
Charlotte Monarch Celebration is a free event taking place Saturday, September 20, 2025, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., at Reedy Creek Nature Preserve, 2986 Rocky River Road, Charlotte, North Carolina.
Many local nature-oriented nonprofit organizations are collaborating for this event.
Celebrate and learn about monarch butterflies and other pollinators, and learn how to protect their habitats.
Activities include:
- Crafts
- Seed giveaways and raffle
- Monarch march around the pollinator garden
- Photo booth with wings and other props
- Monarch activities
- Free popcorn
- Partner booths
- Face painting
- “Ask the Expert”
- Giveaways

Organizations:
- NC Wildlife Federation / Charlotte Wildlife Stewards
- City of Charlotte Landscape Management
- Keep Charlotte Beautiful / Bee City Committee
- NC Native Plant Society
- Mecklenburg Soil & Water Conservation District
- Mecklenburg County Parks & Recreation
- Central Carolinas Master Naturalist
- Daniel Stowe Conservancy
- Catawba Lands Conservancy
- Wild Ones
- 4H of South Charlotte
- Trees Charlotte
- More coming soon!
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Reedy Creek Nature Center and Preserve
2900 Rocky River Road
Charlotte, NC 980-314-1119