Roosevelt Island's iDig2Learn Invites You To Green Park Gardeners NYC Monarch Migration Festival Sunday October 15 At Andrew Haswell Green Park East River Esplanade - 5 Minutes From Tram

Roosevelt Island resident and iDig2Learn founder Christina Delfico reports:

You are invited.

Free Monarch Butterfly Event - Sunday Afternoon 10/15/17 from 2-5 PM

Image From Christine Delfico

Join our Upper East neighbors, the Green Park Gardeners NYC, as they host the free family & pet friendly Monarch Butterfly Festival event this Sunday, October 15 from 2 to 5 PM at Andrew Haswell Green Park at 60th street East River Esplanade.

iDig2Learn recently hosted Green Parks Garden NYC on a tour of Roosevelt Island's Monarch Butterfly corridor plantings of milkweed and nectar rich plants.

Image From Christina Delfico

Knowing the butterflies depend on humans to restore lost habitat we shared ideas, harvested milkweed seeds, and agreed to work together to build up pollinator friendly planting corridors on both sides of the East River. Island groups like the RI Garden Club and so many others have been planting natives to boost the Monarch Butterfly population and it is working (see Julia Ferguson's post with butterfly photos from Jenna Longo)! Sunday's event is part of a multi-island group collaboration to build habitats on both sides of the river, look out Queens you are next!

Attend this weekend's event to find out more!

You always look across the river as the Tram travels to Manhattan, but have you ever been to Andrew Haswell Green Park along the river or seen the that silver & red rollercoaster like sculpture structure up close? Now is your chance to visit. Just a 5 minute walk from the tram, walk as east as you can on 60th street up the traffic-free ramp, north of the Queenboro bridge left past the Alice Aycock art installation, down to Andrew Haswell Green Park to meet our Butterfly friendly neighbors. Try on butterfly wings, visit their stretch of esplanade garden and even get a temporary butterfly tattoo!

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Image Of Roosevelt Island Garden Club Monarch Butterflies From Jenna Longo

more of these beautiful photos taken of Monarch Butterflies at the Roosevelt Island Garden Club last Saturday at this previous post.