Editor's note: This column was originally published in the Piedmont Post in January 2016.
By C.J. Hirschfield
Many times
this fall and winter, I’d ask little kids walking around Fairyland if they
wanted to see something really special. The answer was always yes, and their
parents humored me. I directed their attention to a number of nondescript plants,
and told them to try to find a caterpillar. Which they did. Their eyes lit up, and their toddler
selves were engaged and interested. (It helped that that the creatures are bright yellow.)
I told them that Fairyland had planted special plants to
attract monarch butterflies. In fact, we are now a certified monarch way
station; our dream is to create a winter nesting place for thousands of monarch
butterflies.
And it now appears that our dream may become a reality.
