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The article reviews several web sites which include Kids for Trees at www.inhs.uiuc.edu/chf/pub/tree_kit/, KinderGarden at http://aggiehorticulture.tamu.edu/kindergarden/kinder.htm and Monarch Watch: Butterfly Gardening at www.monarchwatch.org/garden/index.htm.
- Plant a Butterfly Garden! Wurth, Christopher // Turtle;Mar/Apr2009, Vol. 31 Issue 2, p7
The article offers step-by-step instructions for preparing a garden for butterflies.
- A home for butterflies. Johnson, Cathy // Country Living;Mar1995, Vol. 18 Issue 3, p60
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- Sophia M. Sachs Butterfly House. Liskey, Eric // Grounds Maintenance;May2000, Vol. 35 Issue 5, p16
Focuses on the Sophia M. Sachs Butterfly House and Education Center in Chesterfield, Missouri. Historical background; Specialists working in the facility; Plant selection at the Butterfly House; Pest control.
- Attract butterflies to your garden. hall, Doug // Workbasket;Apr/May95, Vol. 60 Issue 4, p68
Offers advice on how to attract butterflies to a garden. Choosing an open, sun-filled area for a butterfly garden; Planting nectar flowers for every season; Feeding insects in their juvenile or larval stage.
- Fly and be free! // Grand Rapids Family Magazine;Mar2011, Vol. 23 Issue 3, p43
The article offers information on the annual event titled "Butterflies Are Blooming" of Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park in Grand Rapids, Michigan to be held from March 1-April 30, 2011.
- Butterflies go to school. Askey, Linda C. // Southern Living;May97, Vol. 32 Issue 5, p80
Features a butterfly garden which is a project of Phoebe Stephens at the Avondale Elementary School in Avondale Estates, Georgia. Plants in the garden; Garden maintained by the Avon Garden Club.
- Guests in the garden. Grace, Heather // Harrowsmith Country Life (11908416);Jul/Aug97, Vol. 21 Issue 135, p34
Presents information on how to attract butterflies into a garden. Benefits of having butterflies in gardens; Factor on which the length of time a specie of butterfly stay in a garden depends on; Best way to begin to recognize butterflies; Description of most easily identifiable butterflies in...
- Bringing butterflies to the garden. Bertauski, Tony // Landscape Management;Apr98, Vol. 37 Issue 4, p20G
Focuses on the strategies for creating butterfly gardens. Cultivation of plants that provide butterflies with a conducive environment for breeding; Planning of the garden to shield the insects from strong winds; Addition of a water source.