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Monarch Ranch Butterfly Conservatory 🦋

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A sanctuary for pollinators and people 🦋
📍 South Carolina
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THANK YOU @wjbf6 and @bdawsontv for coming all the way to Monarch Ranch Butterfly Conservatory to feature us on Hometown Road Trip! Thanks for helping to spread the word on conservation stewardship! taken in Monarch Ranch Butterfly Conservatory, LLC by @monarchranchsc

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It’s butterfly season at Monarch Ranch Butterdly Conservatory in South Carolina! Now open for visitation August-October. Reservations required. Link in bio! by @monarchranchsc

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Schedule your spring tea party, field trip or photoshoot in the butterfly gardens at Monarch Ranch Butterfly Conservatory in South Carolina!
Visit our website linked in the bio to book.
Appointment only ✨

#southcarolina #garden #butterfly #explorepage taken in Monarch Ranch Butterfly Conservatory, LLC by @monarchranchsc

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8 months ago

Visit our certified organic butterfly garden this Saturday! This is our last day open for the public to come see butterflies! Reserve your spot at monarchranchsc.com/visit just $15 per person! taken in Monarch Ranch Butterfly Conservatory, LLC by @monarchranchsc

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We are now booking Fall learning experiences and workshops at Monarch Ranch.
Bring your kids.
Well put bugs in their head. Or whatever.

Visit the link in the bio! taken in Monarch Ranch Butterfly Conservatory, LLC by @monarchranchsc

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13 days ago

WET MY PLANTS!

Yeah. You read that right.

No supervision was involved in the making of these commercials.

On a serious note, if your yard is dry, boring, lifeless, and not attracting a single butterfly… we can fix that!

Native plants. Pollinator gardens. Wildlife habitats. Rain gardens. Full landscape transformations.

We’ll design it.
We’ll plant it.
We’ll even wet it.

TAG somebody whose plants desperately need to get wet. by @monarchranchsc

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15 days ago

What started with one pollinator planter is turning into something much bigger.

We have a goal create connected pockets of native pollinator habitats across South Carolina starting right here in BAMBERG.

Every planter every garden every patch of milkweed, every native flower added back into our communities, becomes another place for monarchs to lay their eggs, a native bee to find food or a butterfly to stop along journey.

We want BAMBERG to become a model for what a pollinator friendly town looks like.
And then we want to do it to another town in South Carolina.
And another.

Until these little pockets of habitat start connecting communities across the entire state.

The best part is, we’re not talking about wanting to do this. We are already doing it.

The gardens and planters in this video are just some of the projects already growing across South!

Now we want to know what South Carolina town should we bring the pollinator pathway project to next?
Tag a town, a business, or someone you know that can host a pollinator pathway!

#Pollinatorpathwayproject #pollinatorgarden #nativeplants #southcarolina #monarchranch taken in Monarch Ranch Butterfly Conservatory, LLC by @monarchranchsc

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16 days ago

From an ordinary outdoor space to a thriving native pollinator and wildlife habitat!

This Chapin, South Carolina landscape transformation for @spatravelgal and her husband Kerry, was designed and installed to create more than just a beautiful garden. The goal was to build a functional backyard ecosystem that supports butterflies, native bees, birds, and other South Carolina wildlife while giving the homeowners a beautiful, immersive outdoor space to enjoy.

Designed and installed by Sean Reid of Monarch Ranch Butterfly Conservatory, this Chapin, South Carolina garden project combines native and pollinator friendly plants, layered landscape design, natural hardscaping, pathways, habitat features, and solutions for erosion and water management.

The result is a landscape designed to become even more beautiful as it matures, filled with changing blooms, movement, texture, wildlife, and life throughout the seasons.

Our approach to landscaping focuses on creating gardens that work WITH South Carolina’s natural environment. Instead of designing a yard that simply looks good, we create intentional ecosystems that can provide food, shelter, host plants, nesting resources, and habitat for the wildlife already living around us.

🌿 Native & Pollinator Garden Design
🦋 Butterfly & Wildlife Habitat Gardens
🏡 Residential Landscape Design & Installation
🪨 Natural Hardscaping & Garden Pathways
💧 Erosion & Water Management Solutions
🌼 Cottage-Style & Layered Garden Design
📍 Chapin, Columbia, Irmo & surrounding South Carolina areas

If you’re searching for a landscape designer in Chapin, SC or the Columbia, South Carolina or even the Lowcountry area and want something beyond traditional landscaping, Monarch Ranch specializes in creating beautiful, functional landscapes inspired by nature and designed for wildlife.

Serving Chapin, Columbia, Irmo, Augusta, Aiken, Charleston, and surrounding South Carolina communities, with select projects available throughout the state.

Interested in transforming your property into a native pollinator or wildlife garden? Contact Monarch Ranch to discuss your landscape design and installation project. taken in Chapin, South Carolina by @monarchranchsc

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22 days ago

Follow us on YouTube, TikTok, and Facebook! taken in Monarch Ranch Butterfly Conservatory, LLC by @monarchranchsc

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The dark/black morph eastern tiger swallowtail gave Monarch Ranch Butterfly Conservatory a visit yesterday!

These variations are rare in the northern parts of the US but can become more common in the south due to our large pipevine butterfly population.

This happens because of a genetic factor in the W chromosome. This gene is carried by the males, hidden in their genetic makeup and is passed to their daughters.

This morph can only happen to female eastern tiger swallowtails. It is part of an adaptation and display of mimcry to the poisonous pipevine butterfly as a form of self defense!

This female will produe all dark morph daughters and yellow variation will produce all yellow daughters.

Have you seen one of these this year?! taken in Monarch Ranch Butterfly Conservatory, LLC by @monarchranchsc

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This morning, families got to see a FRESHLY hatched caterpillar this morning and watch it eat its egg through the microscope! by @monarchranchsc

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It is hard to look at something this delicate and understand what she is about to do.

The monarchs passing through our farm still have 1,970 miles to travel before reaching the mountains of Mexico. They will face wind, storms, predators, disappearing habitat, and stretches where the flowers they depend on may be difficult to find.

And yet, they go.

These tiny creatures follow a path they have never traveled to a place they have never seen. Somehow, they know when to leave. Somehow, they know which direction will lead them home.

Watching them in our garden makes me feel protective of every single one. I wish I could shelter them for the entire journey, but all we can do is give them a safe place to rest, fill their wings with strength, and hope they make it.

Fly safely, little one. There are 1,970 miles between you and home, and we are rooting for you the entire way.

Right now it is butterfly season at Monarch Ranch Butterfly Conservatory. Schedule your visit today for the chance to see one of natures greatest migrations and the creatures included in the journey.

@discover_sc @southcarolinaetv @forestrycommish @scdnr @xercessociety taken in Monarch Ranch Butterfly Conservatory, LLC by @monarchranchsc

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