Celebrate Monarch Month with the City’s Environmental Sustainability Board!
Kids butterfly activity at Hendersonville Farmers Market
Date/Times: Saturday, September 12, 2025, 8:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Location: Historic Train Depot, 650 Maple St., Hendersonville , NC
Learn about and craft your own Monarch Butterfly lifecycle, and color your own butterfly to take part in the Symbolic Monarch Migration to Mexico on Saturday, September 12 at the Hendersonville Farmers Market. Stop by the Environmental Sustainability Board (ESB) booth to learn more and participate!
Explore Hendersonville’s Pollinator Trail
Did you know Hendersonville has several pollinator gardens throughout the City? Community partners and the City maintain pollinator gardens for community members and pollinators to enjoy. You can pickup a paper copy trail map at the Hendersonville Farmers Market on September 12th at the ESB booth or view a digital copy here: https://www.hendersonvillenc.gov/bee-city
Annual Symbolic Monarch Migration
The annual international Symbolic Monarch Migration(opens in a new tab) education program mimics the monarchs’ journey by engaging more than 10,000 children from across the United States and Canada in creating paper butterflies to send to students in Mexico which is where the real-life monarchs arrive for the winter. Students will receive messages back from the students in Mexico, learning authentic lessons of conservation and cooperation.
The City of Hendersonville is providing free registration for a select number of public schools, City residents, or non-profit groups located within the City of Hendersonville. To register, please visit bullingtongardens.org/symbolic-monarch-migration for full details. The deadline to request a free registration code for your group is October 3, 2026.