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Butterfly Meadow

Our Butterfly Meadow was created over the period of several years in the early to mid 1990's. About three years ago (2006), we decided to extend the meadow by adding adjacent areas to it. This involved a lot of work and it is still ongoing, but the changes already have been profound.

The meadow is planted with a mix of native and non-native species. We prefer native species, but when a non-native (and non-invasive) plant has been shown to provide either nectar or larval food for butterflies, and to be a magnet for butterflies, we will include it.

Pathway at Butterfly Meadow
Pathway at Butterfly Meadow		 Rototilled area in Butterfly Meadow
Rototilled area in Butterfly Meadow		 Volunteer team working on the Butterfly Meadow
Volunteer team working on the Butterfly Meadow		 Volunteers digging holes for hackberry trees
Volunteers digging holes for hackberry trees		 volunteers working on trail
volunteers working on trail
More rototilling in the Butterfly Meadow
More rototilling in the Butterfly Meadow		 Butterfly meadow
Butterfly meadow		 Close up of one of the lupines
Close up of one of the lupines		 Butterfly meadow
Butterfly meadow		 Butterfly meadow
Butterfly meadow
Butterfly meadow
Butterfly meadow		 Queen-of-the-prairie (Filipendula rubra)
Queen-of-the-prairie (Filipendula rubra)		 Sunflowers
Sunflowers		 Veronica (Veronica longifolia)
Veronica (Veronica longifolia)		 Butterfly Meadow
Butterfly Meadow
Butterfly meadow fence
Butterfly meadow fence		 Preparing the Butterfly Meadow for planting
Preparing the Butterfly Meadow for planting		 Volunteers preparing the ground and planting the new section of the meadow
Volunteers preparing the ground and planting the new section of the meadow		 Volunteers preparing the ground and planting the new section of the meadow-detail
Volunteers preparing the ground and planting the new section of the meadow-detail		 Planting the new section of the Butterfly Meadow
Planting the new section of the Butterfly Meadow
Planting the new section of the Butterfly Meadow: two months later
Planting the new section of the Butterfly Meadow: two months later		 Planting the new section of the Butterfly Meadow: four months later
Planting the new section of the Butterfly Meadow: four months later		 Butterfly meadow, new section
Butterfly meadow, new section		 Butterfly meadow
Butterfly meadow		 Butterfly meadow, July 2009
Butterfly meadow, July 2009
Rudbeckia
Rudbeckia		 Butterfly meadow in winter
Butterfly meadow in winter		 Gaillardia
Gaillardia

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Ali Majdfar PM reply 11-Nov-2011 16:25
Fabulous collection, splendid captures! ~V
photomangler PM reply 18-Jan-2010 02:01
A lovely arrangement of images, nice to see the butterfly garden!! V
Suzanne Labbé PM reply 31-Oct-2009 01:50
I have to book a week-end there next summer. Absolutely ;o)
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