Category Archives: Butterflies

Sep 24, 2025 – Supporting Butterflies & their Caterpillars by Jennifer Bargar
Butterflies / Caterpillars / Club Events / Monthly Meeting / native plants / Past Club Events / Speakers

Sep 24, 2025 – Supporting Butterflies & their Caterpillars by Jennifer Bargar

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Jennifer Bargar, owner of Nature’s Haven Nursery, will speak to us about “Supporting Butterflies & their Caterpillars” at our September 24, 2025 meeting at 1:00 pm. Meet some of our Northwest butterfly species and what native plants best support them and their caterpillars. Since caterpillars are an essential food source for many birds, native gardeners … Continue reading →

We’ve got your Perennial Pollinator Plants! May 18, 9am-2pm, Plant Sale
Bees / Butterflies / Perennials / Plant Sale

We’ve got your Perennial Pollinator Plants! May 18, 9am-2pm, Plant Sale

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Interested in starting or adding to your pollinator garden? We have you covered – Coreopsis, Hardy Geranium, Bee Balm (monarda), Black Eyed Susan, (rudbeckia), echinacea, phlox. Let’s not forget to add those late summer/ fall flowers that are so important to our pollinators- Asters, Sedum Autumn Joy, Chrysanthemums (we have a very special variety). The … Continue reading →

GENERAL MEETING – Jan 24 – Attract Pollinators to your Garden
Bees / Butterflies / Past Club Events / Pollinators

GENERAL MEETING – Jan 24 – Attract Pollinators to your Garden

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1PM – Camas Community Center – 1718 SE 7th Ave. – Visitors Welcome     Are you planning on an installing a pollinator garden to attractive native bees and butterflies? Understanding the lifecycle of our native pollinators is the first step. Step two is knowing what floral resources they prefer. Spend an hour with Michael talking about … Continue reading →

Congratulations, 2018-19 Grant Recipients!
Bees / Birds / Books / Butterflies / Gardening / Grants / Philanthropy / Schools

Congratulations, 2018-19 Grant Recipients!

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The “Community Garden Club of Camas Washougal” is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2018-19 Philanthropic Grants: Helen Baller Elementary School, Camas School District,  “Pollinator Garden”. The school will be expanding their already existing gardens to include a specialty garden designed to attract pollinators – bees, butterflies, and birds!  It is still a little … Continue reading →

“Pollinators” Charlie Vanden Heuvel, Beekeeper – 7pm, Tues Sep 4th @ CASEE HS
Bees / Butterflies / Free / Master Gardener

“Pollinators” Charlie Vanden Heuvel, Beekeeper – 7pm, Tues Sep 4th @ CASEE HS

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Pollinators help over 80% of the flowering plants on our planet reproduce.  They include a wide range of creatures, such as “ants, bats, bees, beetles, birds, butterflies, flies, moths, wasps and other unusual animals.” Come listen to Charlie Vanden Heuvel, beekeeper, speak to the importance of just a few of the beneficial pollinators at the … Continue reading →