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My garden won the Silver Award from FODE in 2003 in the Another Yard for the Don Program for being ecolocigally friendly and in June 2007 was certified by the Canadian Wildlife Federation for it's Backyard Habitat. It is a sunny and sandy environment. I have disconnected all downspouts and have a rainbarrel connected to a soaker hose to satisfy the water loving shrubs. Birds and butterflies are regular visitors with Monarchs and American Ladies breeding in my garden. Margaret McRae's Front Garden includes Amaranth, goldenrod, New England Aster, Malva sylvestri, sunflower, cornflower, sedum, chives, feverfew, monarda didyma, milkweed, echinacea, red creeping thyme, speedwell, lavender. Margaret McRae's Back Garden Includes Common milkweed, Hydrangea, Lilac, Bridal Wreath Spirea, Buddleia davidii, trumpet creeper, coreopsis, echinacea, Star of Bethlehem, Day lilies, Centaury, Mallow, Anise hyssop, Tomatoes, Rhubarb, birdbath. Birdbath Visitors includes grackle, house sparrows, mourning dove, robin, house finches, goldfinch, downy woodpecker, starling. My Butterflies includes Monarch, Red Admiral, Black Swallowtail, Tiger Swallowtail, Banded Hairstreak, Sulphur, Painted Lady, Mourning Cloak, Summer Azure, White Cabbage, Question Mark Metamorphosis of Monarch Butterfly includes egg, caterpillar, pupation, pupae, emerging from pupa and adult stagees. Insects in My Garden caterpillars and pupae, spiders, beetles, damselfly, moth, bumblebees, wasps, hornet.