Here are some of our favourite web resources. Please note this is not an exhaustive list. If you find another reference others would find useful, please pass it along.
Organizations
Wild Pollinators Canada https://wildpollinators-pollinisateurssauvages.ca
Monarch Teacher Network https://trca.ca/learning/professional-development/monarch-teacher-network-canada/resources/
Canadian Wildlife Federation http://cwf-fcf.org/en/explore/monarchs/
Butterfly Garden https://monarchbutterflygarden.net/
Local News Stories
In Focus Lake88 interview, June 14, 2021. Clara Misener, volunteer Butterflyway Ranger with the David Suzuki Foundation’s
News Stories
The Sound of Millions of Butterflies https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7SSt0hqu6Y
Butterfly Effect bridge offers safe passage for pollinators https://inhabitat.com/butterfly-effect-bridge-offers-safe-passage-for-pollinators/
Op-Ed: The Monarch Butterfly Emergency Unfolding Before Our Eyes https://civileats.com/2021/04/21/op-ed-the-monarch-butterfly-emergency-unfolding-before-our-eyes/
A Tribue to the Monarch Butterfly: How to Turn Your Backyard into a Butterfly Friendly Habitat. https://porch.com/advice/backyard-butterfly-garden
Are We Watching the End of the Monarch Butterfly? https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/25/opinion/monarch-butterfly-california-extinction.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage
Monarch butterfly resurgence might not take flight, says Ottawa prof https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/monarch-butterfly-recovery-mexico-february-2019-1.5015029
Destruction of National Butterfly Center Could Begin This Week To Make Room For Border Wall https://www.newsandguts.com/video/destruction-on-national-butterfly-center-could-begin-this-week-to-make-room-for-border-wall/?fbclid=IwAR20N-grfCZ1d_P9ieYWVdFIAZGxTOQmpiw_IEhB-TG4qLRybSo6s9xtN0A
Wintering monarch butterfly population booms with 144 per cent increase https://globalnews.ca/news/4910987/wintering-monarch-butterfly-population-increase/
Golf courses across U.S. step up to save monarch butterflies https://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/animals/stories/golf-courses-across-us-step-save-monarch-butterflies?fbclid=IwAR2s6LzI3JIUz_Uth5L3NOWgpmCOFIzgouN_ZUnbtSy5L3ErziL3uPlFui0
14 Butterflies to Brighten Up Your Day https://cottagelife.com/outdoors/14-beautiful-butterflies-to-brighten-up-your-day/?utm_source=Cottage_Life_Newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Dockside_June3_2021&mc_cid=7cefd9ead2&mc_eid=7498ab7d9d
Building Gardens
David Suzuki Foundation: Create a Butterfly Oasis
Friend of the Earth, Trees for Bees https://foecanada.org/the-bee-cause/trees-for-bees/
Building a Garden https://youtu.be/usXzWU_AlJE
Waystation Certification Program https://www.monarchwatch.org/waystations/certify.html
Waystation Network UK http://www.monarchwaystationnetwork.res.ku.edu/
Learn About Nature https://www.thebutterflysite.com/butterfly-garden.html
10 Commandments of Butterfly Gardens (38 min.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u96-EblEUec
Videos (just nice to look at)
The Beauty of Pollination (video) http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/xHkq1edcbk4?rel=0
Other Nearby Gardens to Visit (or admire on the web)
Maitland Garden of Hope https://maitlandgardenofhope.ca/
Perth Wildlife Reserve
- https://www.insideottawavalley.com/community-story/7479580-butterfly-garden-at-perth-wildlife-reserve-gets-a-canada-150th-facelift/
- https://www.insideottawavalley.com/community-story/8899552-partnerships-beneficial-to-perth-wildlife-reserve-s-butterfly-garden/
- https://www.rvca.ca/conservation-areas/fee-required/perth-wildlife-reserve-ca
Fletcher Wildlife Garden https://ofnc.ca/programs/fletcher-wildlife-garden/about-the-fwg
Sources of Plants, Seeds, Caterpillar Raising Kits etc.
A website of sources https://shop.monarchbutterflies.ca/
Not So Hollow Farm https://notsohollowfarm.ca/got-milkweed/ Mulmar, ON (N. of Toronto)
American Meadows https://www.americanmeadows.com/blog/2015/06/11/how-to-germinate-and-grow-milkweed-seed/
Crafts
Building a Butterfly Box https://feltmagnet.com/crafts/garden-butterfly-box
