For a while, entomologists have been sharing their increasing concerns that the eastern population of the monarch butterfly is decreasing and this year’s statistics so far are no different. “The ...

I want to start a butterfly garden. How do I begin? This was a recent question for the Master Gardener Volunteer Yard Review Team. Normally, the yard review covers the nine Florida-Friendly ...

Butterfly gardens can bring so much life to your yard. Not only do they attract these delicate pollinators, but they also support local ecosystems, providing nectar and pollen-rich plants for bees, ...

As summer nears its end, gardeners longing to fill their flowerbeds with the flutter of butterflies, bees and hummingbirds must quickly design a space for the preferred plants of the insects and birds ...

Educators and students at Dunbar Primary School hope to make Lufkin the Butterfly Garden Capitol of Texas. Late last year the Lufkin ISD Education Foundation awarded Dunbar teachers Jamie Mahan, ...

Butterfly puddlers are a great way to provide these beauties with an invaluable source of water and nutrients during the heat of summer, and are also a great help for them all year round. Puddlers can ...

The beautiful colors in our gardens don’t have to all come from flowers. Texas butterflies bring in color on the wing. Everyone can enjoy a butterfly garden this summer if they understand several ...

Most of us believe that if we plant enough flowers in our gardens the butterflies will automatically come visit. Maybe. Perhaps we should change this line of thinking and instead consider creating ...

When shopping for flowers in springtime, it is easy to get a little carried away. So many blooms to choose from, and they are all so pretty! It can be hard to pick a favorite, but plants and flowers ...

The Ann Norton Sculpture Garden was further transformed into a pollinator paradiseearlier this month, thanks the Growing Native Oases Made for Engagement (GNOME) project. GNOME was one of five student ...