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Planting the path for pollinators!

Okies for Monarchs is a program of the Oklahoma Monarch Society and an initiative of the Oklahoma Monarch & Pollinator Collaborative, a statewide group of 60+ organizations and citizens working together to ensure thriving Monarch migrations for generations to come.

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This is a statewide community calendar. Are you hosting a pollinator-related event? Let us know so we can add it to our calendar! Click here to submit. Events must be pollinator-related to be approved. Thank you!

Calendars

Statewide Community Calendar

Days of the Week

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Time of Day

All Day

Morning

Afternoon

Evening

Night

Venues

American Legion Post 61

Anthem Brewing Company

Arcadia Lake

Arcadia Lake – Arcadia Conservation Education Area

Arrowhead Center

Beavers Bend State Park and Nature Center

Belle Isle Library

Bennett Event Center

Bickham-Rudkin Park

Bookish

Botanic Garden at OSU

Chandler Park

Cherokee County OSU Extension Center

Chickasaw Cultural Center

Choctaw Creek Park

Choctaw Cultural Center

City Central

City of Norman City Hall

City of Norman Development Center

Cleveland County Fair Barn

CommonWealth Urban Farms

Crow Creek Meadow

Delmar Gardens – OKC Farmers Market District

Discovery Cove Nature Center at Lake Thunderbird State Park

Diversion Hub

Eastern Oklahoma State College

Edmond Public Library – Metropolitan Library System

Esperanza Elementary

First Americans Museum

Flora Bodega

Floyd H. Norris Park

Gathering Place

Glenpool Conference Center

Glenpool Library

Gordon Cooper Technology Center

Heirloom Rustic Ales

Jane A. Malone CommunityCenter

Jenks Downtown Main Street

Johnston Seed Company

Jones Library – Metropolitan Library System

Lake Murray Field Trial Grounds Clubhouse

Lake Murray Nature Center at Tucker Tower

Lake Thunderbird State Park

MAC Building

Mann's Greenhouses

Martin Nature Park

McGee Creek State Park

Metro Tech Springlake Campus

Metropolitan Library Downtown

Mollie Spencer Farm

Myriad Botanical Gardens

National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum

Native Plants Nursery

Noble Public Library

North Fork of the Red River Outdoor Classroom

Northeastern State University Broken Arrow Campus, Annex Room

OKC Beautiful

OKC Beautiful Office

OKC Farmers Market District

Oklahoma

Oklahoma City

Oklahoma City Zoo & Botanical Garden

Oklahoma Contemporary Arts

Oklahoma State Capitol

Online

OSU Oklahoma County Extension

Oxley Nature Center

Paseo Arts & Creativity Center

Philbrook Museum of Art

Piers Nature Conservancy

Quartz Mountain State Park

Ray Harral Nature Center

Reaves Park

Redbud Festival Park

Riley Park

Rocket Park

Ruby Grant Park

Saint Bede's Episcopal Church

Sam Noble Museum

Sand Springs Municipal Building

Scissortail Park

Scissortail Park Boathouse

Shawnee Public Library

STASH

Stoney Creek Hotel

The Well

Thunderbird Chapel

TLC Garden Centers

Tulsa County – OSU Extension Office

Tulsa Garden Center at Woodward Park

Tulsa Zoo

University of Central Oklahoma – Nigh Center

University of Central Oklahoma Liberal Arts Building

Warr Acres Library

Westminster Park

Wild Roots

WildCare Oklahoma

Will Rogers Gardens Exhibition Center

Will Rogers Library

Wilson Elementary School Garden

Seeds + Starts Swap

October 18, 2026 at 1:00 PM – 5:30 PM

Edmond Public Library in EDMOND

Wed

Ask an Expert: Monarch Tagging and Movement

October 21, 2026 at 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM

Online WEBINAR

Mon

The Nature of Science: Educator Monthly Virtual Learning Series

October 26, 2026 at 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM

Online WEBINAR

Tue

Monarch Joint Venture Webinar: Pollinator Habitat Conservation and the Energy Sector

October 27, 2026 at 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM

Online WEBINAR

Thu

Environmental Excellence Celebration

October 29, 2026 at 5:30 PM – 9:30 PM

National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in OKLAHOMA CITY

Sat

3rd Annual Planting for Pollinators & Seed Swap

November 7, 2026 at 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM

Central Park Community Center in Broken Arrow

Tue

Monarch Joint Venture Webinar: Technology Advancements in Monarch Conservation

November 17, 2026 at 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM

Online WEBINAR

Tue

Monarch Joint Venture Webinar: Fighting Invasives at Home

December 15, 2026 at 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM

Online WEBINAR

BEE IN THE KNOW

SPORT A MONARCH LICENSE PLATE

Join the growing number of Oklahomans who are supporting pollinators by sporting a monarch license plate!

SUBMIT AN EVENT

Are you hosting a pollinator-related event? Let us know so we can add it to our calendar! Click here to submit.

