GARDENS. Milkweed and Monarch Butterflies. Live Zoom.

GARDENS. Free Live Zoom Series of art workshops for Children, Tweens, Teens, Families & Adults. Wednesdays at 5:30 PM. To sign up for this program send an email to [email protected] with the note GARDENS in the subject line. We will email you the ZOOM ID and password.

This workshop will focus on the relationship between the Monarch butterfly and milkweed. Monarchs depend on this flowering plant to survive because their caterpillars can only feed on milkweed leaves. Milkweed is native to North America, which Monarchs migrate through to complete their life cycle. During this workshop, we will create a drawing of the Monarch butterfly interacting with its host plant and learn a little bit about how we can help this endangered species. Scroll down for the materials list.

MATERIALS

• Permanent marker or felt-tipped black marker
• Coloring utensils such as watercolor, markers, crayons, or colored pencils (any combination will work)
• Paper
• Pencil
• Eraser