Charlotte Monarch Celebration is a free event taking place Saturday, September 28, 2024, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., at Reedy Creek Nature Preserve, 2986 Rocky River Road, Charlotte, North Carolina.
City of Charlotte is partnering with several non-profit organizations to present this celebration.
Celebrate and learn about monarch butterflies and other pollinators, and learn how to protect their habitats.
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Activities include:
- Crafts
- Seed giveaways
- Face painting
- Monarch march around the pollinator garden
- Photo booth with wings and other props
- Monarch discussions
- King of Pops (for purchase)
Schedule of events:
- 10:00am – Event starts
- 11:00 – Speaker Cary Wells, community science | Location: Outdoor shelter
- 11:15 – Migration Game | Kids nature playground area
- 11:45 – Speaker Pepe Chavez, Monarch migration | Outdoor shelter
- 12:00 – Migration March w/Ranger Rick | Outdoor shelter
- 12:15 – Migration Game | Kids playground
- 12:30 – Raffle winners announced
- 1:00pm – Event ends
Organizations partnering for this event include:
- City of Charlotte Landscape Management
- Charlotte Wildlife Stewards
- Mecklenburg County Park & Recreation
- Southern Piedmont Chapter of NC Native Plant Society
- Keep Charlotte Beautiful & Bee City USA Committee
- Mecklenburg Soil & Water Conservation District
- North Carolina Wildlife Federation
- Wild Ones, Charlotte Piedmont Chapter
- Latin American Coalition
- South Charlotte 4H
- Extension Master Gardener Volunteers, Mecklenburg County
- UNCC pollinator club
- Mecklenburg County Beekeepers Association
- Carolina Farm Trust
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Reedy Creek Nature Center and Preserve
2900 Rocky River Road
Charlotte, NC 980-314-1119
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