Social 6:30 pm. | Program 7:00 pm
Richfield Community Center, 7000 Nicollet Ave
Powerhouse Plants for Pollinators
Presenter: Rhonda Fleming Hayes
Rhonda is a freelance writer and author. Her work has been published in the Star Tribune, Northern Gardener, Mpls St Paul magazine, Southern Living, Midwest Living and more. Her first book was Pollinator Friendly Gardening and coming in Spring 2026 is Gardening for Life: Strategies for Easier, Greener, More Joyful Gardening as We Age.
Saturday, September 6, 2025 | 10 am-4 pm
The Festival celebrates the monarch butterfly amazing 2,300 mile migration from Minnesota to Mexico with music, food, dance, hands-on art, native plant sales and plenty of opportunities to get up close with monarch butterflies, learn about their habitats, and what you can do to make a difference.
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We need volunteers at the Minneapolis Monarch Festival (Festival de la Monarca) to help visitors learn more about Nokomis Naturescape and Wild Ones, and their message of growing native plant habitat. Please join us!
The Nokomis Naturescape is located on Lake Nokomis in Minneapolis at 50th St. and Nokomis Parkway. It is a 4-acre landscape planted only with Minnesota native plant species and is an official Monarch Waystation, National Wildlife Federation Backyard Habitat, and the original site for this festival.
The Wild Ones is a non-profit environmental organization dedicated to educating about preserving and restoring biodiversity of our native plant communities, beginning in our own yards and gardens. Since 2002, Wild Ones Twin Cities has helped the area's residents maintain the Nokomis Naturescape demonstration gardens and led in native plant educational outreach..
Questions? Email Vicki Bonk at vbonk@uswireless.com
See you at the Habitat Tent!
