Romancing the Monarch – Learning how to care for the Monarch through its life cycle in our gardens
Enjoy the Romancing the Monarch festival each year on the first Saturday of October from 1:30 to 4 p.m. at the Lake Granbury Master Gardeners Demonstration Garden, 1410 W. Pearl St., Granbury, 76048.
Come and learn how to care for the Monarch through its entire lifecycle through the plants you choose for your garden. Learn more about milkweed and nectar plants as well as how to spot a monarch from egg, to caterpillar, to chrysalis, to mature adult butterfly!
Enjoy an afternoon filled with the magic of butterflies and flowers.
Live Monarch butterfly release at 2 p.m. and 3 p.m.
Education on pollinator plants
Face painting
Crafts & balloon art
Live Monarch "tagging"
Fun for all ages!
Monarch Migration & Tagging
Each fall, hundreds of millions of Monarchs complete an incredible migration from the United States and Canada to the mountains in Mexico to wait out the winter. The Monarch Watch Tagging Program is a large-scale community science project started in 1994 with the goal of understanding the Monarch migration better.
Butterfly Garden
Bring the magic of butterflies to your own house, by planting a butterfly garden. Attending the Romancing the Monarch festival will empower you with the knowledge you need to plant your own butterfly garden. A Monarch butterfly garden must contain milkweed (the only host plant for Monarch caterpillars) and nectar plants to feed the adult Monarchs.
Romancing the Monarch is a FREE community festival that engages visitors of all ages.
Live Monarch releases are at 2 p.m. and 3 p.m.
Each person also receives a piece of watermelon on a fork. After the Monarchs are released, they will come back and feed on the watermelon.
Come and see Monarchs up close, learn how tell a male from female and the best place to attach a Monarch tag.
Supporting Romancing the Monarch Festival
Lake Granbury Master Gardeners rely on generous supporters to fund the Romancing the Monarch festival each year. 100% of donations go directly to funding the Romancing the Monarch Festival. The Lake Granbury Master Gardeners is a 501(c)3 nonprofit educational organization: donations are tax deductible.
Lake Granbury Master Gardeners are grateful to the 2025 Romancing the Monarch partners who made the festival possible!
Home Depot – Granbury
Lake Granbury Medical Center
Randy & Renee Rogers
Brookshires Grocery – Granbury
Monarch Themed Educational Resources
Pre-School Education Packet
Explore the Monarch life cycle with your pre-schooler today! The LGMG educational packet contains a Monarch life cycle lesson along with Monarch themed activities, crafts and more!
Full color Monarch life cycle Lesson Slides
Presenting a Monarch life cycle lesson in your classroom? The LGMG full color slides are a great way to capture your studen’s attention!
Elementary Education Packet
This education packet is for kids 6+ who are interested in the Monarch life cycle. Learn about Monarch anatomy, life cycle and migration patterns through fun activities!
Resources for Supporting Monarchs
Certify your Monarch Waystation
Monarchwatch.org outlines what components a Monarch Waystation needs and will send you a yard sign after you have completed your Monarch Waystation!
Create your own Butterfly Garden
Interested in creating a butterfly garden in your own yard? Download the LGMG guide for creating a butterfly garden sutable for the North Texas climate and get started today!
Tagging Monarch - Why and How?
Tagging Monarch is a critical part of studdying their migration patters in our changing environment. Every fall, monarchwatch.org distributes more than a quarter million tags to volunteer scientists.