Roosevelt Island’s iDig2Learn hosted a Monarch Butterfly Corridor Milkweed planting at Lighthouse Park last Saturday, October 17.
iDig2Learn 10/17 Milkweed Planting At Lighthouse Park Image From David Stone & Deborah Julian
Free family friendly iDig2Learn
Vicki Feinmel & Judy Buck Welcome iDig2Learn Planters Image By David Stone & Deborah Julian
activities included an archaeological dig box to hunt for shark’s teeth and fossils,
Image From David Stone & Deborah Julian
story time by Eva Bosbach,
Image From David Stone & Deborah Julian
face painting by Liyan Chen,
Image From David Stone & Deborah Julian
butterfly themed art with Neha Sharma,
Image From David Stone & Deborah Julian
and of course, planting milkweed plants for the Monarch butterflies.
Image From David Stone & Deborah Julian
According to iDig2Learn Founder Christina Delfico:
… In the past two decades, the Monarch butterfly population has decreased in North America by 95%. Planting milkweed, the plant Monarch butterflies depend on, will increase their chance of survival. Monarch butterflies travel over 3000 miles from Mexico to Canada and back and they fly through New York City. We can help restore their habitat by planting the milkweed plant to create a flight corridor for Monarch butterflies on their migrations south to warmer weather every fall. If we plant it they will come!….
Here’s more on the Monarch Butterfly migration
