Winners will be announced live on Facebook during the Monarch Fiesta at the Jardin botanique on Sunday, August 25 at 3:15pm!
Did you know that monarchs are insect pollinators? Together, monarchs and other pollinators play a key role in ecosystems.
Find out how you can help preserve their habitat by following the ecological principles of a garden for monarchs.
Their life cycle, their favourite plants and other butterflies they’re easy to confuse with.
Further readingCheck out our tips and advice on designing a monarch oasis for your yard or an alley.
Further readingParticipate in a citizen science program run by the Insectarium and help save monarchs.
Further reading
In March, access a series of activities for kids related to the monarchs
(in French).
Here’s your chance to take some concrete steps to help save these famous butterflies.
Throughout the year, we’ll guide you with a series of videos, including tips you can put into practice at home. You’ll be able to take action at the right time, right when these fabulous butterflies are migrating.
The more you do to help monarchs,
the more chances you have to win!
A trip for four to the monarchs’ wintering grounds in Mexico, in 2020, along with an expert from the Insectarium.
A six-day trip for four people to visit a monarch wintering site in Mexico, in winter 2020, along with an expert from the Insectarium. The prize includes:
Grand prize value: $8,800
One family pass for the Jardin botanique, Biodôme and Planétarium Rio Tinto Alcan institutions of Montréal Space for Life.
Value of each second prize: $100
Total value of all prizes: $9,300
Espace pour la vie will buy carbon offsets for the estimated 7,182T of emissions generated by the passengers using airplane transportation.
