Monarch Butterfly Day at Arboretum

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Sat, Sep 28, 2019
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
2019-09-28T10:00:00-04:00
2019-09-28T16:00:00-04:00
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NC Arboretum
100 Frederick Law Olmsted Way, Asheville, NC 28806, USA
Members: Free Personal Vehicles: $14 Motorhomes / Vehicles (21’ or larger): $50 Buses: $100
Contact
828-665-2492
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Known for their stately colors and elegant wings, millions of monarch butterflies travel more than 2,000 miles from across North America to Mexico each fall, where they cluster in about a dozen small areas. Unfortunately, the monarch population has declined from 556 million in 2004 to a historic low of 33.5 million in 2014. This is due to the butterflies’ dramatic loss of habitat and food sources, including the milkweed plant.

As part of a national effort to stave off the decline of monarch butterflies, The North Carolina Arboretum will host its fifth annual Monarch Butterfly Day on Saturday, September 28, inside the Arboretum’s Education Center and throughout its gardens. As part of this free event, participants will learn ways to help monarch butterflies, have the opportunity to purchase milkweed, create make-and-take butterfly crafts and witness monarch butterfly releases.