In the insect world, you can discover a variety of creatures from the cool to the downright creepy. However, there is no group of insects more hardcore than butterflies. How so? Some butterflies are hungry … for blood.

Join us on our Facebook page Mondays through Fridays at 10 a.m. for a live video with Great Parks staff. We’re celebrating pollinators for National Pollinators Week. Nature Interpreter Julie is sharing all about how prairie plants are homes for pollinators. If you can’t make it to Farbach-Werner Nature Preserve, see what plants are in bloom now in this video.

Join us on our Facebook page Mondays through Fridays at 10 a.m. for a live video with Great Parks staff. We’re celebrating pollinators for National Pollinators Week. Director of Education & Events Amy shows a new way to look at flowers – by dissecting them! Learn more all about the parts of flowers with us in this video.

You may have heard Great Parks team members talking about National Pollinators Week. You may have also heard heard how important it is to help pollinators. But why are pollinators so important and how do they affect the food we eat?

Join us on our Facebook page Mondays through Fridays at 10 a.m. for a live video with Great Parks staff. We’re celebrating pollinators for National Pollinators Week. We’re exploring the prairie at Kroger Hills with Nature Interpreter Sarah today! Tune in as Sarah searches for the bugs, birds and plants that call this nature preserve home.

Looking for a way to help our local pollinators beyond National Pollinators Week? Why not try planting a pollinator garden! Read on for some pollinator garden basics to help get you started.

Join us on our Facebook page Mondays through Fridays at 10 a.m. for a live video with Great Parks staff. We’re celebrating pollinators for National Pollinators Week. Regional Education Manager Julie has found an interesting gaggle of butterflies at Woodland Mound and tells us more about what makes each butterfly species unique.

Join us on our Facebook page Mondays through Fridays at 10 a.m. for a live video with Great Parks staff. We’re celebrating pollinators for National Pollinators Week. Go on a tour of the butterfly garden at Glenwood Gardens with Highfield Discovery Garden Manger Doug and Nature Interpreter Lisa and learn more about these important plants.