PHOTOS: 'Butterfly Lady' Visits Belle Aire Students in Downers Grove
Butterfly expert Pat Miller visited the school Sept. 14.
Pat Miller, also known as “the Butterfly Lady,” paid a visit to Belle Aire School in Downers Grove on Sept. 14 to share her expertise with kindergarten through third-grade students. Miller, whose visit was funded by the Belle Aire PTA, became interested in monarchs and monarch conservation while presenting talks on butterfly gardening for the University of Illinois Extension office as a Master Gardener. Her good friend, Jane, met Chip Taylor the year he launched the Monarch Waystation program and became interested in promoting the concept of monarch waystations. Jane and Pat traveled throughout the western Chicago area promoting monarch waystations. Following a trip to Mexico with Monarchs Across Georgia, Pat's interest in monarchs …
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