Butterfly Gardener

Butterfly Gardener features content spotlighting various aspects of establishing and maintaining a butterfly garden. Published quarterly, the magazine is a benefit of membership. Editor Mary Anne Borge can be reached at [email protected].

Latest Edition of Butterfly Gardener

Fall 2024

It All Started with a Caterpillar… by Misty Young
It All Started with a Monarch… by Kirsi Bhasin
The Bookshelf by Mary Anne Borge
Indian Blanket for the Time-challenged Gardener by Gary Noel Ross
The Most Time-saving Gardening Tip of All by Mary Anne Borge

Summer 2024

Embracing Wild and Wonderful Fringed Twinevine! by Samantha Starr
Orange-barred Sulphers on Mason Terrace by Edward Perry IV
Swapping the Lawn Habit for Habitat by Ginny Stibolt
Identifying a Hairstreak by Mary McGrath
Book Review: Milkweeds of the United States by Bob Behrstock

Spring 2024

Gardening Vicariously in Sarasota County, Florida by Scott D. Anderson
Wanted: Red Admiral by Jan Dixson
Spring Gardens: Who Needs to Clean Up? by Garry Annibal
Witnessing Metamorphosis: The Magic of Nature by Selvi Viswanathan
Book Reviews: Tiny + Wild: Build a Small-Scale Meadow Anywhere and The Gardener’s Guide to Prairie Plants by Mary Anne Borge

Winter 2023

How Monarchs Changed our Minds and our Landscape by Janet Smith Moore
Wanted: Viceroy by Steve and Mary Jane Krotzer
Invasive Species Threaten Butterflies – and Everything Else! by Michael Van Clef
Lana Edwards Butterfly Garden of the Year Contest
Western Whites Arrive in the Upper Midwest! by Allison Snopek Barta

Fall 2023

Gardening in Deer Territory by Jean Barrell
Grasslands for Butterflies by Jodi Morgan
Juniper Hairstreak by Steve and Mary Jane Krotzer
Book Reviews
Prairie Up — An Introduction to Natural Garden Design by Mary Anne Borge
What a Bee Knows: Exploring the Thoughts, Memories, and Personalities of Bees by Mary Anne Borge

Summer 2023

  Bountiful Beebalm
  by Karen Sferra
Summer Time Blues
  by Jim and Lynne Weber
Wanted Alive in Your Garden: Monarch
  by Lenora Larson
Book Review
A Northern Gardner’s Guide to Native Plants and Pollinators
  by Mary Anne Borge

Spring 2023

  Rain Gardens Slow the Flow
  by Jodi Sulpizio
Calderon Pinelands Butterfly Habitat Restoration Project
  by Mary Anne Borge
The Comeback Kid
  by Staci-lee Sherwood
Wanted Alive in Your Garden: Falcate Orangetip
  by Mary Jane and Steve Krotzer
Book Review
Wildscape: Trilling Chipmunks, Beckoning Blooms, Salty Butterflies, and Other Sensory Wonders of Nature
  by Casey Laine

Winter 2022

A Case for Chaos: Rewilding My Garden
  by Lauren Kovacs
Lessons from an Evolving Southwest Florida Butterfly Garden
  by Jeanette Atkinson
Wasps in Your Garden: A Good Thing?
  by Mary Anne Borge
Defending Your Garden Borders: Eight Tips for Working with HOAs and Weed Inspectors
  by Nancy Lawson

Fall 2022

Life After Lawn: Habitat Gardening in California
  by Kristen Nelson
“Drug Stores” for Monarchs
  by Nancy Lawson
An Interview with Priscilla Brodkin
  by Mary Anne Borge
Adventures of a Beginning Butterfly Gardener
  by Lauren Moeller
Book Review
The Pollinator Victory Garden: Win the War on Pollinator Decline with Ecological Gardening
  by Casey Laine

