Part of the joy of being outside every day at the garden center is the opportunity to share our daily lives with so many living things. Of course, we see plants galore, but it is the birds, the bees, the butterflies, and the multitude of other critters that intrigue us and make us smile.
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail - 4/16/17
Monarch Caterpillar - 8/27/17
Monarch Caterpillar and
Milkweed Bugs (Hemiptera)
- 8/27/17
Swallowtail Caterpillar
- 8/16/17
Swallowtail Caterpillars
- 8/16/17
Black Swallowtail (Male - 8/9/17
Black Swallowtail and
Monarch - 8/9/17
Spicebush Swallowtail - 8/7/17
Painted Lady - 7/30/17
​Monarch - 7/16/17
Eastern Black
Swallowtail - 6/19/17
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail - 5/8/17
Monarch - 7/2/16
Monarch Butterfly - 8/27/17
Black Swallowtail (Male) - 8/9/17
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail - 7/18/16
Great Spangled Fritillary - 7/11/16
Black Swallowtail
Black Swallowtail Caterpillar - 6 /6/16
Chrysalis for an Eastern
Black Swallowtail - 6/12/16
Silver-spotted skipper - 4/30/17
Black Swallowtail - 8/1/17
Red Admiral Butterfly
- 7/31/17
Orange Sulphur - 7/30/17
Giant Leopard Moth - 7/30/17
Northern Cloudywing - 7/9/17
Silver Spotted Skipper -
Goldfinch - 7/3/16
THE BIRDS
AND THE BEES
Blue Jay - 7/3/16
Goldfinch - 8/29/16
Robin - 6/25/17
Wasp - 7/16/17
Hummingbird - 7/31/17
Bumble bee - 10/16/15
Bumble bee - 7/2/16
Bumble bee - 7/3/16
Bumble bee - 7/3/16