I planted a pollinator garden then added 4 kinds of milkweed to attract Monarch butterflies. This past year I released 67 Monarchs!

Multi year effort to transform yard to native plant habitat

A 200 square feet plot within a larger yard in Suburban Tulsa, OK. It includes syriaca, incarnata, and tuberosa milkweeds along with native plants as nectar sources. Correopsis, monarda, and Helianthus included. Most of the plants are plugs from local nurseries, starting in 2018.

An 8×4 raised flower bed in an urban backyard with milkweed, black eyed Susans, golden rod, lantana, rue, coneflower, ironweed, and coreopsis.

Our backyard is about 60% garden right now with lots of pollinator support: pollinator plants, nectar plants, tall grass areas, and shelter areas for creatures of all sizes. But we are not expanding to the front yard. Adding areas with pollinator plants, dry river beds, and shelter areas. Hoping to have the project done by Spring 2024.

Small pollinator garden in our front garden bed of our rent house.

Pollinator garden

Small backyard Butterfly Garden Feeding stop for migrating monarchs

Converted my raised vegetable beds to pollinator plants!

For the Love of Butterflies