In the News
We are always grateful for your interest in Charlotte Rhoades Park & Butterfly Garden. Your stories have helped to spread awareness and community support, encourage visitors, and event participation. Thank you!
Media Inquiries: rhoadesbutterflygarden@gmail.com
September 20, 2018
Butterfly Tagging is Highest Yet at Charlotte Rhoades
“Charlotte Rhoades Park and Butterfly Garden is having a record year for tagging monarch butterflies to track their migratory patterns. We've tagged almost 600 in the last few weeks which is a record for us...”
Mount Desert Islander - Read article
July 23, 2017
Monarchs Return to SWH Garden After Years of Absence
“The butterflies were roosting on a recent foggy morning in Charlotte Rhoades Park and Butterfly Garden. Wings shut, they clung to the undersides of leaves and colorful blossoms, waiting in shelter for the sun…”
Bangor Daily News - Read article
Spring 2015
Wild Acadia: Royal Migrants by Aimee Beal Church
“Deep in the rugged, forested mountains north of Mexico City, a butterfly has just taken flight. Not just any butterfly, not just any flight—this large, graceful, and intricately-marked creature is a monarch butterfly leaving Mexico’s…”
Friends of Acadia Journal - Read article
Produced for the Garden Club of America, this video highlights the Charlotte Rhoades Butterfly Garden Project, locally supported by the Garden Club of Mount Desert, a GCA club.
Beyond the Garden
Area Resources, Related Links, Educational Tools
Journey North
Watch the season’s story unfold as you track the Spring and Fall Migrations of Monarchs and many other migrators such as Hummingbirds. Report your sightings and stay up to date.
Monarch Watch
Monarch Watch is a nonprofit education, conservation, and research program based at the University of Kansas that focuses on the monarch butterfly, its habitat, and its spectacular fall migration.
Local Nurseries on Mount Desert Island
Town Hill
Southwest Harbor
Bernard
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