TAKE ACTION

See Okies Taking Action
Take the Pledge
Register Your Efforts
Build a Garden
Certify Your Garden
Visit a Garden
Buy a Habitat Sign
Create Habitat on Large Lands
Manage Rights-of-Way
Report Monarch Sightings
Support Our Mission
Gifts for Pollinator Fans!

BUY A HABITAT SIGN

GET WILDFLOWER SEEDS

Order eastern and central/western Oklahoma “Wildflowers for Monarchs” seed mixes from Johnston Seed Company in Enid.

“SAVE THE MONARCHS” POLLINATOR PILSNER

Making a difference really is as simple as grabbing a six-pack.

MANAGE LARGE LANDS

Best Management Practices for the Monarch Butterfly in Oklahoma Rangelands

MANAGE RIGHTS-OF-WAY

Best Management Practices for the Monarch Butterfly in Oklahoma’s Rights of Ways

OKIES TAKING ACTION!

Pollination Garden Heaven
Habitat/Garden, Tulsa

Firehouse Pollinator Garden
Habitat/Garden,

Griffin Butterfly Garden
Habitat/Garden, Broken Arrow

> View more Okie Monarch projects

WHERE ARE THE MONARCHS NOW?

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OKIES COMMITTED!

05-03-2018

Audra Johnson

05-03-2018

Guy Deverges

05-03-2018

Emily Abbondanza

I am already doing most of these things and I am grateful for opportunities to do more!

05-03-2018

Aislinn McCann

05-03-2018

Rex Berry

05-03-2018

Mark Wenner

05-03-2018

Don Pugh

05-03-2018

Kimberly Travers

05-03-2018

Rachel Guyot

05-03-2018

Cassidy Toland

05-03-2018

Joanne Ferguson

05-03-2018

James Jackson

Thank You!

04-30-2018

T. Brandon Dawson

I was first introduced to the amazing life of the Monarch Butterfly back in 1991 when I was 11 years old. My Gifted & Talented teacher Sally Rollins had been in contact with the late Dr. Fred Urquhart about getting her students involved with tagging Monarchs here in Oklahoma. We spent so much time creating our own equipment, trying to find wild patches of milkweed, and looking for Monarch roosting grounds. We did finally find one and got to raise a female Monarch from a caterpillar, then release her with a tag supplied by Dr. Urquhart. Here is the old newspaper article: http://newsok.com/article/2375692

Fast forward 25 years. After being gone for a while on vacation, some honeyvine milkweed had grown up in my backyard, and by chance I noticed a hungry little monarch caterpillar. Normally all of this would have been mowed down, but as luck would have it, my vacation was long enough to allow it to take hold. Only a few days later, I noticed yet another caterpillar, and another… Remembering back how exciting Monarchs were when I was a child, I brought several in and put them in an empty aquarium and kept them fed with fresh milkweed. I was now the proud father of my own child (2 years at the time), and wanted to introduce him to the magic of the Monarch. Remembering the tagging I had done as a child, I started to search online to find out if this was something anyone still did. I had been out of touch with what was going on with Monarchs in the last 25 years. While I was happy to find out how easy and accessible tagging had become, I was sad to discover the condition of the migrating Monarch population. Needless to say, my neighbors were probably not happy with my lack of mowing that year and allowed the “weeds” to grow to raise Monarchs. We ended up tagging 25, though we raised about a total of 76.

Last year I unfortunately was in the process of getting my home ready to sell, and couldn’t leave the yard unmanaged. While I did allow several larger honeyvines to grow for the Monarchs, I couldn’t have the number of plants I had the year before and didn’t do any tagging.

We have now moved to a new home with a much larger yard, and this year I am working on creating a full blown pollinator habitat with ample amounts of milkweed. My whole family is excited about getting involved again and doing some more tagging this year.

04-30-2018

Anna Lombardi

04-30-2018

Karen Nelson

04-26-2018

Abby Dougherty

We’ve already dug up about half of our front yard and planted a pollinator and Monarch Waystation, including a sign that tells people about the Waystation and how they can help the pollinators. We don’t ever use pesticides or herbacides, and have even added clover to the yard.

04-25-2018

Betty Haug

04-24-2018

Jessica Nelson

I have a container garden and I am making an effort this year to plant nectar plants with all my veggies. I am also expanding the garden beds at my mom’s house and devoting the front bed to monarch waystation

04-23-2018

Roshini Schroeder

04-23-2018

Jolene Molter

I want to pay it forward to the Monarchs so that my future family members are able to enjoy the migrations on our 50 acres near Robber’s Cave State Park as I do today.

Okies for Monarchs is a program of the Oklahoma Monarch Society and an initiative of the Oklahoma Monarch & Pollinator Collaborative, a statewide group of 60+ organizations and citizens collaborating to develop and implement a Statewide Monarch Conservation Plan.

Planting the path for pollinators!

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