The Whittier Pollinator Garden restores native habitat for bees, birds, moths and butterflies. We are joining with schools from around the country to protect pollinators through native habitat restoration. Likewise our monarch butterfly habitat is part of a nation-wide effort to plant milkweed and bring back monarch populations.
Wildlife can find nourishment here all year long, thanks to a variety of native plants, all chosen with nature in mind.
We have dozens of individual milkweed plants, to attract monarch butterflies. Follow the milkweed and all of the other native plants, week by week, right here. Just click on the photos below to see our weekly nature notes, tracking the evolution of the garden over time. You'll find out who's doing the blooming, what pollinators are paying visits, and what new plants have been added. This type of archive is called a "phenology" or a study of natures changes over time!! We like to call it "Urban Phenology"
July/August 2019 June 2019 May 22, 2019 April 29, 2019 February 2019
Sept/Oct 2018 August 2018 July 2018 June 2018 May 29, 2018 May 15, 2018
October 2017 September 2017 August 2017 July 2017 June 2017 May 29, 2017
May 22 2017 May 15 2017 May 8, 2017 May 1, 2017 April 24, 2017