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Monarch Butterflies Visit Pardee-Morris House with Horticulturist Nancy DuBrule-Clemente


*The event has already taken place on this date: Sun, 08/18/2019
Enjoy an up-close-and-personal visit with monarch butterflies in various stages of their magical life cycle, and find out how you can help safeguard these regal creatures as horticulturist and owner of Natureworks Garden Center, Nancy DuBrule-Clemente, brings her captivating, hands-on presentation, “Raising Monarch Butterflies,” to the Pardee-Morris House. Admission is free, donations welcomed.

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Did you know that only 2 out of every 100 monarch eggs survive in the wild to become a butterfly? The odds for the survival of this beautiful species are not in their favor, but if DuBrule-Clemente has her way they will survive and thrive. Her presentation includes an introduction and demonstrates how to hunt for the eggs, bring them inside, raise them and release them.

DuBrule-Clemente notes it is vital that we pay attention to the plight of the monarch butterfly, whose populations have been declining for years due to loss of habitat and the use of toxic poisons in gardens and lawns. She adds that monarch caterpillars are extremely sensitive to environmental toxins.

The presentation will also include information on what to plant to keep monarchs and other important pollinators happy and healthy, including milkweed, butterfly weed, and lots of nectar flowers. “The Connecticut shoreline is a prime migration corridor for the monarchs,” DuBrule-Clemente says, “And everyone who lives in that area should put out the welcome mat with lots and lots of nectar flowers for September and October when they are migrating.” She adds, “If everyone bands together as stewards of the monarch butterfly, we can create large areas that are safe and encourage them to thrive.”

The Museum thanks UI/Lighting Up the Arts; The Howard Gilman Foundation; East Shore Management Team; Knights of Columbus, Rodrigo Council #44; the DeCola Family and other Morris Cove neighbors for supporting the 2019 summer season.

About Nancy DuBrule-Clemente

Nancy DuBrule-Clemente is the owner of Natureworks Horticultural Services, an organic garden center, landscape design, consultation, installation and maintenance service in Northford, Connecticut. One of the main goals at Natureworks is to educate the community about gardening for the wildlife with which we share our properties. DuBrule-Clemente graduated from the Ratcliffe Hicks School of the University of Connecticut with a degree in floriculture. She is the author of “Succession of Bloom in the Perennial Garden” and coauthor (with Marny Smith) of “A Country Garden for your Backyard.” She is a former board member and past president of the Northeast Organic Farming Association Connecticut Chapter and is a current board member of the Connecticut Nurserymen’s Foundation.


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Location:

Pardee-Morris House
325 Lighthouse Rd
New Haven, CT, 06512
United States

Phone:

2035624183
Contact name: 
New Haven Museum
Email address: 
The event has already taken place on this date: 
08/18/2019
Time: 
2:00PM
Price: 
FREE

Ages

All Ages