{"id":654,"date":"2026-06-05T16:27:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T16:27:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/monarchsmilkweedandmore.com\/?p=654"},"modified":"2026-06-05T16:27:02","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T16:27:02","slug":"crabtree-nature-center-may-31-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/monarchsmilkweedandmore.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/05\/crabtree-nature-center-may-31-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Crabtree Nature Center, May 31, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/monarchsmilkweedandmore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_1759-1-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/monarchsmilkweedandmore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_1759-1-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/monarchsmilkweedandmore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_1759-1-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/monarchsmilkweedandmore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_1759-1-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/monarchsmilkweedandmore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_1759-1-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"684\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"666\" src=\"https:\/\/monarchsmilkweedandmore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/unnamed-1-1-684x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-666\" srcset=\"https:\/\/monarchsmilkweedandmore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/unnamed-1-1-684x1024.jpg 684w, https:\/\/monarchsmilkweedandmore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/unnamed-1-1-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/monarchsmilkweedandmore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/unnamed-1-1-768x1150.jpg 768w, https:\/\/monarchsmilkweedandmore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/unnamed-1-1-1026x1536.jpg 1026w, https:\/\/monarchsmilkweedandmore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/unnamed-1-1-1368x2048.jpg 1368w, https:\/\/monarchsmilkweedandmore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/unnamed-1-1-300x449.jpg 300w, https:\/\/monarchsmilkweedandmore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/unnamed-1-1-850x1273.jpg 850w, https:\/\/monarchsmilkweedandmore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/unnamed-1-1-scaled.jpg 1710w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 684px) 100vw, 684px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"859\" data-id=\"665\" src=\"https:\/\/monarchsmilkweedandmore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/unnamed-3-1-1024x859.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-665\" srcset=\"https:\/\/monarchsmilkweedandmore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/unnamed-3-1-1024x859.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/monarchsmilkweedandmore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/unnamed-3-1-300x252.jpg 300w, https:\/\/monarchsmilkweedandmore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/unnamed-3-1-768x644.jpg 768w, https:\/\/monarchsmilkweedandmore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/unnamed-3-1-1536x1289.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/monarchsmilkweedandmore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/unnamed-3-1-2048x1719.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/monarchsmilkweedandmore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/unnamed-3-1-850x713.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What a wonderful day we enjoyed tabling at Crabtree Nature Center.  The weather was perfect and the visitors were interested in learning.  We handed out incarnata and butterfly milkweed plugs.  We answered many questions and discovered many people were unaware of the monarch life cycle and migration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We enjoyed the Polish dancing and the costumed children who came to visit us!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/monarchsmilkweedandmore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_1761-1-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-670\" srcset=\"https:\/\/monarchsmilkweedandmore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_1761-1-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/monarchsmilkweedandmore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_1761-1-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/monarchsmilkweedandmore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_1761-1-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/monarchsmilkweedandmore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_1761-1-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How heartwarming to see our little butterflies on the shoulders of the children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"672\" src=\"https:\/\/monarchsmilkweedandmore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_1767-1-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-672\" srcset=\"https:\/\/monarchsmilkweedandmore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_1767-1-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/monarchsmilkweedandmore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_1767-1-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/monarchsmilkweedandmore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_1767-1-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/monarchsmilkweedandmore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_1767-1-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"671\" src=\"https:\/\/monarchsmilkweedandmore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_1768-1-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-671\" srcset=\"https:\/\/monarchsmilkweedandmore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_1768-1-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/monarchsmilkweedandmore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_1768-1-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/monarchsmilkweedandmore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_1768-1-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And on the Cook County Forest Preserve staff&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" data-id=\"674\" src=\"https:\/\/monarchsmilkweedandmore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_1762-1-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-674\" srcset=\"https:\/\/monarchsmilkweedandmore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_1762-1-scaled.jpeg 1920w, https:\/\/monarchsmilkweedandmore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_1762-1-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" data-id=\"673\" src=\"https:\/\/monarchsmilkweedandmore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_1766-1-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-673\" srcset=\"https:\/\/monarchsmilkweedandmore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_1766-1-scaled.jpeg 1920w, https:\/\/monarchsmilkweedandmore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_1766-1-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thank you Crabtree Nature Center for allowing us to participate in your festivities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What a wonderful day we enjoyed tabling at Crabtree Nature Center. The weather was perfect and the visitors were interested in learning. We handed out incarnata and butterfly milkweed plugs. We answered many questions and discovered many people were unaware of the monarch life cycle and migration. 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