News is spreading about the effort in Chino Hills to create a Monarch butterfly pathway one park at a time.
Community groups, volunteers, avid gardeners, scouting groups and residents who live adjacent to the parks are joining the fun.
Debbie Maki of Chino Hills, a volunteer with the Monarch Fellowship, said the City of Chino Hills has been supplying milkweed and clearing out weeds in advance of residents planting milkweed.
The next planting will take place at Morningside Park at 9 a.m. Saturday, May 16 at 15259 Morningside Drive near Frost Avenue and Montrose Court. The community is welcome to join the effort.
Morningside Park is the fifth park where milkweed has been planted to attract Monarch butterflies that are becoming endangered from pesticide use, farming, fires, and climate change, Ms. Maki said. “We used to have millions of Monarchs over the last decade but there are fewer and fewer,” she said.
The Narrowleaf Milkweed is the only plant on which the butterflies feed and reproduce, she said.
Parks where pollinator patches have been planted are Morningfield Park, Skyview Park, Danbury Park, an area on the Madrugada Trail, and Morningside Park is next.
As the weather begins to heat up, a pause will be taken until the 2026-27 planting season.
Ms. Maki said it is important that volunteers regularly maintain the milkweed plants.
Residents who would like to start their own garden at home may visit monarchfellowship.org
Information: debbie.maki@aol.com. The Chino Hills Nectar Buddies can be found on Facebook.
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