Ready to help? Besides spreading the word, there are lots of things you can do to help restore the Monarch population.

 
  • Encourage your local school to build a Monarch sustaining garden or build one yourself.

  • Visit the Pacific Grove Monarch Butterfly Sanctuary and donate time or money to help create more overwintering sheltering tree planting. They are planting Cypress and Monterey Pines to diversify the shelter options.
    https://www.cityofpacificgrove.org/visiting/monarch-butterfly-sanctuary

  • Discontinue use of butterfly or larva harming pesticides in the area like — weed killers, or spaying for oak moths.

  • Engage local government officials to plant milkweed in State Parks, and public spaces like Fort Ord.

  • Become a citizen scientist or local Monarch Counter for the annual Thanksgiving count.
    https://www.westernmonarchcount.org

  • Encourage local Nurseries to carry milkweed and nectar plants by buying and planting them.

  • Modify the school curriculum to begin the lower school butterfly module not with the egg but with the habitat that supports the egg, the milkweed!

Local Sources of Milkweed and Nectar Plants:

  • Drought Resistant Nursery, 7521 Cypress Lane, Carmel, CA

  • Griggs Nursery, 9220 Carmel Valley Road, Carmel, CA

  • Rana Creek Design, 7495 Williams Ranch Road, Carmel, CA

  • Valley Hills Nursery, 7440 Carmel Valley Road, Carmel, CA