Who this garden brings back
Because Brooke planted these, these named species have a place here.
Monarch ButterflyEndangeredButterfly
A Monarch can only raise its young on milkweed. No milkweed, no Monarchs. It's that simple, and that fixable.
Little Brown BatEndangeredBat
Disease wiped out most of them. A single bat eats thousands of insects a night, the ones night-blooming natives raise.
Barn SwallowThreatenedBird
A bird that once nested on every farm, now threatened. Native plants feed the flying insects it catches on the wing.
Bank SwallowThreatenedBird
It feeds entirely on flying insects. Every native flowering patch is more food in the air it hunts.
Olive-sided FlycatcherThreatenedBird
It perches on tall spruces and sallies out to catch flying insects. Native blooms keep its prey in the air.
Common NighthawkThreatenedBird
Its dusk call is going quiet. It hunts the night-flying moths that evening-primrose and milkweed raise.
Eastern MeadowlarkThreatenedBird
A grassland bird losing its grasslands. Native bunchgrasses bring back the insects and cover it needs.
BobolinkThreatenedBird
A bubbling song of summer meadows, now threatened. Native grasses rebuild the habitat it raises its young in.
Chimney SwiftThreatenedBird
It catches every meal on the wing. Native plants sustain the insects it lives on.
American Bumble BeeSpecial concernBee
It needs goldenrod and asters to fatten up before winter. The late-summer blooms most gardens are missing.
Yellow-banded Bumble BeeSpecial concernBee
A once-common bumble bee in decline. Beebalm and columbine are among its favourites.
Eastern Wood-PeweeSpecial concernBird
Its slow 'pee-a-wee' call is heard less each year. It needs the flying insects native plants support.
Transverse Lady BeetleSpecial concernBeetle
Our native ladybugs are being pushed out. Native plants give them aphids to hunt and cover to overwinter.
Great Spangled FritillarySpecialistButterfly
Its caterpillars eat only violets. The 'weed' most people pull is this butterfly's whole world.
Photos: Photo by Derek Ramsey, GFDL 1.2 · Photo by Marvin Moriarty/USFWS, public domain · Photo by Malene Thyssen, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Photo by John, CC BY 2.0 · Photo by Mike's Birds, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Photo by Greg Schechter, CC BY 2.0 · Photo by Ken Thomas, public domain · Photo by Paul Engel, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Photo by Andrew C, CC BY 2.0 · Photo by Judy Gallagher, CC BY 2.0 · Photo by USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab, public domain · Photo by Dan Pancamo, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Photo by Hectonichus, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Photo by Megan McCarty, CC BY 3.0
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