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Get Some Help and Don't Be Afraid to Ask

Find a teacher, friend or mentor who's already into Butterfly Gardening and ask lots of questions. All the gardeners I know are friendly and more than willing to share their knowledge and sometimes even share their plants. All you need to do is ask. Even walking around the neighborhood, looking at plants and starting conversations is a way to start.

Other good resources are:

The North American Butterfly Association (NABA) is a good resource for butterfly information. Besides going on nature walks, clubs visits a number of different member gardens and it's an easy way to pick up butterfly gardening tips. What works for you? What's your best host plant? Ask questions and you'll usually get a well informed answer.
http://www.naba.org

Wild Ones is an organization whose motto is, "If nothing moves in your landscape but a lawnmower, it's time to think about designing a natural yard." They usually have monthly outdoor garden meetings and are a great source of information. The national website is
http:// www.for-wild.org.

Butterfly Gardening National Website
http://www.butterflygardening.org
I'm continually updating this website and adding new material.


St. Louis/Gateway Area Resources

The St. Louis Chapter of NABA The local chapter website is http://www.naba.org/chapters/nabasl/stlouis.htm
You can also contact their President Yvonne Homeyer, email ... homeyer@earthlink.net or phone ... (314) 963-7750

Wild Ones...St. Louis.
Their contact is Scott Woodbury, Phone ... (636) 451-0850, Email ... swoodbury@ridgway.mobot.org Meetings are usually held the first Wednesday of the month at 6:30 p.m. The public is welcome.


The St. Louis City and County libraries have great resources and information about butterflies and gardening. Here's the St. Louis County's Search page: http://www.slcl.lib.mo.us/ and
here's the link for the St. Louis City Public Library
http://www.slpl.lib.mo.us/
You can order books online and pick them up at your local library. This is a fantastic service!

St. Louis Community College offers a Butterfly course. It focuses on Butterfly biology, identification and includes a nature walk. Other Community Colleges sponsor Butterfly courses at times. Check their listings.

The Missouri Botanical Garden has Butterfly classes at times
http://www.mobot.org
as does the Butterfly House in Faust Park.
http://www.butterflyhouse.org/

Programs(pdf)

DVD's

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Butterfly Store