Tag: butterflies

What’s in a name? Looking at the creative names gardeners give waystations.

From a database of 37,000 monarch garden names, we learned what ideas and concepts people have about monarch gardens. Gardens were often named after the place they were located, family members, animals, or mortality. Beyond being creative and pun-filled, garden names provide an insight into how people connect with their gardens and monarch conservation. Continue reading "What’s in a name? Looking at the creative names gardeners give waystations."

Leave the leaves!

Cover photo and article by Justin Wheeler, Published in Wild Ones Fall 2022 Journal, Updated October 2023 by Wild Ones Staff Besides providing the right plants, and protecting your garden from pesticides, one of the next most valuable things you can do to support pollinators and other invertebrates is to provide them with the winter […] Continue reading "Leave the leaves!"