BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.3.2//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:669@newtonconservators.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260919T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260919T113000 DTSTAMP:20260603T011330Z URL:https://newtonconservators.org/events/6th-annual-newton-monarch-festiv al/ SUMMARY:6th Annual Newton Monarch Festival DESCRIPTION:Get ready for a day of family fun and monarch magic! The Sixth Annual Newton Monarch Festival is fluttering into Wellington Park\, Wes t Newton on Saturday\, September 19th\, 2025\, from 9:00 AM to 11:30 AM. \n\nThis free community event is perfect for all ages\, especially kids wh o are naturally fascinated by the wonders of nature and butterflies. Join us for a unique opportunity to learn about these incredible creatures and discover how you can help protect them by providing habitat.\n\nEvent Deta ils\n\n Date: Saturday\, September 19\, 2026\n Time: 9:00 AM – 11:30 AM\n Rain Date: Sunday\, September 19\, 2026\n Location: Wellington Par k\, Kilburn Road\, West Newton MA\n Registration:    If haven’t alre ady\, please register below to help us plan for a successful day.  Regist ration for this event will open in the near future.\n\nWhat to Expect at t he Monarch Festival\n\n Live Monarch Encounters: Kids have a natural fas cination with nature and butterflies and will enjoy\nseeing monarchs up cl ose in every stage of their life cycle – from tiny eggs and munching cat erpillars to fascinating chrysalises and newly emerged adult butterflies. We expect to be releasing some!\n Butterfly Garden Tours: Explore Welling ton Park’s beautiful gardens\, featuring native milkweed and other polli nator-friendly plants crucial for monarch survival\, led by Wellington Par k gardeners Ann Dorfman and Mark Feldhusen.  Get to know and recognize t he three typical milkweeds for our New England region – Common Milkweed\ , Swamp Milkweed\, and Butterfly Milkweed.  Wellington Park has two large gardens containing these types of milkweed as well as other colorful nati ve flowers and plants attractive to Monarchs and other pollinators.\n Kid s’ Zone: Enjoy a variety of butterfly-themed games\, activities\, arts & amp\; crafts\, and coloring sheets\, courtesy of the Newton Parks\, Recrea tion\, and Culture Department.  Wellington Park also has swings\, a toddl er play area\, and a sensory dome play structure for older children.\n Mi lkweed Exchange:  Monarchs rely on milkweed for their survival for laying eggs and as food for their caterpillar stage.  To help these incredible insects\, consider planting New England native milkweed varieties like Co mmon Milkweed\, Swamp Milkweed\, or Butterfly Milkweed in your garden. Pic k up some free milkweed plants and seeds at the festival to help you get started!  We will provide a sheet with planting instructions and guidel ines.  If you  have milkweed plants\, seeds\, or seed pods  to share\, please bring them along to our Exchange table. Please label seeds (in sma ll bags or envelopes) and plants according to the type of milkweed.\n Exp ert Insights: Meet some local monarch experts who maintain official Monarc h Waystations and earn their tips for attracting these pollinators to your own garden.   If you have a garden containing milkweed and other pollin ator plants to help sustain the Monarch population\, we’d love to have y ou come and share your knowledge!.\n Prize Drawings: Registered attendee s will have a free chance to win exciting butterfly-related prizes!\n Dir ections &\; Parking:\nWellington Park is located in West Newton\, a few blocks north of West Newton Square. Park entrances are on Kilburn Road  and Princess Road (near Princess and Lindbergh Ave).  Please note: Par king is permitted only on the southbound side of Kilburn Road due to its n arrowness. Additional on-street parking can be found on nearby streets suc h as Henshaw Street\, Henshaw Place\, Henshaw Terrace\, Lindbergh Avenue\, Southgate Park\, Northgate Park\, and Byrd Ave. When parking on these res idential streets\, please be courteous to neighbors and park on the same s ide as other cars.\n Attendance is FREE!\nWe encourage you to register be low to receive important weather-related updates and information about fu ture pollinator events and be eligible for the free prize drawings.   W hen you arrive\, please check in at the green Newton Conservators tent and look for the posted schedule of events with tour and session times.\n Pr esented By:\nThe Newton Monarch Festival is presented and cosponsored by  Newton Conservators\, Newton Parks Recreation and Culture Department\, N ewton Community Pollinator Project\, Green Newton\, Friends of Cold Spri ng Park\, Friends of Wellington Park\, and Mothers Out Front Newton.  T here will be representatives on hand from many of these fine organizations in case you wanted to learn more about them.\n Newton Pollinator Garden Tour:\nOur free Newton Annual Pollinator Garden Tour occurs in the afterno on across Newton including Wellington Park.  Pick up a free map  and tou r schedule to visit both public and private gardens that contain a lot of native pollinator plants\n\nIf interested in volunteering to help make thi s day a success or report on your monarch experience this year\,  contact Ted Kuklinski tkuklinski@aol.com.  Hope to see you on Saturday\, Septem ber 19th at the Newton Monarch Festival celebration!\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://newtonconservators.org/wp-content/upload s/2022/08/Monarch-Festival-Logo.jpg CATEGORIES:Recreation & Culture,Special Events LOCATION:Wellington Park\, Kilburn Road\, Newton\, MA\, United States GEO:42.354499;-71.227462 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Kilburn Road\, Newton\, MA\ , United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Wellington Park:geo:42.354499,- 71.227462 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR