Butterfly day at White Prairie / Article in McDonough Voice newspaper …

 

    • Butterfly Room & Board: Providing necessary habitat for Monarchs and other insects

  • Gerald White stands next to his newly certified Monarch Waystation during his Butterfly/Pollinator Day on Saturday; his became a certified garden this spring.Jacqueline Covey/The VoiceGerald White stands next to his newly certified Monarch Way station during his Butterfly/Pollinator Day on Saturday; his became a certified garden this spring.
  • By Jacqueline Covey
    Staff Reporter

    Posted Aug. 4, 2015 at 9:29 AM

    COLCHESTER – The Flowerman can, because he got himself certified and does the Monarchs some good.

    Gerald White has always enjoyed flowers and gardening; it has been his hobby for many, many years. Today he’s devotes his home garden to milkweed, and other plants, to aid the Monarch butterfly population.

    When White retired from Western Illinois University in 2004, he took to rehabilitating eight-acres of his land – re-creating prairie.

    REST OF ARTICLE: http://www.mcdonoughvoice.com/article/20150804/NEWS/150809881

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