Tucker Butterfly Garden

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Tucker Butterfly Garden The Garden was established in 2008, as a project by Georgia Master Gardeners in DeKalb as a demonstration garden highlighting the lifecycle of the butterfly.

The garden also includes a rain garden, and a beautiful native garden. Do stop by! The Garden is an educational tool to teach the Life Cycle of the Butterfly. Guided tours are available upon request. Please send a message. Workdays for the Garden are open to the public and occur on the 4th Thursday of each month, excluding December and January.

Here’s to beautiful fall days and supporting late season pollinators like this gorgeous Georgia aster, Symphyotrichum ge...
10/18/2026

Here’s to beautiful fall days and supporting late season pollinators like this gorgeous Georgia aster, Symphyotrichum georgianum

We participate in the Monarch Watch Tagging program, which studies the monarch’s spectacular fall migration to Mexico. ...
10/09/2026

We participate in the Monarch Watch Tagging program, which studies the monarch’s spectacular fall migration to Mexico. One of our Master Gardeners gently placed the tag on this female monarch’s hindwing and measured its wingspan. These specially designed, uniquely-coded tags do not harm or interfere with the monarch’s flight, but give scientists data about the origins, timing and pace as well as changes in the geographic distribution of the fall migration.

Read more at https://monarchwatch.org/tagging/

Stop by the garden today from 10am-2pm to take part in the Great Southeast Pollinator Census! Your DeKalb County Master...
08/22/2026

Stop by the garden today from 10am-2pm to take part in the Great Southeast Pollinator Census! Your DeKalb County Master Gardeners will be there to help you with the counts and identify pollinators.
We’ll have some crafts and surprises!

4898 LaVista Rd, in front of the Tucker Recreation Center

Review the eight categories to count for the Great Southeast Pollinator Census: Carpenter bees, Bumble bees, honey bees,...
08/21/2026

Review the eight categories to count for the Great Southeast Pollinator Census: Carpenter bees, Bumble bees, honey bees, small bees, wasps, flies, butterflies and moths and other insects. Click on the link for descriptions.

Here is a carpenter bee foraging for nectar on this Echinacea flower.

https://gsepc.org/identify/

Stop by the garden this Saturday, August 22nd from 10am-2pm to count pollinators! Take a tour of the garden, ask our Ma...
08/20/2026

Stop by the garden this Saturday, August 22nd from 10am-2pm to count pollinators! Take a tour of the garden, ask our Master gardeners questions and tips and BEE a part of this awesome citizen science project!

Join us and take part in the Great Southeast Pollinator Census, an annual citizen science project next Saturday, August ...
08/15/2026

Join us and take part in the Great Southeast Pollinator Census, an annual citizen science project next Saturday, August 22nd from 10am-2pm. We’ll have Master Gardeners onsite to guide you and answer any questions.

https://gsepc.org/

Love these cool shiny metallic green bees, Agapostemon species, that were visiting our purple coneflowers. These medium...
07/30/2026

Love these cool shiny metallic green bees, Agapostemon species, that were visiting our purple coneflowers. These medium-sized bees are native to North, South and Central America. They are vital for pollinating wild flowers and many cultivated plants.

This cutie helped Ms Fritillary get ready for the World Cup!
06/17/2026

This cutie helped Ms Fritillary get ready for the World Cup!

Check out these sweet flowers from our native Sourwood, Oxydendrum arboreum, in Trees of Tucker. This understory tree is...
06/08/2026

Check out these sweet flowers from our native Sourwood, Oxydendrum arboreum, in Trees of Tucker. This understory tree is in the blueberry family and attracts bees and butterflies with these lily-of-the-valley-like flowers.

05/05/2026

Transform your yard into a bustling sanctuary for bees and butterflies! Come grow with us at our Wings and Wildflowers Pollinator Garden Workshop on Saturday, May 9 from 10 a.m. to noon at Tucker Recreation Center.

Led by Tucker’s Master Gardeners, this session is perfect for everyone, from beginners to seasoned green thumbs. You will discover the best techniques and pollinator-friendly plants to help our local ecosystem thrive right in your own backyard.

This workshop is free to attend, but spots are limited. Register today to secure your spot!

Click here: https://tucker.recdesk.com/Community/Program/Detail?programId=2048

Questions? Contact Charlie Chavez.
[email protected]

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4898 LaVista Road
Tucker, GA
30084

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