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No. 14 Vol. 19
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September 11, 2018
Butterfly Garden Flourishes In Riverdale
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By Dawn M. Chiossi eep in the heart of Riverdale, there’s a butterfly garden located at 69 Newark Pompton Turnpike. While the lawn on the office building property looks overgrown, it is not. It’s a haven for the butterflies. The Riverdale Butterfly Garden was created in November 2016 from the folks at the Restore Native Plants Organization. A myriad of dif-
ferent types of butterflies enjoy the delights of the garden including: The Monarch Butterfly, Black Swallowtail, Tiger Swallowtail, Red Admiral, Painted Lady, Great Spangled Fritillary, and a diversity of small butterflies called skippers. The purpose of a butterfly garden is to attract and sustain an assortment of butterflies, bees and other pollinators by providing nectar and pollen sources from a va-
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riety of plants and flowers. In a butterfly garden, the plants are diverse and interesting shapes, sizes and colors. Officials from the organization define a butterfly garden as “a diverse plant community designed to attract and support insects including butterflies, moths, skippers, beetles, bees, ants and crickets to restore the wildlife habitat.” Butterflies, they are pretty, colorful winged creatures: They are a universal symbol of freedom, and yet they are so much more! They are an important connector. They are beneficial to the environment through their symbiotic relationship, their connection, to the plants they visit and their connection to the organic native habitats that they prefer. Everything is connected: nature, animals, people, even butterflies. Ever concerned by the threatened and disappearing
ecosystem that will invariably hurt the masses, and future generations? This amazing organization makes it a mission to help. Its goal is to ensure nature’s beautiful landscapes and ecosystems for future generations to enjoy. It works with volunteers, the private sector, and private industry to reintroduce native
plant species to local communities and give them the healthy habitats they need to survive. Even though the Riverdale garden itself is still young, the folks from Restore Native Plants are adding more and more plants to it every year. In addition to the butterfly garden in Riverdale,
the Restore Native Plants Organization has busily created other gardens at other locations including: Paramus, Wayne, West Milford, Ramapo State Forest and The Teaneck Creek Conservancy. The benefits of butterflies go way beyond making the world beautiful: They provide cont. on page 2