butterfly garden

Trees on the Trail: Small trees, enormous value!

Small trees or shrubs offer a wide range of benefits and are valuable additions to every garden’s ecosystem. Shrubs play an integral role in creating bee-, butterfly-, and bird-friendly gardens by providing pollen, nectar, and seeds. They enhance privacy, curb appeal, and property values. With benefits like these, adding small trees and shrubs to your landscape should be a no-brainer!

The 2024 Arbor Day Tree Giveaway will feature two beautiful understory species that can be trained into small trees or multi-stemmed shrubs: false indigo and buttonbush. Keep reading to see which one suits your landscape – or choose both for double the benefits!

Spice up your pollinator garden

Fresh herbs are great! They make our meals tastier, provide fragrance and add beauty and versatility to the garden. And they help pollinators!

Support moths, bees, and butterflies by adding herbs to your garden, patio or balcony. Check out this list of 6 herbs to spice up your garden and provide plants for pollinators.

Home Pollinator Gardening Class

Ready to attract more butterflies to your yard? Want to learn the benefits of having native plants in your garden? Looking to transform your turf into an easy to care for pollinator garden? Learn from area expert, Lauren Simpson at the upcoming Home Pollinator Gardening Class.

Plant for pollinators this spring!

At first glance, a pollinator garden may look like any other pretty flower garden. But for a garden to be a haven for native bees, butterflies, and moths, it needs to meet their needs for all life stages. And the most important ingredient are plants rich in nectar and pollen to feed adult pollinators and

Celebrate National Pollinator Week

If you like to eat fruit of the tree and vine—apples, sweet cherries, pumpkins, pears, blackberries, raspberries, strawberries, nuts and other fresh produce—you should love pollinators! The Environmental Services Department celebrates pollinators during National Pollinator Week (June 20-26, 2016) and encourages residents to do the same.  

Walk in the Woods, Part III: Butterflies

The last presentation in the spring 2016 Walk in the Woods Nature Lecture series will teach attendees tips and methods for bringing the beauty and magic of butterflies to their landscape. Mark Bowen, Author and Manager of Nature’s Way Resources, will present Adding a Butterfly Garden – Design, Plants and More. 

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