MEADOWS FOR MONARCHS PROJECT
Learning Landscapes
Tour + Community Science at the Land Lab 

Wednesday, July 1, 2026

9 a.m. - 12 noon:  Program

12- 12:30:  picnic lunch 

Granville Land Lab

2025 Burg Street | Granville 

Catchfly Commons Annual Open Garden

Saturday, July 4 

9:00 AM to 2:00 PM Free

Explore 1.5 residential acres of native plants.

707 Bunty Station Rd, Delaware, Ohio

https://catchflycommons.org/

Mothing Night with Butterfly Ridge

Friday night, July 17

8:30 PM, after dark, Infirmary Mound Park, Granville

Butterfly Talk and Walk 

with Butterfly Ridge

Saturday morning, July 18

10:00 AM, Infirmary Mound Park, Granville

*Both programs feature Chris Kline of Butterfly Ridge 

who will explain which native plants support specific butterflies and moths.  

Tour of Denny's Tallgrass Prairie

Saturday, July 25

10:00 AM to 1:00 PM. 

6021 Mt. Gilead Rd. (SR 95), Fredricktown, Ohio

Several prairie experts will guide small groups through the native flora of this restored prairie in Knox County. The prairie was created on more than 20 acres of formerly cultivated farmland and includes two ponds featuring native hibiscus, gentians, and other wetland natives.  (Note: Everyone is welcome to return in October 3rd to collect native seed to take home).  

More information:  

https://www.onapa.org/2026-onapa-field-trips.html

Registration not required.

LICKING COUNTY LIBRARY
Re-thinking Fall Garden Cleanup

Thursday, October 15, 5:30 PM

MARY E. BABCOCK LIBRARY, JOHNSTOWN, OH

Susan King, Licking County Pollinator Pathway Coordinator,  will teach us how to save time (and pollinators!) by re-thinking fall garden cleanup.

Modifying--or even skipping-- some of the traditional fall garden cleanup tasks not only saves you time, but also is better for pollinators and other wildlife.  Learn more about simple, inexpensive ways to create a more pollinator-friendly landscape and how to strategically “leave the leaves” to protect overwintering beneficial insects and keep the neighbors happy.  Also discover ways to easily create or expand foundation and garden beds and fall planting of native trees and shrubs, plus timing and techniques to seed a low-maintenance pocket prairie.

POLLINATOR PATHWAY
Caterpillar expert David L. Wagner

David L. Wagner, PhD., is professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of Connecticut. He is the author of Caterpillars of Eastern North America: A Guide to Identification and Natural History (Princeton) and seven other books on butterflies and moths.