Romeoville Exceeds Goal of 100 Monarch Waystations

The Village of Romeoville now has over 100 certified monarch waystations in the community, providing a place for these butterflies to rest, refuel, and breed as they migrate to Mexico for the winter. In 2025, Mayor Noak made it a goal to get 100 of these gardens planted between the Village, residents, and businesses. The community has surpassed that goal and now has 113 locations. This gives Romeoville the second highest number of reported monarch waystations in Illinois only after Chicago.

Waystations consist of native plants, specifically milkweed, a favorite of the monarch butterfly. Here in the Romeoville area, ideal types include common milkweed, swamp milkweed, butterfly milkweed, and poke milkweed.

“The monarch butterfly is an amazing creature and is also the state insect of Illinois,” said Mayor Noak. “I believe it is important that Romeoville be a place that can help their population rebound while also benefitting pollinators and other insects important for maintaining the world around us.”

If you would like to help the monarch butterflies and do your part to add more monarch waystations to Romeoville, visit monarchwatch.org.

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