Join The VORTEX for a Roots and Wings Festival event featuring our beautiful NABA Nationally Certified Butterfly Garden, and celebrating the life cycle of the butterfly! Enjoy educational fun-tivities for all ages, including making butterfly art, playing games, and more! Alex Cogburn, Keeper of the Butterfly Sanctuary,...
Join us in celebrating National Monarch Day and the unveiling of the newly completed TEMPO on the Trail art exhibition "Symbiotic Disappearance" this Saturday, May 4th from 9-11AM! Meet the talented artists behind the captivating artworks, groove to live music, and immerse yourself in the beauty...
From the Natural Gardener - Tuesday, May 15th at 10am – Neil Schmidt presents the second in a long line of “Growing Milkweed” classes! Have you ever wanted to grow milkweed for monarchs but didn’t know where to start? Milkweed species can range from very easy to...
From the City of Austin - Monarch butterflies, and their fascinating story of migration, will provide the focus for a day of festivities at Zilker Botanical Garden during Monarch Appreciation Day on Saturday, October 21, from 9 am – 4 pm. The event highlights the importance of pollinators,...
From Westcave Outdoor Discovery Center - Workshop Topics Include: Milkweed ecology, monarch biology and life cycle investigation, monarch migration & reasons for decline, citizen science, preferred native nectar plants, and in field monitoring. Presenters: Cathy Downs of Monarch Watch & Craig Hensley of TPWD *Bring your lunch Workshop Fee: $70 General Admission $50...
From the National Wildlife Federation - Join the National Wildlife Federation and Ranger Rick for our fun spring family event this weekend at the Discovery Hill Outdoor Learning Center (behind the Austin ISD Science and Health Resource Center). Live music, Ranger Rick, face painting, scavenger hunts, lady bug...