Tag: #botannical gardens

• Invite Author Sherry for Children’s Events

  I have some thoughts to share with those of you who have chosen to explore this website of mine. Having written two children’s books has been the joy of my life. But more than writing, I have cherished the times that I have been invited to share my butterfly habitat and read First Comes A…

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  October 28, 2025

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  #botannical gardens, #monarch education, #primary science lessons, #primary teachers, butterflies, Garden Clubs, Homeschool Parents, Kansas Montessori Schools, library, Salina Elementary Schools

• I Can’t Believe It’s April!!

  It is spring and the butterflies in my habitat cage are hatching! I have 10 chrysalis’s from my fall harvest of eastern black swallowtail eggs found on my parsley and caterpillars on my dill. I am not sure why these 10 decided not to hatch, but instead hibernate or go into what is technically called…

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  April 6, 2025

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• It’s Time!

  Spring is on the calendar when we flip it next! That means it’s time to start planning your butterfly garden. Now, to me that means having the host plants that you need to provide a place for your butterflies to lay their eggs. That could happen whenever the weather is consistently above 45 degrees. Here…

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  February 12, 2025

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  #botannical gardens, #homeschoolers, #monarch education, #primary science lessons, #primary teachers, butterflies, gardening, milkweed, monarch, monarch-butterflies