Join your neighbors in welcoming several newly planted trees to Dottie Jordan Park! There will be a tree planting demonstration from the COA's Urban Forestry Department, as well as a FREE tree giveaway from TreeFolks. Lots of local organizations will be on hand with fun activities for the kids, including Kids Climb, Art Activities, and Seed Ball Making. Tour the community garden, find out where the birds live, and so much more!

Join Windsor Park Branch Library staff, volunteers, and neighbors for a lively conversation all about Native Texas plants connected to the migration of the Monarchs.

Join us at Pleasant Hill for a special Roots & Wings-themed Park Party and celebration of the natural world in our library's beautiful green space. Learn about the plants in our park and enjoy a nature-themed story walk around the grounds. Youth Librarian Jace will host an outdoor storytime for all ages, followed by butterfly- and plant-themed crafts, activities, a chalk mural, and games. Free refreshments will be provided along with a seed ball creation station.

Join Concordia University’s Office of Environmental Stewardship for an environmental stewardship service event! Attendees will be outside planting trees and Texas native plants to attract pollinators. Participate, discover, and learn the importance of creating sustainable habitats for butterflies and other pollinators. There will be opportunity to plant Texas native trees, perennials, and spread wildflower seeds. All are welcome for this life-changing adventure!

Celebrate Texas Arbor Day this year with free admission into the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center all day from 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM! Join us for a day filled with fun, educational walks and family-friendly activities throughout our Center where explorers of all ages can learn, explore and play all day. Don't miss out on learning all about Texas trees from knowledgeable Center staff as well as organizations such as the Xerces Society Austin Chapter, Austin Beautiful Trees, Travis Audubon Society and many more!

This event is reserved for Odom Elementary students and families and not open to the general public. Join the Odom Elementary School community for our book fair and movie night! Support our school library by shopping the book fair from 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM, after which we will be watching a movie from 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM and celebrating Día de los Muertos with friends and family at our community ofrenda. Bring a lawn chair or blankets to get comfy at show time! Friends and family will have a chance to get some transplants for their gardens or add to our pollinator beds and habitats around the school.

This event is reserved for Leander ISD students and families and not open to the general public. Invite pollinators to your front porch! Leander ISD’s Parents as Teachers invites you to engage in activities about our winged and rooted friends, fly like butterflies and leaves, and read books about trees and butterflies. You will leave with your own mini butterfly gardens and lots of knowledge about trees and butterflies!

Full Gallop presents Monarchs on Manor/Mariposas en Manor! Join us for an evening of entertainment and education around monarch butterfly migration and the Butterfly Bar's efforts to preserve a butterfly habitat year round.

Join us for an evening of monarch appreciation, music, food, and community during our seasonal evening event, Tuesday Twilights. During this evening from 5 to 8 PM guests can enjoy a variety of monarch themed activities and exploration for all ages. Learn all about monarchs and the plants they love from knowledgeable Center staff as well as organizations such as the Xerces Society Austin Chapter and many more!

Event update: Please note that Zilker Botanical Garden will be charging regular admission. Conservancy members and Museums for All participants are free. Learn more here.

This is a hybrid event. To attend virtually, you must pre-register. Join us in celebrating the Roots & Wings Festival on October 30th, 2022 at the Zilker Botanical Garden, or attend online for a special hybrid live read-aloud of Collin Pine's new children's book “The Garden Next Door.”

Join Families in Nature for a morning to remember as we celebrate Texas' state insect, the Monarch butterfly, and learn how to conserve this beautiful and now, endangered, species. Come learn about monarch conservation and take home free native plants, seeds, and more to turn your backyard, porch, balcony, or community into a vital habitat for monarchs and other pollinators! Fun for all ages!

Preregistration is required for this event. Join Central Texas Mycology for a family-friendly celebration of the forest at night as part of this Roots & Wings Festival event. We will explore the diverse, nocturnal ecosystem of Circle Acres with UV flashlights to look for night pollinators, glowing plants, fungus, lichens and more!

It’s Bilingual Storytime at Red Salmon Arts, featuring the book “All Around Us” by Xelena Gonzalez! Afterwards, we will work on the Red Salmon Pollinator Garden. Drinks & snacks will be provided!

Event update: Please note that Zilker Botanical Garden will be charging regular admission. Conservancy members and Museums for All participants are free. Learn more here.

