Eileen Cornell Welcomes Butterflies and Other Pollinators

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Individual Welcomes Butterflies and
Other Pollinators

Monarchs Across Georgia (MAG) has awarded
certification to Carrie Toth of Cumming for her outstanding garden plans. This
certification recognizes her efforts to provide critical habitat requirements
not just for butterflies, but other pollinators such as hummingbirds, bees,
beetles, and moths.

The Monarchs Across Georgia’s Pollinator Habitat
Certification Program was initiated in the Fall of 2005 in an effort to promote
conservation, the restoration of native plants, and to provide citizens an
opportunity to reconnect with the natural environment.  MAG has been engaging schools and
families in learning experiences involving monarchs and other native
butterflies for over 7 years. With the decline of the monarch caterpillar’s
only host plant, milkweed, the group decided to create the certification
program as a way to further encourage gardeners to incorporate milkweed into
their landscapes.

Other habitat requirements that the group had to meet included providing
additional caterpillar and adult pollinator nectar food sources, water and
basking sites, and some type of shelter with choices ranging from dense shrubs,
logs or brush piles. “They have successfully demonstrated their
commitment to environmental stewardship and increasing native diversity for all
pollinators,” stated MAG co-chair, Susan Meyers.

Whether
you are limited to a small patio, or have an acre of land, Monarchs Across
Georgia would like to also acknowledge your efforts in welcoming not only
butterflies, but other pollinators to your garden too. All certified gardens
are eligible to order a “Monarchs Across Georgia Certified
Pollinator Habitat” sign.

For
more information on how your can have your backyard, schoolyard, workplace, or
place of worship certified, visit www.monarchsacrossga.org.

Monarchs
Across Georgia is an initiative of the Environmental Education Alliance of
Georgia, www.eealliance.org.