Monarch Butterflies – Edgings Garden Research and Design

Monarch Butterfly Duo

Finally, a monarch! And not just one caterpillar, but two, with others, I hope, hidden among the late-season foliage.

Learning from Nature, Gathering Data – Citizen Science in the Garden

On the day the International Union for the Conservation of Nature announced that migratory monarch butterflies had been added to the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, I found a monarch caterpillar chewing on milkweed in my garden. An internationally recognized endangered species was reproducing in my suburban garden. Could restoring the environment really be this easy?