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Invitation to Monarch Watch 30-year events

5 August 2022 | Author: Jim Lovett

Come celebrate 30 years of Monarch Watch with us in Lawrence, Kansas! We are planning special events for September 15-17, 2022 and hope you will join us. Space is limited, so please reserve your place as soon as possible. Event ...

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Free Lecture: Bringing Nature Home

17 February 2015 | Author: Monarch Watch

Douglas Tallamy, author of "Bringing Nature Home: How you can sustain wildlife with native plants" is coming to Lawrence, KS on March 21st. It promises to be an inspiring evening. Monarch Watch has taken the lead to bring Douglas to ...

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PollinatorLIVE: A Distance Learning Adventure

6 May 2010 | Author: Jim

Dr. Chip Taylor, Director of Monarch Watch, will participate in a webcast on May 12 from 1:15 to 2:30 p.m. ET and discuss tagging monarchs, the current status of the population, Monarch Waystations and more. Dr. Taylor is participating in the ...

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Monarch Watch Spring Open House & Plant Fundraiser

4 May 2010 | Author: Jim Lovett

It's that time of year again! Monarch Watch Spring Open House & Plant Fundraiser Saturday, May 8th 2010 8am-3pm KU's West Campus, Lawrence, KS This free public event usually attracts 500-1000 visitors and we expect the same this time around. Nearly 4,000 butterfly plants (both ...

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Plant Fundraiser A Success

10 June 2009 | Author: Jim

Whew, we were busy! Our annual plant fundraiser last month was a huge success - a big THANK YOU goes out to everyone that came out to see us and buy plants for their gardens as well as all those ...

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Spring Open House & Plant Fundraiser

3 May 2009 | Author: Jim Lovett

It's that time of year again! Monarch Watch Spring Open House & Plant Fundraiser Saturday, May 9th 2009 8am-3pm KU's West Campus, Lawrence, KS This free public event usually attracts 500-1000 visitors and we expect the same this time around. Nearly 4,000 butterfly plants (both ...

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Garden Show A Success

10 February 2009 | Author: Jim Lovett

Whew - that was a long work weekend! Monarch Watch put in over 100 hours at the recent Metropolitan Lawn & Garden Show in Kansas City. Our 10' x 30' booth contained a cage full of monarchs, milkweeds loaded with caterpillars ...

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Metropolitan Lawn & Garden Show This Weekend

3 February 2009 | Author: Jim Lovett

Spring's just around the corner! The Metropolitan Lawn & Garden Show is Kansas City's premier consumer Show dedicated to the green industry. This year's theme is Butterfly Gardening and Monarch Watch has been invited to participate (and given complimentary booth ...

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Monarch Watch Tagging Event

17 September 2008 | Author: Jim

Come visit us this Saturday - in person or online! Saturday, 20 September 2008 7:30-11:30am CDT Lawrence, KS, USA Once again, Jayhawk Audubon Society and Monarch Watch are sponsoring Monarch butterfly tagging for the public at the Baker University Wetlands. The wetlands ...

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Monarch Watch Fall Open House – Wow!

17 September 2008 | Author: Chip Taylor

Our recent Fall Open House was like no other. We had at least 1,000 people visit Monarch Watch that day (twice the usual number) and we gave out over 450 chrysalids to the children in attendance. The weather was less ...

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