Growing milkweed from seed is one of the easiest ways to help declining monarch butterflies. In December 2024, the U.S. Fish ...

ALEXANDRIA — The National Garden Bureau has named 2025 the Year of Asclepias (milkweed) — and for good reason. This resilient ...

As scientists stress the importance of providing as much of this valuable plant as possible, gardeners often ask: Does ...

If you set a resolution for the new year, it may have involved a personal “glow up”—a positive transformation of self. You may be focused on eating healthier, getting fit, or quitting a bad habit. But ...

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RIO GRANDE CITY, Texas— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today protected the prostrate milkweed as endangered. Only 24 populations of the plant survive, in south Texas and northern Mexico, where ...

In 2024, 210 Central Texas Gardeners attended seven free classes to learn what was known about and to expand knowledge about ...

You may be aware that Monarch butterflies are endangered. This is due to the loss of habitat and the use of pesticides.

The monarch butterfly population spending the winter in the western United States has declined to its second-lowest level in nearly three decades.

She began "Project: Monarch" in 2014 with a mission to become Louisiana's milkweed seed distributor and installed butterfly gardens in 17 schools. Now, she is spearheading the renewal of the Frank ...