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Keep Scottsdale Beautiful to educate community about monarch butterflies

Event happens during mayor’s Earth Day Breakfast at Pima Park

Posted 4/20/22

What started as a grave concern by Keep Scottsdale Beautiful for the decline of the monarch butterfly will now be a focus of the city of Scottsdale’s Earth Day event on Friday, April 22, with …

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Keep Scottsdale Beautiful to educate community about monarch butterflies

Event happens during mayor’s Earth Day Breakfast at Pima Park

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What started as a grave concern by Keep Scottsdale Beautiful for the decline of the monarch butterfly will now be a focus of the city of Scottsdale’s Earth Day event on Friday, April 22, with the opening of a pollinator garden at Pima Park.

During the Mayor and City Council Green Expo Breakfast, Keep Scottsdale Beautiful will share information on the current situation of the monarch population, display various plants that residents can incorporate into in their yard and give away fun, environmentally sustainable goodies, according to a press release.

“Keep Scottsdale Beautiful is committed to promoting a clean, green and sustainable Scottsdale,” said Gennifer Giusiana, chairwoman of Keep Scottsdale Beautiful. “Educating people on the importance of restoring Monarch butterfly habitats will encourage them to make a difference at home and in their community.”

The monarch butterfly has suffered a population decline upward of 90% in recent decades. Keep Scottsdale Beautiful is committed to creating habitats for monarch butterflies and other pollinators to thrive. In 2019, Keep Scottsdale Beautiful reached out to the city of Scottsdale to form a partnership to increase the monarch population in Arizona, the press release stated.

The Mayor’s Monarch Pledge, which commits to various projects that will sustain the butterflies, was signed by former Mayor Jim Lane. When current Scottsdale Mayor David Ortega took office, he prioritized the program.

In response to the Mayor’s Monarch Pledge, the city of Scottsdale and the Parks & Recreation Department have built a pollinator garden at Pima Park, to include a variety of new trees and plants which will supply food and shelter to a variety of pollinators like butterflies, bees, birds, and more.

To further the commitment of creating pollinator habitats, Keep Scottsdale Beautiful provided the necessary plants to assist the foster children of The Scott Foundation build their own garden. An additional pollinator garden will open in May 2022 as part of a partnership between Keep Scottsdale Beautiful and a Scottsdale Leadership Project Lead it Forward Team at Pride Park.