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September 8, 2021 by volunteer

Featured Edible Garden Plant: Milkweed

To encourage the survival of the eastern monarch butterfly, the Edible Garden provides a variety of milkweeds for the nutrition of both the adult butterfly and their caterpillars. Milkweeds are […]

Filed Under: Edible Garden, Homepage Blog Feed, Horticulture Tagged With: Edible Garden, milkweed

September 14, 2017 by Kelly Vowels

Bernheim Pollinators: The Monarch Butterfly

Monarch butterflies are beautiful insects that make the thousand mile odyssey to their winter homes in Mexico each fall. The population has declined in the last decade due to habitat […]

Filed Under: Homepage Blog Feed, Pollinators, Research, Uncategorized Tagged With: butterfly, milkweed, monarch, pollinator, pollinators

August 25, 2017 by Cole Alexander

The Sage: All of Us are a Part of the Cycle of Life

Though we are only just past summer’s mid-point, revitalizing gusts of cool air are returning to the lush landscape of the Edible Garden. Chilly mornings and moderate temperatures are a […]

Filed Under: Edible Garden, Homepage Blog Feed, Phenology, Research Tagged With: biodiversity, Caterpillar, Edible Garden, milkweed, monarch butterfly

August 24, 2017 by volunteer

Bernheim Pollinators: Butterflies as Pollinators

Did you know that butterflies taste with their feet? When a butterfly lands on a flower, it will tap the flower and leaves of the plant to make sure it […]

Filed Under: Blog, Homepage Blog Feed, Pollinators, Volunteer Tagged With: butterflies, gardening, milkweed, nectar

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