Wednesday, November 9, 2022

North Collier Regional Park Butterfly Garden



The beauty of people and nature is that we are resilient. In a world that gets rocked the way IAN rolled in, it can be soothing to watch nature return.

When we take care of Nature, we are building a future for everything, people, plants and pollinators, a place for quiet reflection, serenity and beauty.

While I was tending to my own garden after the Hurricane, I was saddened that I lost one of the favorite host plants for Sulphur butterflies, and at the same time over joyed that the Monarchs were back and laying eggs on the milkweed. Now I’m not sure I’ll have enough milkweed but that’s always a good problem to solve.

While the Collier County Gardens are healing themselves with a little help from our gardeners and friends, please know that we are thinking about you and hope you’ll visit soon.

‌Gardening is what happens when two creative energies meet—human creativity and nature’s creativity. ~~Sue Stuart Smith::A Well Garden Mind

Bring on the Butterflies - Florida Wildflower Foundation Webinar

 


Bring on the butterflies! - Florida Wildflower Foundation


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Butterflies are an important indicator of the health of our environment. Equally as important are the native plants on which they and other wildlife depend for survival. Learn how you can make a difference for butterflies, big or small, by simply providing native plants in your own landscape, balcony or patio garden. Learn how chemical-free gardening simplified by planting native plants the right way can make your thumb green!



Tuesday, November 8, 2022

Join a Butterfly Count - North Collier Regional Park


 Saturday - November 19th

9:30am - 12:30pm

North Collier Regional Park

Meet in the Garden 



Nearly 30 species of butterflies have been observed during previous counts. Both number of individuals and different species will be recorded.

Volunteers ages 16 and up are invited to participate. Individuals with previous experience participating in one of these butterfly counts will serve as group leads.


Click here to sign up


Lessons from the November Butterfly Count

by Grayce Garthoeffner (Naples High School Student)  Living in Florida, nature is easy to observe from the comfort of our own home on a year...

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