The Open House has come and gone...and so has the vast majority of our butterfly plants!

Thank you to all that attended and participated in this fundraising effort!

SPRING OPEN HOUSE & PLANT FUNDRAISER
Saturday, 9 May 2009 - 8a to 3p

Once again, you are cordially invited to join us for our annual Spring Open House and Plant Fundraiser at Foley Hall on West Campus of the University of Kansas. We've averaged 500-1000 visitors at these Open House events and we expect a good turnout for our next event as well. Nearly 4,000 butterfly plants (both annuals and perennials) including seedlings of several milkweed species, will be available (modest contributions are suggested). A list of plants that will be available is provided below.

We will provide refreshments, lots of show & tell, videos and games for children, tours of our garden and lab space, iChat videoconferencing demonstrations, and, of course, monarch butterflies!

We'd love to see you here so mark your calendars!

DONATE NOW! (pretty please)

If you enjoy the various educational, conservation, and research programs Monarch Watch offers throughout the year, please consider making a donation today - it's quick, easy, secure, and fully tax-deductible. You can even set up a recurring gift (monthly or annually) if you'd like. We rely on contributions from Monarch Watchers just like you to keep the program going - thank you for your continued support!

If you would rather mail in a donation or have questions, please visit Giving in Support of Monarch Watch.

LIVE BROADCAST

We'll continue to experiment with broadcasting live video - see what's going on here:

(offline)

*Note: to view our live video broadcasts, you must have the Adobe Flash Player (a free player that you may already have) installed on your computer. If you do not have it, you should be prompted to install it - or you can just get it yourself here:

LIVE CHAT SESSION

Leave us your comments about our video broadcast, photos, and/or Monarch Watch in general during our open house event...or just chat with other online visitors:

(offline)

*Note: the online chat requires that you have the Adobe Flash Player (a free player that you may already have) installed on your computer. If you do not have it, you should be prompted to install it - or you can just get it yourself here:

PHOTO SLIDESHOW

We will take lots of photos during the day - you'll be able to check them out here:

(online!)

DIRECTIONS TO MONARCH WATCH

Monarch Watch is located on the West Campus of the University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, U.S.A.

KU West Campus Map showing Monarch Watch (Foley Hall)

via I-70 Turnpike:

Take West Lawrence exit and continue South on IOWA street. At the 19th Street stoplight turn RIGHT (west). At "T" turn LEFT (south). Proceed past the stop sign (after stopping of course!) and then turn right into a parking lot (you'll see a large Greenhouse at the end of the lot) and find a place to park ;-) Foley Hall is the one-story building that will be on your right.

via westbound K-10: K-10 turns into 23rd street in Lawrence. Continue West on 23rd until you reach IOWA street. At the stoplight turn RIGHT (north) and continue to 19th Street. At the 19th Street stoplight turn LEFT (west). At "T" turn LEFT (south). Proceed past the stop sign (after stopping of course!) and then turn right into a parking lot (you'll see a large Greenhouse at the end of the lot) and find a place to park ;-) Foley Hall is the one-story building that will be on your right.

PLANT LIST

All of the plants listed below would be excellent choices to use in creating your very own Monarch Waystation butterfly garden/habitat. The milkweeds are of course the host plant for monarch butterfly caterpillars and all of the plants are nectar sources for monarch butterflies and other wildlife.

Once you have created your Monarch Waystation, be sure to have it certified by Monarch Watch so that your habitat will be included in our Monarch Waystation Registry - an online listing of habitats all over the globe!

Availability updated 5-20-2009; Good=more than 20 plants, Limited=less than 20 plants; please feel free to stop by this week between 4 and 6p to purchase plants.

Photo	Common Name	Botanical Name	Annual/Perennial	Availability	Details
	Tropical Milkweed	Asclepias curassavica	Annual	Good	More info...
	Swamp Milkweed	Asclepias incarnata	Perennial	SOLD OUT	More info...
	White Swamp Milkweed	Asclepias incarnata 'Ice Ballet'	Perennial	Good	More info...
	Balloonplant Milkweed	Asclepias physocarpa	Annual	Good	More info...
	Common Milkweed	Asclepias syriaca	Perennial	SOLD OUT	More info...
	Whorled Milkweed	Asclepias verticillata	Perennial	Good	More info...
	Anise Hyssop	Agastache x hybrida 'Blue Fortune'	Perennial	SOLD OUT	More info...
	New England Aster	Aster novae-angliae 'Purple Dome'	Perennial	SOLD OUT	More info...
	Aromatic Aster	Aster oblongifolius 'October Skies'	Perennial	SOLD OUT	More info...
	Butterfly Bush	Buddleia davidii 'Royal Red'	Perennial	SOLD OUT	More info...
	Butterfly Bush	Buddleia davidii 'White Profuson'	Perennial	SOLD OUT	More info...
	Blue Mist Spirea	Caryopteris x clandonensis 'Dark Knight'	Perennial	SOLD OUT	More info...
	Mum	Chrysanthemum 'Sheffield Pink'	Perennial	SOLD OUT	More info...
	Hairy Golden Aster	Chrysopsis villosa	Perennial	SOLD OUT	More info...
	Joe Pye Weed	Eupatorium purpureum ssp. maculatum 'Gateway'	Perennial	SOLD OUT	More info...
	Fennel	Foeniculum vulgare	Perennial	Good	More info...
	Willow-leaved Sunflower	Helianthus salicifolius 'First Light'	Perennial	SOLD OUT	More info...
	Lantana	Lantana camara 'Athens Rose'	Annual	SOLD OUT	More info...
	Lantana	Lantana camara 'Dallas Red'	Annual	Limited	More info...
	Lantana	Lantana camara 'Spreading Sunset'	Annual	Limited	More info...
	Button Blazing Star	Liatris squarrosa	Perennial	SOLD OUT	More info...
	Bee Balm	Monarda didyma 'Jacob Cline'	Perennial	SOLD OUT	More info...
	Pentas	Pentas lanceolata 'Pink Profusion'	Annual	SOLD OUT	More info...
	Pentas	Pentas lanceolata 'Ruby Glow'	Annual	SOLD OUT	More info...
	Pentas	Pentas lanceolata 'Starburst'	Annual	SOLD OUT	More info...
	Common Rue	Ruta graveolens	Perennial	Limited	More info...
	Pincushion Flower	Scabiosa x 'Butterfly Blue'	Perennial	SOLD OUT	More info...
	Coral Porterweed	Stachytarpheta mutabilis	Annual	Limited	More info...
	Purple Porterweed	Stachytarpheta urticifolia	Annual	SOLD OUT	More info...
	Mexican Sunflower	Tithonia rotundifolia	Annual	SOLD OUT	More info...
	Tall Verbena	Verbena bonariensis	Perennial	SOLD OUT	More info...

MISCELLANEOUS