Summer 2022

Gardening for Climate Change
  by Alexis Doshas
Weeds of Wildflowers? Native “Weeds” that Sustain Butterflies
  by Andee Naccarato
Wanted Alive in Your Garden: American Lady
  by Karen Sferra
Book Review
Native Host Plants for Texas Moths: A Field Guide
  by Casey Laine

Spring 2022

Welcoming Spring Butterflies to Your Garden
  by Deb Ellis
Book Review
Native Meadowscaping: Designing, Installing, and Maintaining Native Meadows
  by Casey Laine
Wanted Alive in Your Garden: Zebra Swallowtail
  by Lenora Lawson
More About Pawpaw
  by Lenora Lawson
Mustards for Butterflies- So Many Varieties!
  by Mary Anne Borge

Winter 2021

A Butterfly Garden Grows in Brooklyn – Four Stories Up!
  by Noah Ratzan
Don’t Forget to Water Your Butterflies: Providing a Water Source
  by Sue Chalmers
Mysterious Moths
  by Jim and Lynn Weber
Stealthy Red Admirals!
  by Jan Dixon
Book Review
Weeding Without Chemicals
  by Mary Anne Borge

Fall 2021

Diversify Your Lawn
  by Anna Fialkoff
Book Review
Lawns into Meadows: Growing a Regenerative Landscape
  by Casey Laine
How to Do It in the Desert! Butterfly Gardening in the Dry Southwest
  by Jack Dash
Fall Garden Clean-up? Less is More!
  by Mary Anne Borge
Evolution of a Meadow
  by Samantha Bean

Summer 2021

Soil, Soil, Soil!
  Gary Noel Ross
Native Plants, Soil, and Soil Amendments
  Kathleen V. Salisbury
Soil–It’s more than just dirt!
  Mary Anne Borge
Wanted Alive in Your Garden: Baltimore Checkerspot
Casey Laine
Coppicing: A Tree Management Strategy for Small Gardens
  Lenora Larson

Spring 2021

Challenge 2020: Do One Extra Thing to Support Florida’s Butterflies
  Karen Rosenbeck, Nancy and Jim White, Delia Smith
Butterfly Gardening Basics: What to Serve
  Mary Anne Borge
Wanted Alive in Your Garden: Painted Lady
Lenora Larson
Spring Cleaning in a Butterfly Garden
  Joanne Mullowney
Book Review
Texas Butterflies: A Field Guide
  Casey Laine

Winter 2020

It’s Winter! The Best Time to Start Growing Native Plants from Seed
Randi V. Wilfert Eckel
Snoutbreak!
Jim and Lynne Weber
Hunting and Hosting Northern Minnesota Butterflies
Allison Snopek Barta
Wanted Alive in Your Garden: Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Caterpillars
Lenora Larson
Life Begins in a Garden
Debra Straub

Fall 2020

Goldenrods–For Nectar, Not Allergies!
Text and photos by Mary Anne Borge
Butterfly Garden Journal: Raising a Variegated Fritillary
Text by Casey Laine
A Red Admiral in the Garden
Text by Julie O’Donald
Wanted Alive in Your Garden: Gray Hairstreak Caterpillars
Text by Casey Laine

Summer 2020

Butterfly Garden News: Then and Now
Text by Sal Levinson
Making the Most of my Love of Butterflies
Text by Duncan Juman
Wild Bergamot – Perfect for Butterflies!
Photos and Text by Mary Anne Borge
Butterfly Views From New Mexico
Photos by Steven Cary
Wanted Alive in Your Garden: Variegated Fritillary Caterpillars
Text by Casey Laine

Spring 2020

Native Nectar Plants for Migrating Monarchs at East Coast Sites
   Photos and Text by Patricia Sutton
Poem
  Photos and Text by Casey Laine
Book Review: Nebraska’s Forest Butterflies
  by Photos and Text by Jo Langabee
Wanted Alive in Your Garden: Question Mark Caterpillar
  by Jane Hurwitz