Visit the Zilker Botanical Garden for a Roots & Wings-themed day of pollinator- and tree-themed activities! This sitewide event will be a combined celebration of Monarch Appreciation Day and Arbor Day here at the Zilker Botanical Garden. Walk through a butterfly tent with live butterflies, tag a monarch butterfly to support scientific research, witness a butterfly release, visit our hummingbird garden to learn about hummingbird feeder care and planting native hummingbird attracting plants, learn about how to make a bat house or solitary bee habitat in your yard, dissect a dead log to learn about the value of trees in forests, and so much more!

The caterpillars are coming! The caterpillars are coming! Come build a place for them to eat and eat and eat before finally settling into their chrysalises for a most amazing metamorphosis. The habitats we build will be perfect for getting real close and observing what happens along the way from very hungry caterpillars to glorious monarch butterflies. Come back throughout the Festival and visit Windsor Park Branch Library's caterpillars in their various stages of transformation. Maybe you'll be around when a brand new butterfly is ready to take flight!

Pre-registration is required for this event. Bring your family and friends for a day of planting native Austin wildflowers! Join Pease Park Conservancy in creating pollinator gardens to improve soil health, prevent erosion, improve water quality, and, more importantly, provide food for insects like bees and butterflies to protect our ecosystem.

Celebrate all things trees and butterflies with the Library at the North Austin Community Garden. Make seed balls, help plant a Monarch Waystation, adopt a free sapling from TreeFolks, enjoy nature play with PARD's loose-parts kits, learn about butterflies and trees with Project Learning Tree, talk to Park Rangers, take a garden tour, storytime, crafts and more! Nature costumes encouraged!

Event update: Please note that Zilker Botanical Garden will be charging regular admission. Conservancy members and Museums for All participants are free. Learn more here.

Visit the Zilker Botanical Garden for a Roots & Wings-themed pollinator presentation! Learn about lesser-known pollinators and discover the importance of flies, solitary bees, wasps, moths and more!

Come learn about the pollinators who visit our beautiful neighborhood meadow and the types of habitats and foods the meadow provides! We will celebrate these important creatures with butterfly themed activities, art, and music! Snacks, coffee, and beverages will be provided!

Come visit the Yarborough Branch Library to learn all about caterpillars, butterflies, trees, and gardens!

Patterson Park community garden invites the community to a Saturday morning full of activities and live music! We will have a Fall plant giveaway with native flowers and vegetables to support our pollinators before they hibernate for the Fall. The first 100 people will get free ice cream from a local vendor! We will have booths set up to learn about backyard honey beekeeping, the Austin Butterfly Forum, and the Austin purple martin group.

Join Ecology Action of Texas and the Montopolis Community Development Corporation in a community forestry event that will include free food, children's activities, and opportunities to help plant native trees and pollinator flowers at Roy G. Park!

Pre-registration is required for this event. Join The Trail Conservancy at Volma Overton Sr. Beach in spreading native wildflower seeds! TTC staff will train and educate volunteers on seeding techniques, the importance of pollinators, and the overall stewardship of the Hike-and-Bike Trail. All tools, gloves, and materials will be provided.

Pre-registration is required for this event. Travis Audubon will host an all-day Bioblitz to celebrate the biodiversity at Blair Woods. Come explore our east Austin preserve and learn about your local flora and fauna. We will have hour-long walks led by knowledgeable volunteers that focus on different groups of organisms, like trees and plants, insects, birds, and fungi.

Join the Anderson High School community and Anderson PTSA as we create a pollinator-friendly entrance to our campus! We will be planting native flowering perennials, as well as cleaning up invasive species, and creating a welcoming environment for the community, students, staff, and pollinators.

Event update: Please note that Zilker Botanical Garden will be charging regular admission. Conservancy members and Museums for All participants are free. Learn more here.

Special note: this event is outside of the regularly scheduled 2022 Roots & Wings Festival dates.

Visit the Zilker Botanical Garden for a Roots & Wings-themed author lunchtime lecture! Sara Dykman, author of “Bicycling with Butterflies,” will be be discussing her book. Learn monarchs, ask Sara questions about her writing process, and discover the importance of habitats for butterflies and other migrating pollinators.

Learn about the importance of monarchs, their life cycle, and how we can encourage and support pollinators on a local and personal level with engaging, hands-on activities through Families in Nature!