While many insects can give us the creeps, the delicate butterfly is a bug of a different colour. These gentle pollinators are revered for their striking patterns, and none more so than the monarch butterfly.

Arguably the most recognizable butterfly, these amazing creatures spend their summers mating and pollinating in the southern parts of Canada and northern United States before travelling thousands of kilometres to their winter home in Mexico.

A visit from one of these beauties doesn’t happen by chance, though. Attracting monarchs to a garden, balcony or patio is easier than one might think, and the perfect time to prep next year’s monarch paradise is right now. Fall is the optimal time for planting both the monarchs’ host plant, milkweed, and other flowers adult butterflies need for

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