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  • Mesa Library’s Great Outdoors: The Art of Attracting Monarchs and Other Butterflies to Your Garden

    Laura Miller, a Southwest Monarch Study citizen scientist and board member, will discuss how to attract Monarchs and other butterfly species to your garden. The numbers of Monarch butterflies are declining due to destruction of their natural habitat and difficulties during migration. You can help by adding native plants to your landscape or by creating Monarch way stations. Donna DiFrancesco, City of Mesa Conservation …

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  • Monarch Butterfly on Milkweed

    Mesa’s Milkweeds for Monarchs

    Gail Morris, Coordinator of the Southwest Monarch Study, will discuss how to attract Monarchs and other butterfly species to your garden. The numbers of Monarch butterflies are declining due to loss of their natural habitat. You can help by adding native plants, especially milkweeds, to your landscape or by creating Monarch Waystations. Donna DiFrancesco, City of Mesa Conservation Coordinator, will …

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    Mesa’s Xeriscape: Landscaping with Style in the Arizona Desert

    Treeland Treeland Nursery, Mesa, United States

    What is xeriscape and how do you pronounce it? In this presentation, you’ll learn how to use seven common-sense design principles to help you create or maintain a beautiful desert landscape. Discover how to create a sense of place while attracting birds and butterflies all while saving water, too. Horticulturist and Conservation Coordinator, Donna DiFrancesco, from the City of Mesa …

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    Mesa’s Plants to Provide Shade, Color, and Wildlife

    Treeland Treeland Nursery, Mesa, United States

    Would you like to attract birds or butterflies to your yard or perhaps you are looking for year-round color, or a cool, shady retreat? By selecting plants that are well-adapted to our desert climate you’ll have less maintenance and more time and money to enjoy your beautiful landscape. Horticulturist and Conservation Coordinator, Donna DiFrancesco, from the City of Mesa Environmental …

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  • Mesa’s Spring Equinox at the Monarch Garden

    Families are welcome at the Monarch Haven and Reading Sanctuary at Red Mountain Library to celebrate the spring equinox. Southwest Monarch Study will share their expertise about monarch butterflies in Arizona. City of Mesa Environmental & Sustainability staff will be onsite to answer questions about green programs and will be giving away origami butterflies. Also meet Roberta Gibson, author of How …

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