This grant-funded initiative aims to address the steep decline of the western monarch butterfly population and amplify awareness of the monarch’s cultural significance.

Our goal is to establish a four-mile corridor of monarch butterfly habitat in south Napa, just 15 miles north of the closest overwintering site on Mare Island in Vallejo. 

Napa Valley Language Garden (NVLA)

NVLA was the first school garden in Napa County to register their habitat with Monarch Watch (#49,500). Parent volunteers shaped the new bed into a butterfly. It was then planted by the Dirt Girls program participants in spring of 2024. Replacing dilapidated raised beds, this habitat became the heart of their school garden. 🧡

Willow Magnet School

During the fall of 2025, participants in the Dirt Girls after school club planted a native milkweed patch at Willow. The remaining plants will be installed in spring of 2026.

Stone Bridge School

Students at Stone Bridge School observed an adult monarch emerge from its chrysalis in December, just one of several formed by caterpillars feeding on their abundant milkweed patch, which was planted in 2023.

Are you ready to plant a Monarch Waystation in your school garden?

Check out the resources below, then submit this form.

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