Uncategorized – The Butterfly Musketeers

School Visits…

CommUNITY Monarch Butterfly Talks

12 Apr 20197 Jul 2019

Less than 2 weeks after the horrific attacks here in Christchurch The Butterfly Musketeers visited the beautiful children at Linwood Ave School. Linwood Ave School is about a minute away…

Conservation…

Giant Swan Plant Sale

12 Feb 201918 Jun 2019

I love Kahikatea Common our first event was Butterflies and Pizza, and this one was Swan Plants and Roller Skates, here anything goes. I got reminded that my community event…

Kahikatea Common | Take Flight Butterfly House

23 Oct 201814 Feb 2019

Kia ora koe! Synchronicities happen all the time in our life! I wanted a blank wall in the central city where I could get my artist to paint a Monarch mural. …

Monarchs in Decline & Sustainability

18 Oct 201812 Nov 2018

I grates me to print such a title, but sadly its true. Monarch's butterflies are here to teach us many things and they need our help in boosting their numbers. Imagine…

PROJECT SWAN PLANT 2018

25 Jul 201815 Aug 2019

This September 2018 I plan to share HEAPS of packets of Swan Plants & Acelplcia seeds from Yates NZ. That's 1000's of extra Swan Plants around the Christchurch area for…

A day in a life of flutterby

3 Jul 20183 Jul 2018

I choose this design to give children hope. I hope every child that sees this monarch butterfly believes he or she has the wings to fly, to become anything that…

2018 Year of the Butterfly

11 May 201818 Oct 2018

I wrote this last January but I haven't been ready to publish for some funny reason. But I now feel people will relate to this and may help them personally.…

The beautiful battered veteran

10 Apr 201818 Jun 2019

This beautiful old butterfly arrived in my garden early March 2018. She spent at least 45 minutes in my garden before she eventually flew away. Continue reading "The beautiful battered…

Caring for your Swan Plants (Milkweed)

16 Mar 201815 Feb 2019

Caring for your swan plants over winter months Swan plants (Gomphocarpus fruticosus) originate from the Asclepiadiae family, which is a species of Milkweed. Most Swan plants survive the winter if they…