Help the Monarch Butterfly

No garden is complete until you have constant flutter of some Monarch Butterflies. Sadly these beautiful insects are in a decline due to a number of factors ranging from habitat loss, to herbicides and pesticides.
You can easily help out these fluttering friends! They are honestly very easy to attract, all you will need is the following:

1. Garden space/ or Patio.

2. Milkweed.

That's it! If you go for the bare essentials. Milkweed is the host plant for the butterflies caterpillars and also its nectar source when its older.

Milkweed is easily grown in a container or in the ground. Simply give it full sun and water and it will thrive. Whatever you do, do not use fertilizers or pesticides. It sort of ruins the point of gardening for them if you use harmful chemicals.

Plant varieties of milkweed if possible, along with other nectar sources for best results and a beautiful garden. Plant tall shrubs to give the caterpillars a place to make chrysalis. The best part about milkweed is that it will readily re-seed and you can collect the seeds to plant indoors for next spring depending on your region.