September’s Speaker—Kristin Jayd-Jimenez
Kristin Jayd-Jimenez gave a lovely presentation about how to share your garden with butterflies. She gave advice on how to attract both adults and caterpillars to your yard with plants that are useful to all stages of a butterflies’ life. Nectar plants are most important for adult butterflies, while
other plants provide cover and food for the caterpillars. If you are worried about destruction wrought by caterpillars, Kristin suggested planting enough for you AND the caterpillars.
Butterflies are both attractive and useful—they act as pollinators for some plants, and can be a source of food for birds and other useful insects.
Also, do not forget the most important rule of butterfly gardening— do not use pesticides on your garden (although that probably isn’t much of an issue with our membership).
other plants provide cover and food for the caterpillars. If you are worried about destruction wrought by caterpillars, Kristin suggested planting enough for you AND the caterpillars.
Butterflies are both attractive and useful—they act as pollinators for some plants, and can be a source of food for birds and other useful insects.
Also, do not forget the most important rule of butterfly gardening— do not use pesticides on your garden (although that probably isn’t much of an issue with our membership).