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Last year, 90 gardeners participated in the butterfly and milkweed programs supported by Milbergers, DEERC Education Center, Native American Seed Co., Douglas King Seed Co. and the Comal County Master ...

You've probably seen monarch butterflies, and maybe monarch caterpillars, but there's a lot to learn about the monarch life cycle stages.

Gardeners often plant milkweed with the hope of helping butterflies, but not all milkweed species have the same effect.

Milkweed is a fantastic plant for pollinators, and one particularly adored by Monarch butterflies. But the Monarchs' population is declining, and gardeners need to stand up and do whatever they can to ...

A butterfly garden is truly a special, magical space, and it's not difficult to grow one in your own yard. You just need the right collection of plants.

What exactly is a “weed?” From a gardener’s point of view, a weed is simply a plant growing where you don’t want it. Ralph Waldo Emerson, an American poet and philosopher who lived from 1803-82, said ...

BEAVER ISLAND, MI – Lauri Juday stooped down to inspect the leaves of a common milkweed plant and then shouted, “I’ve got one.” She was leading a group of student volunteers to find and collect ...