We'd like to introduce you to Kimberly Toscano, who blends her formal training in horticulture and entomology with her passion for garden design to educate and inspire gardeners.
On the Butterfly Highway
I’m starting to see monarch butterflies pass through my garden on their journey south for the winter. Each autumn, millions of monarchs leave their summer homes, traveling up to 3,000 to overwintering sites in Mexico. As a college student studying abroad, I was lucky enough to visit two of these sites in Michoacán, Mexico. Seeing giant fir trees so dense with monarchs that their limbs bent toward the ground was an awe-inspiring sight. Twenty years later, I find myself living near a major monarch flyway. Some days I count hundreds of butterflies passing through my garden.
