Garden Highlights

The gardens at Home Ground Habitats are always changing. Flowers bloom, butterflies arrive, birds nest, and seeds scatter to begin the next season of growth.

Garden Highlights offers a glimpse into some of the moments that make this landscape special — from monarch butterflies finding milkweed to native plants supporting pollinators throughout the year.

These scenes reflect the larger idea behind habitat gardening: when the right plants are in place and natural processes are respected.

Monarch Moments

Each year monarch butterflies return to the garden in search of milkweed and nectar plants. Watching the life cycle unfold — from egg to caterpillar to chrysalis — is one of the most remarkable sights in a habitat landscape.

Monarch Waystations

Pollinators at Work

Bees, butterflies, flies, and beetles move constantly among the flowers. Native plants provide nectar and pollen throughout the seasons, supporting the insects that pollinate gardens and wild landscapes alike.

Explore Pollinator Plantings

Plants That Nourish

Many native plants offer more than beauty. Berries, herbs, and medicinal plants connect the garden to long traditions of using local plants for food, fragrance, and healing.

Edible & Medicinal Natives