Who are the Monarch Mamas?
Who is Monarch Mamas?
In 2018, I visited a plant nursery in Fallbrook, California. It was October and many lingering summer plants were on sale. I walked by pots of milkweed (only $5!) and couldn’t resist buying two plants. That night I planted them next to my kitchen and little did I know I was down the path to starting a business to save Monarch butterflies.
My dog, Ginger, posing in front of my milkweed butterfly garden
That first spring, dozens of Monarch butterflies came to my yard and used my milkweed to lay their eggs. I wanted to help them but I had no idea what I was doing! I soon found that the caterpillars were eating me out of house and home (the milkweed!) and I found myself buying more and more to accommodate them. As I learned more about milkweed and the butterflies they attracted, I was horrified at reading articles about their plummeting population numbers – due to lack of their host plant, milkweed.
I felt inadequate about helping them and wanted to do better, so I learned and researched and DIY’d my way into raising them better, safer, and easier. Now, I want to bring my own conservation efforts and learning directly to you – the citizen scientists who care about Monarchs just like I do!
Trustworthy Monarch Butterfly Information
Here at Monarch Mamas, we follow our mission of educating and encouraging citizen scientists and their families to help the Monarch Butterfly survive and thrive. We do that by:
- Articles with scientific information and updates about Monarch butterflies,
- Sustainable and eco-friendly products to help Monarch caterpillars,
- Education to help "junior Monarch advocates" in their own conservancy journey,
- Providing customer support 7 days a week.