Join the Hanover Garden Club and our community partners on April 22, 6–8 pm at the Nugget Theaters in Hanover for a special showing of the film, The Extraordinary Caterpillar. 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.

The film is followed by a one-hour Q&A with panelists Amber Jones (VT Center for Ecostudies), Alicia Houk (A Wild Garden), Chris Rimmer (local bird specialist), and Heidi Holman (NH Butterfly Monitoring Network).

Free, but registration is required and limited to 170 people: https://hanovergardenclub.wildapricot.org/event-6620211

Arrive as early as 5:30 pm to see the live exhibit of caterpillars presented by The Caterpillar Lab and to collect resources from our partnering organizations. There will also be an onsite drawing for some great caterpillar swag, including one Native Perennial CSA share from Cedar Circle Farm & Education Center;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 the Hanover Garden Club; and special gifts from The Caterpillar Lab’s shop.