For the third consecutive year, students in Mount Paran Christian School third-grade classes are participating in the "Symbolic Monarch Migration" project in coordination with Journey North, a program of the
Pollinators ensure full harvests and seed production for agricultural products, and provide for healthy plants in our own backyards, community gardens and other urban areas. Join us for an informative afternoon to learn about why we need pollinators for the food we like to eat, how to plant for pollinators in small spaces using the UGA Botanical Gardens Pollinator Plant of the Year, gardening for monarchs and monarch migration, and the Great Georgia Pollinator Census. You’ll even get to take home free seed packs and native pollinator plant to start your own backyard pollinator garden!
Pollinators are responsible for assisting over 80% of the world’s flowering plants. They ensure full harvests and seed production for agricultural products, and provide for healthy plants in our own backyards, community gardens and other urban areas. Join us for this free family-friendly event and enjoy hands-on activities and field games exploring insect parts, learning about pollinator plant preferences, and even creating a pollinator bracket covering lesser-known pollinators to see which come out on top!