Expansion to Lee Monarch Butterfly Pollinator Garden

We have started a new garden-Lee Monarch Butterfly Pollinator Garden by the flagpole.
Our 4th grade teacher, Mr. Mclntyre, and his students planted the star-shaped garden full of native milkweeds and Texas native plants using a National Wildlife Federation Grant we received.

Here is the general opening event wall located in our main hallway created to educate all students about this new project. On the very top you'll see explore the National Wildlife FEderation's Monarch Heroes Program at Lee Elementary. On the wall, you'll see the almost 200 origami butterflies created to mimic the clusters of them in winter month in the mountains in Mexico. On the wall, you can also find interesting and useful information under RESOURCES.

Explore the Monarch Heroes Program from the National Wildlife Federation >>

THE JOURNEY NORTH HAS BEGUN! MONARCH BUTTERFLIES ARE BEGINNING TO MAKE THEIR WAY THROUGH TEXAS!

You may use the sheet below to help you conduct a milkweed hunt! You might learn more about what native milkweed looks like and why it is so important to the monarch butterfly as a host plant – serving as the sole source of food for hungry, hungry monarch caterpillars. If you send me a picture, I can upload it to this milkweed map. Planting types of milkweed flyer for monarches by Monarch Joint Venture

MONARCH FIRST SIGHTINGS AND MONARCH ADULT SIGHTINGS

Check out the monarch first sightings and monarch adult sightings near you and share them with your roadrunners – these maps will be updated now through the end of the summer migration.

MONARCH BUTTERFLY ANNUAL CYCLE

From the Using the National Wildlife Federation bilingual Monarch Mission curriculum page 31 (or the Spanish edition)