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The Greenscape Committee of the Midtown Neighbors Association Board is hosting a Monarch Project! So far we have been learning about Monarchs and their yearly migration cycle and preparing for their arrival in July by sprouting Milkweed seeds (to plant in Pocket Park), growing milk weed plants (food for next year), and checking on full grown Milkweed plants in the neighborhood to see if there are Monarch eggs on the undersides of the leaves.
Once we find some eggs, we are going to adopt the eggs and help protect the caterpillars through their developmental stages until they transform into butterflies.
Join the Midtown Monarch group in the Pocket Park this Saturday, July 17 at 10am for our next event. We’ll be talking about how to identify eggs, care for your caterpillars, and distribute our butterfly raising kits. Our milkweed plugs are in as well so think about where in your garden you’ll be putting your new plant(s)!
Event is at 10am to beat the heat and should last about 45 minutes. If you missed the first event it’s totally fine and encouraged to attend this one. It’s never too late to join. Bring friends, bring questions, and bring your excitement!
We have had our first release!
Our first monarch caterpillar raised by neighbor volunteers has turned into a butterfly and has been released! Today – Wednesday 8/2 – we let it fly out of its cage into the world. How many butterflies will our group manage to foster all together??? I have 4 caterpillars and I hope they each get to fly!
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