Magical Monarchs & Pollinators:

Creating Habitats Celebration and Workshop

Saturday, September 28, 2024

12:30pm - 3pm

Free and open to the public - all ages welcome! Free native plants given to attendees.

1-3pm     Arts & Crafts

Presenters include:

• Monarch Magic, with Barrie Hershkowitz, Monarch Education and Montessori teacher (retired)

• Nurturing Natives, with Esther Bonney, co-founder of the youth-led nonprofit "Nurture Natives" (www.nurturenatives.org), based in Maryland.

• Pollinator Habitats, from Balconies to Decks and Beyond, a workshop with Elmer Dengler, BS in Environmental Resource Management, and 34 years with USDA/NRCS. Currently manages five pollinator gardens for the City of Bowie. Dengler was also a Research Associate for Dr. Urquhart, the scientist featured in the intriguing Flight of the Butterflies film, about the 40-year search that led to the discovery of the monarch butterfly overwintering grounds in Mexico.

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