Winter 2019

Butterfly Musings: Comments
“Planting” the Love of Butterflies
  Photos and Text by Jill Gorman
Caterpillar Hunting: An Interview with David Moskowitz
  Text by Jane Hurwitz, Photos by David Moskowitz
Wanted Alive in Your Garden: Cloudless Sulphur Caterpillar
  Photos and Text by Mary Anne Borge

Fall 2019

Zinnas for Butterflies–and the Kitchen Table
  Photos and Text by Gary Noel Ross, Ph.D.
Sowing the Seeds of the Future
  Photos and Text by Ellen Federico
Butterfly Garden Journal: Common and Uncommon Butterflies in the North Woods
  Photos and Text by Allison Snopek Barta
Wanted Alive in Your Garden: Pipevine Swallowtail Caterpillar
  Photos and Text by Jan Dixon

Summer 2019

Seeds2Share from Bound by Beauty
  by Mary Benton
Butterfly Paradise in Florida
  by Jeffrey, Judah, Mason, and Remy Glusman
Wanted Alive in Your Garden: Great Spangled Fritillary Caterpillar
by Lenora Larson
Book Review
Native Plants of the Midwest
  by Mary Anne Borge

Spring 2019

From Butterflies on My Balcony
  by Peter Waldeck
Wanted Alive in Your Garden: Common Buckeye Caterpillar
  by Jane Hurwitz
Extending the Milkweed Banquet
  by Lenora Larson
Book Review
The Puddle Garden
  by Mary Anne Borge

Winter 2018

From Septic Field to Butterfly Garden: An Interview with Joyce Koch
  by Mary Anne Borge
Wanted Alive in Your Garden: Goatweed Leafwing Caterpillar
  by Lenora Larson
Distinctly Different Milkweed
  by Lynne and Jim Weber

Fall 2018

Raising Caterpillars: A Photo Essay
  by Jennifer Lamkin
Wanted Alive in Your Garden: Spicebush Swallowtail Caterpillar
  by Jan Dixon
Build It and They Will Come
  by Allison Snopek Barta

Summer 2018

Nervous About Planting Your First Butterfly Garden? Six Things You Should Know
  by Laura Darnell
Wanted Alive in Your Garden: Silver-spotted Skipper Caterpillar
  by Lenora Larson
Managing Milkweed
  by Ken Carman

Winter 2017/Spring 2018

Keeping Butterflies in Our Communities
  by Julie O’Donald
Ghosts in the Graveyard
  by Lynne and Jim Weber
Mountainmints are Pollinator Magnets
  by Mary Anne Borge
Butterfly Gardening in Connecticut
  by Pamm Cooper
Journey from “Green Desert” to Nature Sanctuary
  by Joe Falconi
Wanted Alive in Your Garden: Giant Swallowtail Caterpillars
  by Jan Dixon

Summer/Fall 2017

Capturing Caterpillar Moments
  by Jill Gorman
The Humane Gardener: An Interview with Nancy Lawson
  by Mary Anne Borge
A Thistle Epistle
  by Lynne and Jim Weber
Florida Habitat Gardening in Zone 9a
  by Bill Berthet
Bountiful Blue Wood Aster
  by Mary Anne Borge
Wanted Alive in Your Garden: Black Swallowtail Caterpillars
  by Mary Anne Borge
Book Review
  by Jane Hurwitz

Summer/Fall 2017

Spring 2017

Butterfly Musings
  by Allison Snopek Barta
Kids Count Butterflies!
  by Jane Smith
A Suburban Butterfly Oasis
  by Jill Gorman and Meredith Mays
White-veined Pipevines: Another Choice
  by Lenora Larson

Winter 2016

Butterfly Musings:
Soldier or Queen: Show Me the Difference, Please!
  by Linda F. Cooper
Butterfly Musings:
Knowing Your Blues: Ceraunus, Marine, and Reakirt’s
  by Steve Cary
Chapter News: In Search of Baltimore Checkerspot
  by Meredith Mays
Louisiana Premieres “Pollination Celebration”
  by Gary Noel Ross