Monarch Fest

Monarch Fest 2026

Thank you to everyone who attended! See you in 2027!

Since 2019, Monarch Fest has given away over 3400 native pollinator plants.

At this fun, family-friendly event you will learn how to create a pollinator-friendly habitat in your own yard.

The population of monarch butterflies and other pollinators is declining in devastating numbers due to habitat loss.

Our community is coming together to make a difference!

If the weather is bad, Monarch Fest will be held inside.
(Vendors who are selling plants will remain outside.)

Thank you all so much for putting on this event every year. Our yard is turning in to a native oasis and I wouldn't have been able to afford it without you all. - Jill B.

Take home a FREE native pollinator plant!

Learn more about the Plant Give-Away

Monarch Fest is for EVERYONE!

Get creative

Enjoy live music

Browse exhibitors & vendors

Learn about native plants

Explore the gardens

Find a tasty treat

Native Plant Sharing Table
Have plants to spare? Why not share?

Pot up your extra native plants and bring them to our "Native Plant Sharing Table” at Monarch Fest. Share your surplus and know that you are helping your neighbor restore habitat for wildlife in their yard. A table of free plants, from the community, for the community, will be set up near the food forest tent.

Visit the table. Drop off what you have. Look for what you need. Native plants only. And please do not pass on any diseased plants or pests.

Show us your pollinator habitat!

Submit your image

Please include your name, hometown, and state, so that we can recognize your submission.

By submitting your photo or video to Monarch Fest, you are giving us permission to use your submission on our website and/or social media.

CtK Grill

Burgers, hot dogs, chips, and drinks
Gluten-free and meat-free options available

Festival Shop

Monarch Fest t-shirts, butterfly wings, bee houses, and more

Festival Shop Items

Raffle Baskets

Ticket pricing: 1 for $1, 6 for $5, 13 for $10
Kids' Creation Care Basket
Pollinator Garden in a Pot
"Monarch Butterfly in stained glass" by local artist Megan Walsh

Live Music

10:15 am - 11:45 am Troubadours
11:45 am - 12:45 pm Jam for Breakfast
12:45 pm - 2:00 pm Troubadours

Proceeds from the CtK Grill, Festival Shop, and Raffle Baskets will go toward next year's Monarch Fest
Cash and Venmo accepted

Exhibitors and Vendors

Directions

Christ the King Lutheran Church
7393 Dimmick Road
West Chester, Ohio 45069
(just west of the intersection with US42)

from I-75 take Union Center/West Chester exit, go east on Union Center Blvd, turn left on Cincinnati-Dayton Road, turn right on Dimmick Road.
from I-275 take US 42/Sharonville exit, go north on US 42 and turn left at Dimmick Road.

Thanks to our sponsors

Want to dig a little deeper?

Check out these organizations who support studying monarchs and other pollinators, restoring habitat and biodiversity, and caring for the world around us.