Master Gardener Ellen Sokolovic will present “Butterfly Gardens” from noon to 1 p.m. on Wednesday, July 23 at the Cain Center YMCA, located at 214 Loyola Dr., 2nd Floor, Civic Hall Meeting Room, Athens. This presentation is part of Henderson County Master Gardener’s “Let’s Grow” series. It is free and open to the public.
Attracting butterflies to your garden takes more than just adding a few pretty plants. To get the most butterflies, you need host plants along with nectar plants. Sokolovic will give information on the difference between the two and how to incorporate both kinds into your garden. She will also list exactly which plants grow well in East Texas that attract the butterflies that live here.
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