Roots & Shoots | Genevieve Leroux | Activity https://rootsandshoots.org/members/nvestn14/activity/ Activity feed for Genevieve Leroux. Thu, 21 May 2026 03:19:07 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 9077ed059b5a6581a4f99b6221d5f5f9 Genevieve Leroux posted an update: I will be a panelist on the upcoming Inspiring Young Heroes […] https://rootsandshoots.org/activity/p/4935/ Tue, 21 Jul 2020 19:20:14 +0000 I will be a panelist on the upcoming Inspiring Young Heroes Youth Summit. This summit will be held virtually celebrating The Gloria Barron Foundation for Young Heroes’ 20th anniversary. Come watch on July 28, 2020. Go to InspiringYoung Heroes.org for more information.

]]> 0 d06384f70b5cf1aba2b3d93edcef64fc Genevieve Leroux's profile was updated https://rootsandshoots.org/activity/p/4934/ Tue, 21 Jul 2020 19:13:53 +0000 0 80b70cb441ecd70b4c43845575fbaeef Genevieve Leroux joined the group Climate Change Champions https://rootsandshoots.org/activity/p/4042/ Mon, 01 Jun 2020 20:23:49 +0000 0 dd32374dccb6e7062ff74725844d9637 Genevieve Leroux posted a new activity comment https://rootsandshoots.org/activity/p/3577/#acomment-3668 Fri, 15 May 2020 17:56:52 +0000 Great news! Keep us updated on your progress! ~G

In reply to - anvita posted an update in the group Milkweed for Monarchs Today I planted a couple of Milkweeds! ]]> dbeeab8f81a6ede712434fbc4e0c2c94 Genevieve Leroux's profile was updated https://rootsandshoots.org/activity/p/3283/ Sat, 02 May 2020 22:05:57 +0000 0 cf9eaef230ffb94edba31379d82cd80b Genevieve Leroux posted an update in the group Milkweed for Monarchs: In 2018, Genevieve moved to Quebec where her work with […] https://rootsandshoots.org/activity/p/3282/ Sat, 02 May 2020 22:02:13 +0000 In 2018, Genevieve moved to Quebec where her work with Monarch Butterflies continues. Her work to save the Monarch now spans two countries on opposite coasts! Genevieve has assisted the National Capital Commission to collect data of Monarch larva, eggs and Monarch butterflies.

Genevieve has created and starred in multiple informational videos…[Read more]

]]> 0 6649a8d5f979f08aaf1c91943289216c Genevieve Leroux posted an update in the group Milkweed for Monarchs: I assisted The Friends of Gatineau Park again today. Along […] https://rootsandshoots.org/activity/p/1852/ Tue, 17 Mar 2020 16:42:13 +0000 I assisted The Friends of Gatineau Park again today. Along with a small group of volunteers, I spent the morning meticulously scouring hundreds of Common Milkweed plants for Monarch Butterflies, their eggs and caterpillars (larva). Our group spotted 3 Monarch Butterflies, a few caterpillars and a few eggs in a transect of land located near the…[Read more]

]]> 0 ffc0f3aab351a5600fd14c57d0f2ee67 Genevieve Leroux posted an update in the group Milkweed for Monarchs: 8/2/18 I have relocated to Gatineau, Quebec, Canada near […] https://rootsandshoots.org/activity/p/1851/ Tue, 17 Mar 2020 16:41:45 +0000 8/2/18 I have relocated to Gatineau, Quebec, Canada near Ottawa Ontario and I am continuing my participation in citizen science with researchers studying the Eastern Migratory Monarch Butterfly. I now live in a place where Migratory Monarch Butterflies begin and finish their complex migration to and from Mexico. In San Luis Obispo, I was working…[Read more]

]]> 0 769d0e5e3a3c7b08b9169655b494e9e7 Genevieve Leroux posted an update in the group Milkweed for Monarchs: I helped my science/garden teacher at school find homes for […] https://rootsandshoots.org/activity/p/1850/ Tue, 17 Mar 2020 16:41:08 +0000 I helped my science/garden teacher at school find homes for the plants we grew this year using my seeds. Teachers, students and parents took plants home to plant and take care of this summer. Because my school is being renovated this summer, and our garden is being moved, we needed to give the plants away. After everyone was gone, my mom helped me…[Read more]

]]> 0 3828ef9889a4f4754fa7fbd9acf85b93 Genevieve Leroux posted an update in the group Milkweed for Monarchs: Freddy Otte came to my home, where I have been germinating […] https://rootsandshoots.org/activity/p/1849/ Tue, 17 Mar 2020 16:40:35 +0000 Freddy Otte came to my home, where I have been germinating native Asclepias fascicularis (Narrow-leafed Milkweed). We put 300+ into his truck! He took the small plants to “Growing Grounds Nursery” where the city has a contract to grow plants being used by the city of San Luis Obispo for a variety of reasons. Growing grounds will transplant my…[Read more]

]]> 0 3ee81b0047282c1376dce443d04d4ce5 Genevieve Leroux posted an update in the group Milkweed for Monarchs: I had a successful meeting with our Mayor Heidi Harmon, and […] https://rootsandshoots.org/activity/p/1848/ Tue, 17 Mar 2020 16:40:07 +0000 I had a successful meeting with our Mayor Heidi Harmon, and our City Biologist, Freddie Otte, on April 25, 2018 to discuss plans for city-wide demonstration gardens and other ways to provide Migratory Monarch butterfly way stations throughout the city of San Luis Obispo. In addition to having native milkweed seeds to donate to this project, I have…[Read more]

]]> 0 e56c0c7c811ed170b9b0e3e93c0020b4 Genevieve Leroux posted an update in the group Milkweed for Monarchs: I was invited by "Love SLO" to help paint a Monarch […] https://rootsandshoots.org/activity/p/1847/ Tue, 17 Mar 2020 16:39:36 +0000 I was invited by “Love SLO” to help paint a Monarch Butterfly mural at The SLO Guild Hall’s demonstration pollinator garden by event organizer Scott Cam. This event was part of a city-wide volunteer service day. I had so much fun painting the mural and labeling rocks for plants in the garden!

]]> 0 1f83ec9bcdfe8eb7cc4d3f05eeeedac6 Genevieve Leroux posted an update in the group Milkweed for Monarchs: Genevieve has set up a meeting for April 25, 2018 with San […] https://rootsandshoots.org/activity/p/1846/ Tue, 17 Mar 2020 16:36:39 +0000 Genevieve has set up a meeting for April 25, 2018 with San Luis Obispo Mayor, Mayor Heidi Harmon, the City of San Luis Obispo’s Biologist, Freddie Otte, to discuss projects that implement the Mayor’s Monarch Pledge. Genevieve has 1 lb of native milkweed seeds to donate to the City to use in demonstration pollinator gardens and at other local sites…[Read more]

]]> 0 0d8d733914982c1b85bb25484e1e9c50 Genevieve Leroux posted an update in the group Milkweed for Monarchs: Genevieve took time out to host her own screening party for […] https://rootsandshoots.org/activity/p/1845/ Tue, 17 Mar 2020 16:36:00 +0000 Genevieve took time out to host her own screening party for the movie ” Jane.” She had a lot of fun sharing the life and works of her hero, Dr Jane Goodall, by inviting some of her friends to watch with her.

]]> 0 96bc326d412598b390407efb61ba1ee0 Genevieve Leroux posted an update in the group Milkweed for Monarchs: The National Wildlife Federation's Magazine's 2018 Special […] https://rootsandshoots.org/activity/p/1844/ Tue, 17 Mar 2020 16:34:50 +0000 The National Wildlife Federation’s Magazine’s 2018 Special Issue on Gardening for Wildlife will include a story on Genevieve’s expansive work with Monarch Butterflies.

