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Tarisa Parrish

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Tarisa Parrish is a butterfly farmer whose quest to save the monarch butterflies from extinction has resulted in a nationwide educational campaign. Her ecology expertise, along with the children's illustrated book The Adventures of Johnny Butterflyseed explains how families can do their part by planting more milkweed and raising monarch butterflies. Tarisa and her partner, Michael Vera, live in central Florida and are the owners of the online educational store, Johnny Butterflyseed (johnnybutterflyseed.com). The site engages new butterfly farmers, teaching them about the butterfly lifecycles, growing butterfly gardens, and how to get involved with nonprofit organizations focused on saving butterflies. Tarisa prides herself on being a citize ...more

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The Majesty of Showy Milkweed (Asclepias speciosa): A Desert Bloom with a Monarch’s Calling

There’s a kind of magic stitched into the stems of Showy Milkweed (Asclepias speciosa)—not the glitter-and-rainbows kind, but the quiet, dryland kind. The kind that waits out winters in the bones of the soil. The kind that remembers how to bloom in windblown basins and sun-scorched valleys. The kind that […]

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Tarisa Parrish wrote a new blog post Plant to Restore, Not to Decorate Every spring, the big box stores roll out a rainbow of seedlings under fluorescent lights: petunias, marigolds, zinnias, and “pollinator blends” desig Read more of this blog post »
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