Monarch Fiesta Day

[Mona Miller]

Join our celebration of the Monarch butterfly and its amazing annual migration to Mexico!

Saturday, September 1st
10 AM - 3 PM
All ages welcome to this FREE event!

FEATURED ACTIVITIES:

Tour of a Monarch Garden (Waystation)
At the Monarch Waystation • 11am – Noon, Adults
Come for a guided tour of our butterfly meadow which is now certified as a Monarch Waysta-
tion. It has all the flowering nectar plants and caterpillar host plants favored by butterflies. The
meadow garden was created by Montgomery County Master Gardeners who will be on hand
to answer your questions and tell you how to attract monarchs and other butterflies to your
yard. All participants take home a free monarch nectar/host plant. Meet at Monarch Waysta-
tion gravel parking lot off of Clarksburg Road (Rte 121). If coming from the Visitor Center, the
parking lot will be on your left. If coming from Boyds, the parking lot will be on your rignt, after
the bridge.

Monarch Crafts
On the Visitor Center’s Back Deck
11am—3pm. Ages 4+with an adult.
Join volunteers for a fun craft session. Make a caterpillar, monarch stamp art, and other creations.

Monarch Migration Stations Activity
By the Garden Shed
10am–3pm. All ages (families can do this together)
How do delicate monarch butterflies make it to Mexico and back? Play our “Monarch Migration”
game and discover for yourself what obstacles these amazing insects face on their epic journey.

Monarch Life Cycle Exhibit
In the Visitor Center Lobby
10 am–3 pm. All ages.
Explore a self-guiding exhibit featuring mon-
arch eggs, caterpillars, chrysalides and adult
butterflies.

Monarch Photo Opportunity
In the Visitor Center Lobby
10 am – 3 pm. All ages.
Bring your own camera and take photos of your kids as they peer out from behind a people-sized monarch butterfly and caterpillar.

Friends of Black Hill Nature
Programs: Display Table and Sale
In the Visitor Center Lobby
10 am–3 pm. All ages.
Stop by and find out the benefits of becoming a member. Buy monarch munchies and souvenirs. In addition to the FOBH, there will be other vendors selling butterfly related items and photographs.

Monarch Storytime for Families
On the Visitor Center Lawn
10am – 3pm. Ages 3-7.
Enjoy reading one of our many monarch storybooks to your children or ask a volunteer to read it for them.

Monarch Migration
Tagging and Release
On the Visitor Center Lawn
(beside the screened tent)
1:30, 2:00, 2:30. All ages.
Naturalist/monarch researcher Denise Gibbs will tag and release migrating monarchs. Hear about the monarchs’ journey.

Insect Hunt
On the Visitor Center Lawn by the green park bench.
11-11:30, 1:30-2:00, 2:30-3:00. Ages 3-12.
Learn how to use an insect net, then search for butterflies and other insects in the
meadow.

BLACK HILL VISITOR CENTER
20926 Lake Ridge Dr., Boyds, MD 20841
301-528-3492
http://www.BlackHillNature.org
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