Now, more than ever, butterflies need our help to thrive! When planted properly, our home gardens can serve as vital breeding grounds and food sources for native pollinators, bridging one natural habitat to the next. In this program, Dolly Foster, Accredited Horticulturist, Certified Arborist, and Master Gardener, will explain which plants are best for attracting butterflies and how to plan gardens to provide food, cover, and host plants to support caterpillars/butterflies throughout their life cycles. Don’t miss your chance to join a new conservation movement and begin a butterfly habitat in your garden!

About the speaker:

Dolly Foster, Landscape Horticulturist, has been a Master Gardener for 23 years, an Indiana Accredited Horticulturist for 22, and a Certified Arborist since 2008. For the past 23 years, Dolly has been presenting lectures on many gardening topics. She spent two years as adjunct faculty of the Joliet Junior College Agriculture/Horticulture Department and 18 years in the Parks and Recreation industry as staff horticulturist for two park districts. She has been butterfly gardening from the very beginning of her gardening career. Her passion has led her to raising monarch and swallowtail butterflies for more than 15 years. Her garden at home has been a Monarch Waystation since 2011. Dolly also managed the Oak Lawn Community Garden/ Pantry Garden for 6 years.

Audience: Teens + Adults

Location: Flora Wing of the Sims Education Center

Cost: $25 ($20 members)

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