The September 7th deadline for entering the 2021 Urquhart Butterfly Garden Photo Contest has come and gone. We are grateful to have received many excellent photos of a diverse array of garden wildlife.
Photo Contest Award Announcement:
The 2021 Photo Contest Award Winners will annouced on our website on the morning of Tuesday, October 12th, 2021. Stay tuned!
Up next in our 2021 Education Program Summer Series:
Urquhart Butterfly Garden Centennial Park, Dundas
Butterfly & Nature Identification Walk – Matthew Mills
Free Workshop Saturday September 11 at 10 am
Our own staff naturalist Matt Mills will lead our final walk of the year a Guided Nature Walk and tour of the garden. Early fall is a time of change for wildlife in the garden, but there is always plenty to see.
Monarch butterfly migration is underway, and we may see small groups in the garden or migrating overhead. A day with north winds could bring the hawk migration right overhead and insect diversity will be high in the abundant fall flowers.
The session is open to all, and you will leave with a new knowledge and understanding of the wonderful diversity of wildlife at the Urquhart Butterfly Garden.
Saturday September 11 at 10 am.
You are requested to bring your binoculars & a chair. Be prepared to spend 1 hour in the full
sun of the garden – a hat and sunglasses are helpful.
The event will be cancelled in the event of rain.
The Urquhart Butterfly Garden is immediately adjacent to Centennial Park and the Hamilton Air Force Association at 128 King St. E in Dundas.
There is plenty of free parking and the location is easily accessible by public transportation or bicycle.
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For more information contact:
Joanna Chapman
jchapman@295.ca
905-627-8917
Funded by the Dougher Fund of the Hamilton Community Foundation
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The Urquhart Butterfly Garden,
Centennial Park, Dundas.
Birds of the Butterfly Garden & Canal Park
Brian Wylie
Saturday, September 4 at 10 am
Brian Wylie is a very observant naturalist and birder. Brian can tell you about our birds, their lives, and migration patterns. It is surprising how many species of bird are hiding in plain view.
By early September many birds are getting ready to leave us for the winter. He will explain why some Robins leave us in the fall others stay and overwinter here.
Brian Wylie has been interested in birds and other creatures since he was a child, and for many years been a very active member of the Hamilton Naturalist’s Club. He welcomes both young and old to his workshops, and has a great facility for explaining the mysteries of nature to young children. Join Brian on September 4 at 10am, for a free workshop.
Funded by the Dougher Fund of the Hamilton Community Foundation
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For more information contact:
Joanna Chapman (905-627-8917)
email: jchapman@295.ca
Urquhart Butterfly Garden
Centennial Park, Dundas
Butterfly & Nature Identification Walk
Matthew Mills
Free Workshop Saturday August 28th at 10 am
Our own staff naturalist Matt Mills will guide a Butterfly and Nature Identification walk and tour of the garden. Late summer is an excellent time to view a diversity of butterflies in the Urquhart Butterfly Garden.
Monarch numbers begin to build as they stage for migration, good numbers of summering species are still on the wing and rare butterflies blown north on summer heat waves are possible. Bird migration begins in earnest in late August so we will watch for movement overhead and new visitors in the garden.
The session is open to all, and you will leave with a new knowledge and understanding of the wonderful diversity of wildlife at the Urquhart Butterfly Garden. Saturday August 28 at 10 am.
You are requested to bring a chair and wear a hat. We will spend 1 hour in the full sun of the garden. The event will be cancelled in the event of rain.
The Urquhart Butterfly Garden is immediately adjacent to Centennial Park and the Hamilton Air Force Association at 128 King St. E in Dundas.
There is plenty of free parking and the location is easily accessible by public transportation or bicycle.
Funded by the Dougher Fund of the Hamilton Community Foundation
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For more information contact:
Joanna Chapman
jchapman@295.ca
905-627-8917
Up next in our 2021 Education Program Summer Series:
Urquhart Butterfly Garden
Centennial Park, Dundas
Bees & Bugs
Jenna Braun
Free Workshop Saturday August 21st at 10 am
The abundant flowers of the Urquhart Butterfly Garden provide habitat for an
excellent diversity of native bees, wasps and insects.
Jenna Braun, ecologist and entomologist, is full of fascinating facts about the
insect world – a world which many of us overlook.
Jenna has studied native bees and insects for many years and communicates her
enthusiasm easily. This is an great workshop for kids to see and handle insects up
close and safely.
Join Jenna on Saturday, August 21 at 10 am.
Please bring a chair
On a bus route and lots of free parking
Cancelled in the event of rain
Funded by the Dougher Fund of the Hamilton Community Foundation.
Urquhart Butterfly Garden 