Illinois Governor JB Pritzker recently signed the Mobilizing Our Neighborhoods to Adopt Resilient Conservation Habitats (MONARCH) Act, which encourages the planting of native species and restricts ...

Planting native milkweed is critical as it is the sole food source for ... Approximately 32 municipalities in northeastern Illinois have taken the pledge. The Illinois Monarch Project has a goal to ...

vowing to help protect the iconic butterflies and other pollinators vital to Illinois’s flowers and plants. In 2024, residents were encouraged to plant monarch gardens and worked with village staff to ...

In 2024, the Village encouraged residents to plant monarch gardens and worked with Village staff to maintain mowing programs and milkweed/native nectar plant planting programs. A contractor was ...

Mike was an avid hiker and loved to explore Illinois fields and riverbanks for Native American artifacts ... the only host plant that Monarchs use, milkweed. He had taught many how to preserve ...

Each year the National Garden Bureau chooses plants of the year. I always look forward to which plants they pick and learning ...

Grow milkweed (Asclepias) to support monarch butterflies, hummingbirds, and bees while adding color, fragrance, and beauty to ...

Q: This spring you offered butterfly and milkweed classes all over the region and attendees all received free seeded ...

These late-blooming plants native to North America help feed butterflies — especially monarchs-— at a crucial point.