The Spring Garden & Butterfly Festival returns to Cuyamaca College on Saturday, May 3, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Admission is free, and this year’s event promises something truly special: a symbolic ...

There’s nothing quite like finding oneself surrounded by tiny winged creatures. It comes as no surprise that the Spring Butterfly Exhibit at the Desert Botanical Garden, 1201 North Galvin Parkway, is ...

Butterfly bushes (Buddleja davidii) are known as one of the best plants to attract a variety of butterflies to your yard thanks to their large, nectar-filled flowers. As a bonus, their pink-purple ...

Robert Frost wrote of a “blue-butterfly day” in spring, when “there is more unmixed color on the wing / than flowers will show for days unless they hurry.” Perhaps Frost was spotting spring azures, ...

Spring has just begun, and if you have a green thumb, you might be looking forward to your yearly gardening activities. As temperatures get warmer and the skies get sunnier, many critters will be out ...

The air is alive with fluttering wings in the Spring Butterfly Exhibit at the Desert Botanical Garden. The exhibit has been open since March 1, but with the current weather, which won’t last much ...

"It's a real outbreak, though we don't usually think of things we like that way -- as an outbreak," said Herms, whose expertise is in the science of phenology, the study of the timing of the cyclical ...

Sunshine warmed our backs and a cool breeze filtered through bike helmets as we turned onto the pavement for a ride around the lake. Before we could get up a head of steam, Drew called back, “Did you ...

There's one showy, pollinator-friendly summer bloomer that loves a good late-winter haircut — prune it right, and it'll ...

Did you know that South Carolina has its very own state butterfly? The Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus) was designated as the official butterfly of the Palmetto State by Act Number 319 in ...