Friends of Monarchs
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Stop by our booth Sept 5-10, noon to 10pm
Utah Friends of Monarchs will have a booth along with Wasatch Bees and other conservation organizations in AG Building 9 at this year's Fair! Come by and check out the fun info we'll have displayed, and hopefully live eggs, caterpillars and monarchs. Also pick up free bookmarks that have instructions and suggested plants for creating your own "Monarch Waystation"! Proud partners of the Utah Pollinator Habitat Program!
The fall 2024 Order Form will go live in October, just in time for the perfect time to plant: NOVEMBER! If you would like an email reminder to place an order at that time, please email monarchsinutah@gmail.com with "SEEDS REMINDER" in your subject line.
QUICK TIP!
Did you get a seed packet with a QR code?
Click the Home button and look for Seed Prep for tips to ensure your seeds thrive.
NOTE: The easiest way to get milkweed started in your yard is to sow seeds outside in late fall - either directly in the garden, or in pots.
2024 Offerings
Free Native Milkweed Seeds mailed October 2023 through March 2024, up to six native species available while supplies last
45-60 minute Saving the Monarchy presentations available for groups small and large (gardening groups, municipalities, neighborhood associations, etc.). Live or Zoom, subject to availability:
Red Butte Garden (in SLC) Spring 2025
Bookmarks (laminated with instructions on how to create your own monarch garden and a list of suggested pollinator plants
FFA High Schools throughout Utah were invited to participate in growing native milkweed plants to give locally or share with Friends of Monarchs. Sites from Washington to North Logan are participating!
Working with Decker Lake Youth Corrections Facility since 2018 to grow milkweed; available for free at the end of May, subject to availability
6th Annual Photo Contest in 2024!
Utah Friends of Monarchs offers the annual photo contest through our Facebook Group. The first person PER COUNTY to submit a photo of a monarch (butterfly, caterpillar, or egg* wins $50 cash, if they follow the official rules of posting to two other sites. * Egg photos subject to approval by RT.
DATA IS CRITICAL! We need monarch data throughout Utah, and this contest is a fun way to collect where we have healthy breeding habitats, and hence, monarchs!
In 2023, all 29 counties in Utah had winners for the first time!!
EXCELLENT RESOURCES
Southwest Monarch Study
Our Tagging Source
Monarch Watch
Home of the national "Monarch Waystation" Program
Monarch Joint Venture
Excellent resources and webinars
Xerces Society
Utah Pollinator Habitat Program
Western Monarch Advocates
Our Mission
To engage and educate Utahns in conservation of the monarch butterfly. We do this by providing expertise and training, native milkweed seeds and/or seedlings, and leveraging partnerships with other organizations (public and private) to advance the cause of the monarch butterfly and the other pollinators who will benefit from this work.
Utah FOM Official 501c3 status August 31, 2021
Federal ID 87-2412373
Rachel Taylor, Utah Friends of Monarchs, Founder
Monarch Conservation Specialist, Monarch Watch
Board Treasurer, Western Monarch Advocates