How does Natasha Nicholes’s homeschool garden method benefit monarch butterflies?

Natasha’s homeschool garden really leans into creating monarch habitat, not just “pretty plants.”

• She plants milkweed, which is the only plant monarchs lay eggs on and the only food monarch caterpillars eat
• She mixes in native nectar flowers so adult butterflies have food spring through fall
• She avoids spraying weed/bug killers around those plants
• She treats it as a learning lab, so kids notice caterpillars, eggs, and pollinators and are more likely to protect them

Would you like ideas for a small monarch-friendly homeschool garden you could start at home?