April is Butterfly Month ... Pass It On

Anne Kilmer viceroy at GATE.NET
Sat Mar 29 08:05:36 EST 2003


There's good stuff after the proclamation ... I left it in for anyone 
who happens not to have seen it yet.

I plan to be at the Mounts meeting on Sunday, April 6, and hope to see 
many of you there. We're all invited.
We can share an amazing April.
Be well, live long and prosper.
Anne Kilmer
MBBRP


 > April is Butterfly Month......Pass it On!!!!
 > From:
 >
 > "Alana M. Edwards" <ame at strato.net>
 > Date:
 >
 > Thu, 27 Mar 2003 22:20:40 -0500
 > To:
 >
 > "Lana Edwards" <atala at prodigy.net>
 >
 >
 > Please pass this email onto others you know who may be interested:
 >
 >
 >
 >     Have you heard the news? The month of April 2003 has been proclaimed
 >     Florida Butterfly and Butterfly Gardening Month!   For more
 >     information about butterflies <#a>, go to the bottom of this email.
 >
 >
 >
 >     The following is the proclamation signed by Gov. Jeb Bush:
 >
 >
 >
 >     Florida Butterfly and Butterfly Gardening Month
 >
 >
 >
 >     WHEREAS, butterflies play important roles as pollinators of flowers
 >     and as
 >
 >     indicators of the health of the environment; and
 >
 >
 >
 >     WHEREAS, people are enthralled by the beauty, grace and 
tranquility of
 >
 >     butterflies and are fascinated by their amazing transformations from
 >
 >     caterpillar to chrysalis to adult butterfly; and
 >
 >
 >
 >     WHEREAS, the great state of Florida is home to more than one hundred
 >     fifty
 >
 >     kinds of butterflies, many of them found nowhere else in the 
world; and
 >
 >
 >
 >     WHEREAS, by planting certain native plants and flowers, gardeners
 >     can enjoy
 >
 >     the wonderful diversity of butterflies in their own backyard, and
 >     actually
 >
 >     increase the populations of many butterflies;
 >
 >
 >
 >     NOW, THEREFORE, I, Jeb Bush, Governor of the state of Florida, do 
hereby
 >
 >     extend greetings and best wishes to all observing April 2003, as 
Florida
 >
 >     Butterfly and Butterfly Gardening Month.
 >



 >
 >     Butterfly Presentation and Workshops
 >
 >     Interested in learning more about butterflies?  On Sunday, April 6th
 >     at 2:00pm, there will be a special Butterfly Gardening Workshop to
 >     kick off Florida Butterfly and Butterfly Gardening Month at the
 >     Mounts Botanical Garden <http://www.mounts.org/find.asp> in the
 >     auditorium.  Please contact Alana Edwards <mailto:ame at strato.net> if
 >     you would like to attend: 561/706-6732.  All teachers who attend
 >     will receive a Butterfly Resource Guide on CD. To get to the Mounts,
 >     take I-95 to Southern Blvd. (Make sure it is now open) and exit West
 >     to Military Trail, then go North on Military Trail, 1/2 mile to
 >     Mounts Botanical Garden (on your left, across from Palm Beach
 >     International Airport).
 >
 >
 >
 >     Also, the North American Butterfly Association and Florida Atlantic
 >     University's Center for Environmental Studies are looking for
 >     partners to host Teacher Butterfly Gardening Workshops at your
 >     school.  If you are interested in hosting a workshop, please contact
 >     Alana Edwards <mailto:ame at strato.net>.
 >
 >
 >
 >     Butterfly Gardening Information
 >
 >     Learn more about basic butterfly biology
 >     <http://www.naba.org/ftp/buttbio.pdf>.
 >
 >     Learn the basics of butterfly gardening
 >     <http://www.naba.org/ftp/basicbutt.pdf>.
 >
 >     Print up a brochure
 >     <http://riverwoods.ces.fau.edu/education/Butterflybrochure.pdf> to
 >     pass out to friends.
 >
 >
 >
 >     So you want to know what you need to plant? Look below for the area
 >     closest to you:
 >
 >     Palm Beach County area <http://www.naba.org/ftp/pbco.pdf>
 >
 >     Sarasota (Southwestern Florida) <http://www.naba.org/ftp/saar.pdf>
 >
 >
 >     West Central Florida (Bradenton area)
 >     <http://www.naba.org/ftp/wcfl.pdf>
 >
 >     Naples Area (Southwestern Florida) <http://www.naba.org/ftp/napl.pdf>
 >
 >     North Central Florida <http://www.naba.org/ftp/ncfl.pdf>
 >
 >     Outside of Florida <http://www.naba.org/pubs/bgh.html>
 >
 >
 >
 >     Here's a list of some other great butterfly resources
 >     <http://riverwoods.ces.fau.edu/education/bflyguide.html>.
 >
 >
 >
 >     Are you interested in joining
 >     <http://www.naba.org/chapters/nabaac/membership.html> the North
 >     America Butterfly Association <http://www.naba.org/>?





 
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