Article List
DateSubjectAuthor
11/04/2015 More Hands-Up for Monarch Butterflies in Garland Texas
Garland Gives a Hand Up to a Deserving Pollinator--The Monarch Butterfly (also the state insect of Texas) November 2, 2015 2:30 PM Garland Community Garden -...
Liz Berry
11/02/2015 Sequel to Monarchs Love Garland Texas
Female Monarch about an hour after eclose--November 2, 2015 2PM Garland, Texas 75040 This afternoon (November 2, 2015 I peeked into the one remaining Monarch...
Liz Berry
11/02/2015 MONARCH BUTTERFLIES LOVE GARLAND TEXAS
Photo taken 9:30 AM Garland Texas at 216 East Kingsbridge Drive 75040 - Photo Elizabeth Berry This morning I saw three monarchs in my front yard. Two were...
Liz Berry
10/26/2015 AMARANTH (Amaranthus)—ANOTHER HOT WEATHER GREEN FOR THE DFW AREA
Last standing Amaranth in the Garland Community Garden Medicine Wheel (October 26, 2015) If you like the taste of radicchio (a bitter and spicy taste) then...
Liz Berry
10/24/2015 Successful Edibles to Grow in the DFW Area
These past seven seasons of stewarding the Garland Community Garden have been a learning period for me. Based on this experience I can make a few plant...
Liz Berry
10/21/2015 Special Recognitions for Urban Agriculture and Monarchs in Garland Texas
Members from the North Garland High School Key Club receive a Special Recognition award from the Office of the Mayor - October 20, 2015 Last night (October 20,...
Liz Berry
10/19/2015 Monarch Caterpillars Nestled in their Condos Waiting for a Classroom
Four Monarch Caterpillar Condos await relocation in a Garland ISD classroom- October 19, 2015 Each of these baskets holds a future fourth generation...
Liz Berry
10/19/2015 Is Your Community Promoting Urban Agriculture?
Yes, we still have Monarchs in our area. I took the photo above on Sunday when I saw five Monarchs down at the Garland Community Garden, along with numerous...
Liz Berry
10/16/2015 When it comes to GREEN, Garland Texas has few limits!
S peaking of Green, just this morning I released the second Monarch I rescued. The first one was a male and this one a female. I took her out into the...
Liz Berry
10/13/2015 JOINT PRESS ANNOUNCEMENT FOR MONARCHS TODAY AT BUSH CENTER
Monarch Butterfly – Garland Community Garden – Garland Texas – photo by Robert Opel September 26, 2015 Statewide Our Texas Communities Are Ramping Up to...
Liz Berry
10/12/2015 North Garland High School Butterfly Garden Welcomes Its First Visitors
Garland Mayor Doug Athas, Jo Garcia and Colleen Biggerstaff from the Kiwanis, and Kevin Keeling from Loving Garland Green pose with a few members of the North...
Liz Berry
10/09/2015 I Just Released a Male Monarch Butterfly--My First Ever!
Danaus plexippus October 9, 2015 - Male Monarch Butterfly - Member of the Fourth Generation Well I guess they have their own time schedule. I was hoping this...
Liz Berry
10/09/2015 North Garland High School Butterfly Habitat: Stage Three Completed!
North Garland High School Key Club and members from Loving Garland Green after plant installation—October 8, 2015 Stage Three: Plant Installation completed! It...
Liz Berry
10/07/2015 Stage Two of North Garland High School Butterfly Garden Build Completed
North Garland High School Key Club members install the large logs that will form the bottom layer of the hugelkultur. These logs, most of which are already in...
Liz Berry
10/06/2015 It Takes a Village to Save the Pollinators
Second Monarch Caterpillar poses for its rescue on October 5, 2015. When the time is right, this caterpillar will be released in the North Garland High School...
Liz Berry
09/30/2015 Update on Rescued Monarch
This is now. That was then. All that remains of the tropical milkweed I provided for the Monarch caterpillar...
Liz Berry
09/29/2015 Joy in the Garden at Dusk
Joyful children in the Loofah Tunnel at the Garland Community Garden - Dusk September 29, 2015 There is nothing quite as special as introducing inquisitive...
Liz Berry
09/29/2015 Moral Dilemmas in the Garden
Short-Lived Milkweed Bugs in My Yard The Garden is the Ultimate Backdrop for the Pursuit of Knowledge The best teachers are those that raise questions that...
Liz Berry
09/27/2015 DFW Urban Farmers Are On the Rise
At peace in the garden. . . At the end of the Saturday workday two Loving Garland Green members take time to enjoy the beauty and peace of the Garland...
Liz Berry
09/25/2015 How I Rescued a Monarch to Be
Monarch caterpillar (or larva as some like to call it) September 25 8:30 AM Garland Texas I almost titled this post “How to Rescue a Monarch”, but since this...
Liz Berry