BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:570@newtonconservators.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240914T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240914T113000 DTSTAMP:20240909T013842Z URL:https://newtonconservators.org/events/fourth-annual-newton-monarch-fes tival/ SUMMARY:Fourth Annual Newton Monarch Festival DESCRIPTION:The  Fourth Annual Newton Monarch Festival is on Saturday\, Se ptember 14 from 9 am – 11:30 am  (rain date\, September 15) in Wellingt on Park\, West Newton (entrances on Kilburn Road and Princess Road).   A ttendance is FREE and preregistration is encouraged if you would like to b e notified of any weather related changes or other pollinator related even ts.  Monarch Festival is cosponsored by  Newton Conservators\, Newton Pa rks Recreation and Culture Department\, Newton Community Pollinator Projec t\, Green Newton\, Friends of Cold Spring Park\,  Friends of Wellington P ark\, and Mothers Out Front Newton\n\nWe will have:\n\n Butterfly Oriente d Kids Games\, Activities\, and Crafts\n Native milkweed seed and plant e xchange\n Butterfly Garden Tours\n Live Monarchs in different stages - e gg\, caterpillar\, chrysalis\, butterfly\n Butterfly information and Mona rch release\n Butterfly Related Prize Drawings for registered attendees\n \nKids have a natural fascination with nature and butterflies and will enj oy seeing the live caterpillars\, the chrysalis stage\, and some just emer ged adult Monarchs which will be released.  We will have a variety of but terfly themed games\,  arts &\; craft projects\, activities\, and colo ring sheets courtesy of Newton Parks\, Recreation\, and Culture Department .\n\nIf you have milkweed plants\, seeds\, or seed pods  to share please bring them along to our Exchange table. Please label seeds (in small bags or envelopes) and plants according to the type of milkweed. We will provid e a general sheet with planting instructions and guidelines.  Monarchs re ly on milkweed for their survival (for laying eggs and as food for their c aterpillar stage.)  Tour the local gardens at Wellington Park that have l ots of native milkweed and other pollinator plants.  Meet and learn from local Monarch experts who  maintain official Monarch Waystations and rais e a few monarchs from egg to butterfly for educational purposes.\n\nIf you want to attract Monarchs to your garden\, consider planting milkweed nati ve to New England such as Common Milkweed\, Swamp Milkweed\, or Butterfly Weed.  Monarchs only lay their eggs on milkweed plants and the hatched ca terpillars feed on the leaves before turning into a chrysalis.  Monarchs also need other native plants to feed on after emerging from their chrysal is.   We will have  free milkweed plants and seeds at the festival for you to plant in your garden.  Consider attending our Winter Seed Sowing w orkshop to see how to successfully give your milkweed seeds a head start f or the spring (Date to be announced).   To learn more about gardening wi th native plants\, consider attending our free Newton Pollinator Garden To ur on the next day\, Sunday\, September 15 from 1-4 pm.\n\nDIRECTIONS AND PARKING\n\nWellington Park is located in West Newton  a few blocks  nort h of West Newton Square.  It is not directly located on any major street s.  There are two entrances to the park – one on Kilburn Road and anoth er on Princess Road (near Princess and Lindbergh Ave).   It should be no ted that parking is only permitted on the southbound side of Kilburn Road since it is relatively narrow.   Henshaw Street\, Henshaw Place\, Hensha w Terrace\, Lindbergh Avenue\,  Southgate Park\, Northgate Park\, and Byr d Ave are all nearby streets where you can find on-street parking.  These other streets in the neighborhood do not have parking restrictions but it would be courteous to neighbors to park on the same side as you see most other cars.\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://newtonconservators.org/wp-content/upload s/2024/07/Monarch-Festival-2024-Poster.jpg CATEGORIES:Parks,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:20240310T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR