Category Archives: Monarch Waystation

Waystations

Joanna Kirby, president of the Kentucky Garden Club, is urging gardeners to establish “monarch way stations” across the state where the larvae may feed. Read more here: http://www.kentucky.com/2013/07/21/2725261/uncommonwealth-state-gardening.html#storylink=cpy Kirby and others, including Monarchwatch.org and Wild Ones, a leader in the natural … Continue reading

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Monarch News

Send a Monarch to Mexico, 2015 The 20th annual Symbolic Monarch Butterfly Migration is about to begin. Children in the US and Canada are invited to create ambassador butterflies for students who live beside the monarchs’ winter sanctuaries in Mexico. … Continue reading

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Report Monarch Sightings!

Did you know that you can report your sightings of monarch eggs, caterpillars, and butterflies?  This will allow your sightings to be part of one of the largest data bases recording sightings in North America – Journey North.  Go to journeynorth.org/sightings/ or … Continue reading

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Monarch Waystations

If you plant it, they will come! The Monarchs are here and they love the bright colors of zinnias and sunflowers as they float through the gardens of Kentucky, but they also  need their only host plant, Milkweed, to lay their … Continue reading

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