Regional Garden Guides

ByNaba Butterfly Gardener

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Monarch on purple coneflower
Monarch on purple coneflower

 

For many years, NABA has offered a set of butterfly gardening brochures written specifically for various regions of the United States. NABA is in the process of updating these brochures and converting them to regional butterfly gardening guides that will emphasize the use of native butterfly garden plants.

The entire set of regional garden guides is available on our map. The new, updated butterfly gardening guides are posted on the map, noted with a blue button, as they become available.

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