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!

To bee or not to bee? Join the City of Austin’s Park Rangers for this interactive program that gives children a deeper look into some of our unsung pollinators, like beetles, bats, and moths, and how plants have learned to coexist with them. There will be models of each animal and their corresponding plant, and participants will be challenged to think like scientists, using clues about their adaptations to match them together.

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.

Enjoy the beauty of fall in central Texas by joining the North Lamar International District Merchant Association for free family fun! Help us celebrate Arbor Day by adopting your very own, free, native tree from our partner organization, TreeFolks, and get your tree related questions answered by an expert certified arborist. We will also be celebrating Monarch Appreciation Day by learning all about butterflies and our other invaluable pollinator friends. Activities include seed ball making, a scavenger hunt, arts and crafts, story time, balloon artist, pumpkin patch, free snacks, and more!

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 the Heartwood Community Garden and West Congress Neighbors to help with the planting and upkeep of our pollinator garden! Learn about native plants and pollinators from Master Naturalist and neighbor Alice Mabry, plant new pollinators and fruit trees, and help us take care of our creek with a community cleanup.

The North Oaks Park Community Garden is excited to host a Roots & Wings Festival celebration in conjunction with It's My Park Day! We will have park improvement projects for adults and an educational activity related to pollinators for children.

Join us for a celebration of native Texas trees and pollinator-friendly plants at St. Edward's University! Activities will include native tree, shrub, and wildflower planting, a discussion on the importance of native Texas pollinator plants, and a Q&A with our campus arborist about how to care for your trees through extended drought, polar freezes, extreme heat, and anything else that nature throws their way. Participants will help us expand our Monarch Waystation by planting more wildflowers, and help us to grow our new campus Food Forest by planting trees and mulching pathways. We will end by enjoying some tree-derived snacks and treats, including Yaupon iced-tea and pecan cookies!

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!

Join the Festival Beach Food Forest and Fruitful Commons in celebrating pollinators, trees, and our 10-year anniversary! That's 10 years of cultivating community and the Festival Beach Food Forest vision.

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!

To bee or not to bee? Join the City of Austin’s Park Rangers for this interactive program that gives children a deeper look into some of our unsung pollinators, like beetles, bats, and moths, and how plants have learned to coexist with them. There will be models of each animal and their corresponding plant, and participants will be challenged to think like scientists, using clues about their adaptations to match them together.

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.

Come hear local children's book author Tania DeGregorio read her book Skydancer for a special story time at the Oak Grove Stage from 11:30 am to 11:55 am during the Roots & Wings Festival Celebration at Zilker Botanical Garden.

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.

Our special guest Professor Pricklethorn will be reading the Arbor Day and Monarch Appreciation Day proclamation on the Oak Grove Stage at the Roots & Wings Festival Celebration at Zilker Botanical Garden! Don’t miss it!

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!

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.

Pre-registration is required for this event. Violet Crown Garden Club is excited to be hosting an official Roots & Wings Festival Event with Zilker Botanical Garden! Registered volunteers will help plant native and pollinator-friendly plants to enhance the Children's Garden at Zilker Botanical Garden.

This event is reserved for Ortega Elementary students and families and not open to the general public. The Ortega Elementary Garden Day is a day when families can gather and help beautify the school with plants to attract pollinators! Ortega Elementary is excited to educate the community about the importance of nature conservation.

This event is reserved for Linder Elementary students and families and not open to the general public. Join our outdoor STREAM Festival Day led by Linder Elementary Teachers and Staff! Attendees will engage in hands-on activities related to trees and pollinators.

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!

Whisper Valley, Austin’s first zero energy capable community, joins the Festival this year and invites you to come learn about trees, pollinators, and their community! TreeFolks’ Urban Forest Steward, Stephanie, will be giving an interactive presentation providing guidance on central Texas tree: Selection, Sourcing, Installation, & Maintenance. A tree planting demo will be given at the end, along with free materials to empower attendee on their tree journeys, plus crafts and activities for all ages.

Join us on a StoryWalk from the Windsor Park Branch Library to the community garden next door and learn all about the magic of caterpillars and the amazing transformation they go through on their way to becoming butterflies.