Let the yellow flowers grow wild.

20 acres dedicated to restoring the natural prairie. Fields are no longer mowed, but paths are mowed in and around prairie for ease of viewing native grasses and flowers.

Our small front yard is a garden of perennials and annuals benefitting butterflies and other insects, birds, toads, frogs, turtles, and other wildlife. Many plants such as rue, fennel, milkweed and native trees host caterpillars. Flowering is constant from early spring to late fall. A birdbath with a dripper and a bubbling fountain provide fresh water. Monarch butterflies visit throughout the season. Anyone walking by on Peters Avenue can view our garden.

Pollinator garden, with emphasis on hand rearing and tagging monarch butterflies in cages for protection against parasites and disease. Mix of native perennials and non-native annuals for nectar which includes native and non-native host milkweed plants (Asclepias incarnata, curassavica, speciosa, syriaca, viridis). Monarch Watch Registry ID#18201

I have a medium sized pollinator garden and certified Waysation through Monarch Watch in the heart of mid-town Tulsa. I have three different species of milkweed (Swamp, Butterflyweed, Tropical) and numerous amounts of native flowers and plants that bloom throughout the year. Things such as sunflower, purplecone flower, mexican hat, beebalm, golden rod, salvia, butter daisy and many more.

Gardening for pollinators, guerrilla style! Not Really, but the best gardener has always been Mother Nature! So 2 years ago I decided to stop mowing the grass in my back yard. Wow! the amount of different species that were there, just needing a chance to bloom, was mind blowing!

Milkweeds, coneflowers, Gallardia, partridgepea, native lespedezas, Salvia, Liatris, the list goes on! The native grasses were given a chance to grow, providing nesting cover for songbirds and even quail!

The icing on the cake was having a monarch visit a patch of cowpen daisy last fall on its return migration, my first sighting (that I have been paying attention).

My front yard garden which is about .4 of an acre. Providing a number of garden plots including milkweed and other nectar plants. I also raise awareness of the need to plant milkweed in home gardens by distributing milkweed seeds with planting instructions.

Registered #Waystation15692 through monarch watch

Started in 2005, the gardens have grown and have brought in more than 87 species of butterflies. It is a safe place for all kinds of pollinators and wildlife. In 2007, the gardens were registered with Monarch Watch as Monarch Waystation #1524. New beds have been planted over the years. Monarch sightings have been documented to Journey North for the past eleven years and number in the thousands.

I have started a small butterfly garden in the corner of my backyard. I have several varieties of milkweed and other plants that attract butterflies.