MONARCH EDUCATION
Groups of 5 or six people will tag and release an individual Monarch with the University of Minnesota Monarch Lab.  ( donation suggested for personal tag.)   Receive word if your Monarch is ever captured or found along the migration route.

NATIVE PLANT INFORMATION & SALES
Nokomis Naturescape Garden tours by volunteers and gardeners from the Wild Ones. Learn how to entice Monarchs to your yard with plants and gardens. Short seminars and demonstrations at the new Presentation Tent.

The popular Native Plant sales and demonstrations by Outback Nursery and Landscape Alternatives will return for 2011.

MAKE MILKWEED MUDBALLS
Create mudballs containing local milkweed seed for planting in your home garden. Did you know that members of the milkweed family are the only food source in Minnesota for monarch larvae?

ART and FUN ACTIVITIES (More to come)
- Help create a large collage with ArtsySmartsy
- Create monarch-inspired art and watch it printed with a   steamroller (really!).
- Draw your own piece with Art in the Park (a program of   the Minneapolis Institute of Arts)
- Play Monarch Bingo (La Loteria), the Amazing Migration Passport game, and Monarch Jeopardy.

3/4K Kids Butterfly Fun Run
(These are untimed fun runs and walks)

Prizes awarded to runners in the Kid's Fun Run for the best monarch wings, antennae, or caterpillar look.  

Proceeds from the Run for the Monarchs benefit Monarch butterfly habitat in the Minneapolis Parks and the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve located in the state of Michoacan, Mexico.

Other Activities
-  Canoe tours of Lake Nokomis with a guide.
-  Guided tours of the Nokomis Naturescape Gardens

More art and activities will be listed as they are confirmed