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The Hanover Garden Club and our community partners are sponsoring a special showing of the film, The Extraordinary Caterpillar at the Nugget Theaters. Using macro videography, the film gets up close and personal with the enchanting and miraculous caterpillar. Writer, director, and producer Jeff McKay explores the caterpillar’s role as a lynchpin in the conversion of plant energy to food source in our planet’s complex web of life. The film features Sam Jaffe from The Caterpillar Lab in Marlborough, NH, and renowned entomologist, author, and speaker, Doug Tallamy, co-founder of Homegrown National Park. Suitable for ages five and up.
Arrive as early as 5:30 pm to explore a live exhibit of caterpillars with Jack Forrester (The Caterpillar Lab) and to collect resources from the partnering organizations listed below.
After the one-hour film there will be a Q&A panel with local experts Amber Jones (VT Center for Ecostudies), Alicia Houk (A Wild Garden), and Heidi Holman (NH Butterfly Monitoring Network. They will discuss caterpillars and native plants, creating insect and bird habitats at home, and strategies for yard rewilding. Plus, we’ll have free resources to help you take action right away.
The evening concludes with a drawing for some great caterpillar swag: one Native Perennial CSA share from Cedar Circle Farm & Education Center, which consists of 15 pollinator-supporting native plants across the 2026 season;The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle donated by Barbara McIllroy; How Can I Help? Saving Nature with Your Yard, Doug Tallamy’s latest book donated by Hanover Garden Club; and t-shirts and a puzzle from The Caterpillar Lab’s shop.
Check out the trailer!