Garden volunteer Ann Speth demonstrates how to tag a Monarch Butterfly at last year’s highly successful Monarch Festival, hosted by Mahoosuc Land Trust in Bethel.
Garden volunteer Ann Speth demonstrates how to tag a Monarch Butterfly at last year’s highly successful Monarch Festival, hosted by Mahoosuc Land Trust in Bethel.
BETHEL — Mahoosuc Land Trust’s 5th annual Monarch Festival is Sunday, Aug. 24. Admission is free, and the event runs from 12 to 4 p.m., immediately following the Mahoosuc Land Trust Annual Meeting at 11 a.m.
Monarchs are among the best known of the local pollinators to frequent Mahoosuc Land Trust’s (MLT) unique Habitat For All garden and make a logical poster species for this educational event. They are also critically endangered, primarily due to habitat loss. Watching monarch caterpillars munch milkweed leaves, seeing chrysalides hatch into new butterflies, and tagging butterflies before their return to Mexico are great ways to inspire pollinator-friendly gardens at home. MLT’s mostly volunteer-created pollinator garden continues to attract thousands of visitors annually.
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