Gardeners of Burlington presents guest speaker Margaret
Larson: “Magnificent Monarchs”. Please come and join a friendly group of amateur gardeners
interested in learning more about all aspects of gardening.
Margaret Larson is a conservationist who works to
increase the population of monarch butterflies. She collects monarch butterfly
eggs from milkweed plants, watches over the caterpillars as they develop and
then releases them back into the wild when they emerge from their cocoons as
butterflies. Larson also works with volunteers to conserve the milkweed plant,
a key source of food for the monarch. She speaks at schools and community
centres to educate others about the importance of environmentalism.
