Create a Butterfly Garden Habitat of your Own

Love butterflies? Attract them to your own backyard or schoolyard by planting a Butterfly Habitat Garden!

Learn how to create a beautiful Butterfly Garden of your own with our instruction packet.
Gulf Fritillary Caterpillar
You'll learn how to create a garden filled with the plants necessary to attract and support the complete lifecycle of our native butterflies. Host plants provide the proper source of nutrition for caterpillars and attract egg-laying adult female butterflies. Nectar-rich plants are a food source for adult butterflies.

Purchase of this packet supports Texas Discovery Gardens' mission to "restore, conserve, and preserve nature in the urban environment."

Find a complimentary list of good butterfly host and nectar plants here!

Two-Step Process

Step One: Order a Butterfly Habitat Instruction Packet

Packet Includes:
This detailed packet includes information on more than 70 nectar and host plants recommended specifically for gardens in North Central Texas

  • Butterfly and Caterpillar attracting trees, shrubs, vines, annuals, and perennials
  • Latin and Common names
  • Light preferences (sun/shade)
  • Bloom seasons
  • List of butterfly species attracted to each host plant
  • Garden design tips
Ordering Information:
Cost: $25 per packet

Click here to download our order form:
  Butterfly Habitat Order Form

Mail the completed order form with payment to:

Texas Discovery Gardens
Butterfly Habitat Program
PO Box 152537
Dallas, TX 75315

Packet will be mailed to you within 10 business days

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Step Two: Certify your Butterfly Habitat

Complete an application form for your Butterfly Habitat
Application can be found in your Butterfly Habitat Instruction Packet.

To certify your garden without receiving the packet, click here:
  Butterfly Habitat Application

Include your $25 fee to receive a Texas Discovery Gardens certified Butterfly Habitat sign

Certified Butterfly Habitat Sign
Cost: $25 per sign

Our Horticulture Department will review your garden, make suggestions for further improvement if necessary, and mail you a Certified Butterfly Habitat sign for your garden.

Click here to view the sign:
  Butterfly Habitat Sign

Mail the completed application form with payment to:

Texas Discovery Gardens
Butterfly Habitat Program
PO Box 152537
Dallas, TX 75315

Application will be reviewed and sign will be mailed to you within 10 business days.