s a child, butterflies delighted me. In late 2001, I was inspired to create a butterfly garden, beginning with three butterfly bushes and a lot of research into other plants. The following spring, I took my list of plants to a gardening store to buy seeds. There, I met Lois Hansen, who guided me toward understanding butterflies and moths. She told me most of the plants on my list wouldn’t attract butterflies and gave me a list of necessary plants for my garden. I had no idea where to purchase these plants, so Lois recommended several native-plant nurseries and offered me some of her plants. A few months later, she brought over plants from her garden and my first monarch eggs. She also brought over several books about butterflies for me to read. That was it. I was hooked. From then on, I began reading every book I could find about
