Pollinator Gardens and Monarch Butterfly Population Support
The pollinator gardens will support our Mason Bee habitat program providing pollen as food for the Mason bees. Also, the Swamp Milkweed plants will provide breeding habitat for Monarch butterflies which are declining in population. Monarch butterflies prefer to lay eggs on Swamp Milkweed plants which provides food for their larva. Our intention is to develop a robust garden of milkweed plants and eventually have butterfly chrysalises that will bolster the Monarch population and can serve as instructional tools for students.