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SUMMARY:🌻🦋 Route 66 Native Plant & Pollinator Festival 🦋🌻
DESCRIPTION:Hey Western Oklahoma! Okies for Monarchs is coming to you on
  Saturday\, May 2 to ask for your help to save the monarchs and our othe
 r pollinator friends! We will be in Elk City at the Arrowhead Center fro
 m 12 pm to 4 pm with native wildflowers and milkweed for sale\, as well 
 as a park full of family-friendly activities with our partners. We’ll 
 also have experts on hand to answer your questions and provide presentat
 ions that are full of helpful knowledge and useful tips for your monarch
 -saving adventures! And not only that\, we’ll also have FREE MILKWEED 
 plugs* at the Okies for Monarchs booth.\n\nGetting excited?! So are we! 
 We can hardly wait to see you at this event supported by our friends at 
 Keep Oklahoma Beautiful.\nLearn about the native wildflowers of Route 66
 !\n\n\n 	Shop native plants from Oklahoma vendors\, including Sanctuary 
 Gardens and Wild Roots\n 	Grab FREE* starter milkweed plants and wildflo
 wer seed packets from Okies for Monarchs\n 	Pick up the central/western 
 regional seed mix and other native seeds from Johnston Seed Company\n 	E
 njoy hands-on activities for all ages with Keep Oklahoma Beautiful\, Joh
 nston Seed Company\, Oklahoma Biological Survey\, and North Fork of Red 
 River Conservation District\n 	Browse monarch-themed merchandise and hab
 itat signs from Okies for Monarchs\n 	Watch the installation of a 100 sq
  ft demonstration pollinator habitat\n 	Ask questions and learn from loc
 al experts through presentations on monarchs\, milkweed\, and pollinator
  habitats\n\nPRESENTATIONS:\n\n🦋 12:30 PM – Why is OK so Important 
 for Monarchs? From their migration to milkweed and roadside wildflowers\
 , get a crash course in Monarch 101 with Vonceil Harmon — who’s logg
 ed countless miles working with monarchs and milkweed along Oklahoma’s
  highway roadsides!\n\n🌾 1:00 PM – Sowing for Monarchs in Pastures 
 Learn how to plant and manage milkweed and native wildflowers in pasture
 s while coexisting with livestock\, with insights from Brian Weathers of
  Johnston Seed Company.\n\n🌻 1:30 PM – What to Plant and How to Bui
 ld It’s time to get our hands dirty! Jamie Mansell will walk us throug
 h the do’s and don’ts of helping save the monarchs. She’s turned h
 er own yard into a thriving pollinator habitat and meadow—and she’s 
 ready to show you how.\n\n🌸 2:00 PM – Growing Community Through Hab
 itat Megan Malone of Keep Oklahoma Beautiful shares how Elk City’s Rou
 te 66 grant grew a small garden into a thriving festival—showing how h
 abitat creation builds community and civic pride. Encouraging audiences 
 that any habitat matters and offering resources to get started.\n\n 🌱
  2:30 PM - Milkweed &amp\; MythBusters Get ready for an engaging\, myth-
 busting session with Katie Hawk\, Executive Director of the Oklahoma Mon
 arch Society! With over a decade in pollinator conservation\, Katie will
  tackle common milkweed misconceptions and share practical tips to help 
 monarchs.\n\nRoute 66 Native Plant &amp\; Pollinator Festival | 12 PM â€
 “ 4 PM | Saturday\, May 2\n\nArrowhead Center\n600 Western Dr.\nElk City
 \, OK 73644\nFunding Support Provided By
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