Growing milkweed from seed is one of the easiest ways to help declining monarch butterflies. In December 2024, the U.S. Fish ...

Winter sowing gives seeds the chilling period (stratification) they need to break dormancy and germinate. Seeds sown into ...

Members of the public, schools, parks, libraries, churches and nonprofits interested in adding native plants to their ...

We germinated milkweed seed and distributed 400 plants of six native species that grow in the San Antonio, New Braunfels area: showy milkweed, green milkweed, butterfly weed, swamp milkweed, antelope ...

Keep in mind that swamp milkweed and butterfly weed thrive in two different types of environments. Swamp milkweed requires moist soil, whereas butterfly weed thrives in dry environments.

TRYON– The Town of Tryon, led by the TDDA, has recently unveiled significant improvements along the right bank surrounding ...

Above: Emma Poutz, co-founder and Executive Director of BEE, opens her presentation on Resilience gardens. Photo by Siddharth ...

TRYON—Students from Tryon Elementary School are taking the lead in protecting local pollinators by creating their very own ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is taking steps to list monarch butterflies as threatened species and designate seven ...

In celebration of the Earth this year, the Verona Environmental Commission (VEC) is partnering with Verona’s local garden ...

This winter, Dane County Land & Water Resources Department donated eight species of native plant seeds collected by Dane County Parks volunteers including wild bergamot, black-eyed Susan, butterfly ...

Native red and orange flowers they enjoy include trumpet honeysuckle, butterfly weed, and cardinal flower. Columbines are another popular early spring blooming perennial that attracts hummingbirds, ...