Propagate toxic-free & healthy plants for pollinators!

Join Justin Okin, Kreigh Hampel, and Ashbear on Sunday, April 3 in propagating native seeds that will later be transplanted along the Chandler Bikeway. All ages are welcome!  Start a few plants for your yard and a bunch for the Monarch Mile! Learn about propagating native seeds, meet new fun friends, and be part of a community-based nursery and a pollinator corridor!

Would you like to adopt these young plants that will be transplanted to the Monarch Mile later in 2022? We would love to work with you!!

The problem we need to address:

Nursery-grown pollinator-friendly plants are often treated with neonicotinoids, a group of powerful and long-lasting insecticides. Bacillus Thuringiensis is an "organic certified" bacteria that kills caterpillars and is often used on pollinator-friendly plants.  Without warning, many well-intentioned and excited gardeners are buying plants that kill the very insects they want to support.  The Monarch Mile is dedicated…