Join us on Saturday, August 8 and Sunday, August 9 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Our annual Monarch Butterfly Festival is back with special activities to celebrate 50 years of Living Prairie Museum. The whole weekend is great for all ages, and admission is free!

Enjoy live butterfly displays, and our milkweed plant giveaway. Join special workshops and teachings from community experts and teachers. Experience the prairie by taking a guided hike, and take part in hands-on crafts and activities. Prairie Flora plant sale will be back to help you start your own butterfly garden. There will also be displays and activities from several partners, so you can learn more about butterflies and prairie in Manitoba.

And join us for cake and our 50th anniversary celebration on Saturday August 8 at 11am!

All-weekend activities:

• Live butterflies and caterpillar displays

• Make your own butterfly wings

• Milkweed plant giveaway (while supplies last each day)

• Art activities

• Prairie Flora plant sale

• Paskwâwi-mostos seed beads

• Partner activities and booths

Scheduled activities

Saturday

o 11am- 50th Anniversary Ceremony & Cake

o 12-2pm Drumming Activity -with Barbara Nepinak

o 2pm - Endangered Butterfly Talk with Katherine Dearborne

Sunday

o 10am-3pm: âniskômohcikan Nature Activities

o 11am - Grassland Birds Talk with Tim Poole

o 12:30 + 2pm - Edible & Medicinal Plants Walk with Tyrel Bruyere