Learn To Attract Hummingbirds, Butterflies To Your Garden In Stafford

STAFFORD, NJ — Butterflies and hummingbirds are more than just beautiful creatures to watch go by. They're important pollinators, and you can create a garden that's just as beautiful that will attract them to your yard and help out the local environment at the same time.

Join Rutgers Master Gardener Sue Masoorli for “Attracting Butterflies and Hummingbirds to Your Garden,” an Ocean County Library Stafford Branch program, at 10:30 a.m. on June 12.

Masoorli, a Master Gardener for the past five years, specializes in butterflies, hummingbirds, and annual and perennial plants. She will explain how to create enticing spots for valuable pollinators, right in your yard.

The discussion will include life cycles, migration patterns, wintering habitats, food source plants for butterflies and hummingbirds, and environmental benefits.

Rutgers Master Gardeners are trained volunteers who present horticulture programs developed by the Rutgers New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station (NJAES) Cooperative Extension.

Have additional garden questions? You can bring those, or a plant/insect sample, to Master Gardeners for diagnosis and recommendations in the OCL Stafford Branch, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. on the second and fourth Monday of each month, through September.

Register at www.theoceancountylibrary.org/events to attend this free program. For more information, visit the OCL Stafford Branch, 129 North Main Street, Manahawkin, or call (609) 597-3381.