Category: Butterfly Gardening
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Bring Back the Butterflies – One Year at Magnuson Park
One Year at Magnuson Park By Liz Kuehn and Julie O’Donald Earth Day 2026 marks the one-year anniversary of the WBA Magnuson Park Butterfly Meadow and Garden Restoration. Beginning with Earth Day 2025, WBA volunteers have pitched in to help with the restoration work parties at Magnuson Park. The transformation is becoming more evident with…
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Magnuson Park Butterfly Meadow Habitat Restoration Work Party, Seattle, Washington
A hands-on volunteer conservation project to help make a substantial difference in our urban ecosystem About In collaboration with the Magnuson Environmental Stewardship Alliance and Green Seattle Partnership the Washington Butterfly Association is organizing work parties to restore and maintain the butterfly garden at Promontory Point Pavilion and the meadow in Kingfisher Basin. We welcome…
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Neonicotinoids and the Insect Apocalypse
Sudden, rapid, and enormous declines of insects world-wide, an ‘insect apocalypse’, has received a wave of media attention since 2004. Since then, scientific studies have sought to quantify the phenomenon and to understand what it causing it. Declines of commercial honeybee populations have received the most attention since the global food supply depends significantly on…
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Are Cultivars Bad Nectar Sources?
Pollinator decline is a hot topic. Many groups are pushing pollinator-friendly practices to help stave off pollinator decline in general and honeybee colony collapse disorder in particular. Stories on pollinator decline even appear in general news articles. People who never otherwise give a thought to the environment, or where their food comes from, have heard…
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How to support your local caterpillars
Recently I read a book that has been making waves in gardening circles, Douglas Tallamy’s Bringing Nature Home. I believe I can summarize his main points thus: Wildlife, including insects and birds, are dependent on suburban gardens for habitat because development and other disturbances have resulted in widespread habitat loss and degradation; and that typical…
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NABA’s Butterfly Garden Certification
NABA offers butterfly gardeners a way to promote the creation and conservation of butterfly habitats through the use of native plants. To join NABA Butterfly Garden Certification Program, you need to create or modify your existing garden to meet the following requirements: Once certified, you will also be eligible to purchase a weatherproof Garden Certification…
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Native Larval and Nectar Plants
Winter and time to be planning for spring. To us native plant enthusiasts, that may mean it will be time to plant and time to enjoy flowers blooming. To the butterflies, it will be time for some to fly from their hiding spots where they spent the winter as adults or chrysalids to look and…
