Butterfly Garden and Habitat Program
NABA's Butterfly Garden and Habitat Program can
help you create a paradise for butterflies while encouraging habitat restoration, no matter the size of your area. Plan your garden with the Basics of Butterfly Gardening. Learn which native plants are suitable for gardening in your location with Regional Butterfly Garden Guides. Show your commitment to increasing butterfly populations and educating others through NABA's Butterfly Garden Certification Program. Explore essential native butterfly garden plants selected by NABA's butterfly gardening community with Butterfly Garden Plants.
Four out of four Great Spangled Fritillaries prefer NABA Certified Butterfly Gardens.
Four out of four Great Spangled Fritillaries prefer NABA Certified Gardens.
Actually butterflies probably do not care if you certify your butterfly garden with NABA.
NABA certified butterfly gardeners may purchase an outdoor, weatherproof certification sign with a Monarch image if their gardens contain at least one milkweed plant.
But if you care about increasing the amount of gardens that protect and promote butterflies, displaying a NABA certified butterfly garden sign in your garden helps to let others know that butterflies need our help. Your sign is a conversation starter with neighbors who might want to join with you by creating their own gardens. Having a sign posted in your garden is just one of the ways that each person can help educate others about the need for butterfly habitat.
NABA certified butterfly gardeners may purchase an outdoor, weatherproof certification sign with a Swallowtail image that is suitable for all types of butterfly gardens.
Garden signs are available when garden certification is applied for. There are two styles of signs available, one with an image of a Swallowtail and one with an image of a Monarch.
Learn more about NABA’s butterfly garden certification program at NABA’s Garden Certification Program
Or to certify your garden right now see: Certify Your Garden Online Now!
Have you already certified your butterfly garden with NABA? We would love to see a photo of your sign in your garden!
Tropical Milkweed and the Injurious Effects of Well-Meaning People from American Butterflies magazine
The latest issue of NABA’s member publication American Butterflies is in the mail!
Featured in this issue of American Butterflies is an article discussing Tropical Milkweed and its effect on Monarchs. Despite widely distributed public opinions to the contrary, we suggest that you don’t give up on Tropical Milkweed just yet.
Read the full article at: Tropical Milkweed and the Injurious Effects of Well-Meaning People
