The Butterfly Garden

We hope al of you Daddy Sharks had a terrific Father's Day yesterday! 🦈💞
YOU ROCK! 🪨

And all those long roots store carbon too!
Photo credit - our friends over at DuPage County Stormwater Management

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🌼🐝 I'm not just a w**d. I’m a tiny friend of bees, a healer of soil, and a little source of joy. 💛 Let wildflowers bloom a bit longer and help nature thrive. 🌎✨ Every blossom matters! 🌿🌸🐝💚

🌿FREE MINT PLANTS🌿
Curbside in a bucket of water to help yourself!🎁
I encourage pot planting as it spreads aggressively. I did not know that. 😆
(Please leave the bucket.)

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Truth.

Thank you to the magnificent Fred Rogers ✨

(And to Tiny Buddha for posting this message)

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🦋 Monarch caterpillars are usually found on milkw**d, and they become one of America’s most loved butterflies, famous for their long migration.

🦋 Black Swallowtail caterpillars are often found on parsley, dill, fennel, carrots, and Queen Anne’s lace, and they become beautiful garden pollinators.

🦋 Eastern Tiger Swallowtail caterpillars usually live on wild cherry, tulip tree, birch, ash, and other native trees, and the adults are important nectar visitors.

🦋 Mourning Cloak caterpillars are often found on willow, elm, birch, poplar, and hackberry, and they become one of the first butterflies seen in spring.

🦋 Red Admiral caterpillars usually hide in folded leaves of nettles and false nettle, and the adults help pollinate flowers while feeding on nectar.

🦋 Luna Moth caterpillars are found on walnut, hickory, sweetgum, birch, and persimmon, and they become one of the most beautiful native moths in the USA.

🦋 Cecropia Moth caterpillars are often found on maple, cherry, apple, birch, willow, and lilac, and they become North America’s largest native moth.

🦋 Tomato Hornworm caterpillars are usually found on tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, and potatoes, but they become large native hawkmoths, so it’s better to move them instead of crushing them.

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“Children learn to be kind by experiencing kindness, not by being told to be kind.”💛

Congratulations on 3 yrs with us at the Garden, Reagan!🥳
We love and appreciate all you do for our Butterflies!💝 Here's to 3 more yrs!🙌

Brain-Boosting Summer Activities for Kids ☀️

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