]]> 0 5de8d918e31be5996fa9e26522dc1cd5 Genevieve Leroux posted an update in the group Milkweed for Monarchs: In an effort to spread the word to her friends at school, […] https://rootsandshoots.org/activity/p/1843/ Tue, 17 Mar 2020 16:33:59 +0000 In an effort to spread the word to her friends at school, Genevieve has given a Monarch Butterfly tagging/processing demonstration at her elementary school: Bellevue Santa Fe Charter School. Her school has now been officially certified by the National Wildlife Federation as a Certified School Wildlife Habitat! Check out the NWF’s website to see…[Read more]

]]> 0 7b36e21f35714a8983478c930879e39f Genevieve Leroux posted an update in the group Milkweed for Monarchs: Genevieve received the Mayors Monarch Pledge Proclamation in […] https://rootsandshoots.org/activity/p/1842/ Tue, 17 Mar 2020 16:33:38 +0000 Genevieve received the Mayors Monarch Pledge Proclamation in November, 2017. G will now assist the City of San Luis Obispo’s Natural Resource Manager, Bob Hill, in building demonstrator gardens and find ways to provide more pollinator habitat for Monarchs, bees and other pollinators throughout the city.

]]> 0 7e3d38b7838ff5a0ee1db35ae4b454e0 Genevieve Leroux posted an update in the group Milkweed for Monarchs: On November 21, 2017, 11 year old Genevieve Leroux, is going […] https://rootsandshoots.org/activity/p/1841/ Tue, 17 Mar 2020 16:33:09 +0000 On November 21, 2017, 11 year old Genevieve Leroux, is going to receive a Proclamation from the Mayor of San Luis Obispo, California when Mayor Heidi Harmon takes the National Wildlife Federation’s Mayors’ Monarch Pledge. Genevieve wrote the Mayor this summer and asked for a meeting to discuss the Mayors’ willingness to take the NWF’s Mayors’…[Read more]

]]> 0 8a8c81d56573c20da85ab1bb4fc9605a Genevieve Leroux posted an update in the group Milkweed for Monarchs: I have started giving out my plants (some have Monarch eggs […] https://rootsandshoots.org/activity/p/1840/ Tue, 17 Mar 2020 16:32:32 +0000 I have started giving out my plants (some have Monarch eggs and/or caterpillars already on them) so my community will be ready for both the Fall and Spring migrations of the Monarchs. I have learned it is important to understand that the California native milkweed should be used in larger restoration projects to try and avoid problems with…[Read more]

]]> 0 d1395ed05d784b0851a5e04f360137ba Genevieve Leroux posted an update in the group Milkweed for Monarchs: I have now collected the plants from the wholesale nursery […] https://rootsandshoots.org/activity/p/1839/ Tue, 17 Mar 2020 16:32:08 +0000 I have now collected the plants from the wholesale nursery who has been so helpful with my project and am finally ready to plant each milkweed plant in separate pots to offer my plants for free to those promising to plant them. My only request from the recipients who take my milkweed plants is a pledge to plant and care for them and letting me…[Read more]

]]> 0 4f2f0615cb5168b85fcc69255faae99b Genevieve Leroux posted an update in the group Milkweed for Monarchs: I have grown the native milkweed Asclepias Fascicularis from […] https://rootsandshoots.org/activity/p/1838/ Tue, 17 Mar 2020 16:31:23 +0000 I have grown the native milkweed Asclepias Fascicularis from seed with the help of a local wholesale nursery. I have given all of the plants away to friends and neighbors. Many of the plants had monarch eggs and/or small caterpillars on the leaves already because I grew the plants next to my own butterfly garden that is very good at attracting…[Read more]

]]> 0 81f25591aab52348d4e18f95fea8b9b4 Genevieve Leroux created the group Milkweed for Monarchs https://rootsandshoots.org/activity/p/1837/ Tue, 17 Mar 2020 15:15:11 +0000 0 2187602347cb2e2f3a269fe38b3a7a37 Genevieve Leroux created the group Monarch Conservation Community https://rootsandshoots.org/activity/p/1692/ Thu, 27 Feb 2020 23:19:24 +0000 0 a509607b3c640f6837bbcc4ff6500ecf Genevieve Leroux's profile was updated https://rootsandshoots.org/activity/p/1290/ Sun, 12 Jan 2020 23:59:04 +0000 0 8f5e868fd427baabb8dc6fd3e6743284 Genevieve Leroux changed their profile picture https://rootsandshoots.org/activity/p/1289/ Sun, 12 Jan 2020 23:57:11 +0000 0 29c9d7c5f3084f6d0884a3a32301f30a Genevieve Leroux's profile was updated https://rootsandshoots.org/activity/p/1147/ Sun, 15 Dec 2019 16:11:41 +0000 0