the ground freezes, around late October.
Wildflower Meadows - Plant Selection & Establishment
This is local information from research at UNH with plant lists for NH gardens. Once you get to this page there are several more links on related subjects. Good stuff!
Pollinator Pathways Plant Lists
This is a great resource! A one-stop shop for several plant lists from many reputable organizations.
Instructions on how to create a Monarch Way Station. Make sure to register it too!
Create a Schoolyard Butterfly Habitat
Many schools are creating butterfly gardens. Here is a great resource to get started!
Where to buy Native Plants in NH
Monarch and Pollinator Organizations
There are many organizations out there doing good work to help the monarch, pollinators and that promote the use of native plants. Here are a few of them.
Monarch Watch Monarch Watch - Tagging
UNH Cooperative Extension Courses
I've taken both of these classes and I highly recommend them. The fall courses have already begun but you can follow the links below to learn more about each.
Book List
Doug Tallamy Books
Bringing Nature Home and Nature's Best Hope by Douglas Tallamy
Nature's Best Hope powerpoint by Doug Tallamy on You Tube
The Living Landscape by Rick Darke and Douglas Tallamy
Monarchs & Butterflies
The Monarch, Saving our Most-Loved Butterfly by Kylee Baumle
Butterfly Book by Donald & Lillian Stokes & Ernest Williams
Caterpillars of Eastern North America by David L. Wagner
Gardening and Landscaping
Gardening for Butterflies by the Xerces Society
Attracting Native Pollinators by the Xerces Society
The Green Garden by Ellen Sousa
Native Plants of the Northeast by Donald J. Leopold
Native Plants for New England Gardens by Mark Richardson and Dan Jaffe
Integrated Landscaping: Following Nature's Lead, UNH Cooperative Extension