Phoenix joined the Mayor's Monarch Pledge in 2021 to help support their multi-generation, 3,000-mile-long migration. Keep your eyes peeled for these beautiful butterflies in the Fall through Spring in Phoenix. This species is struggling due to habitat loss, pesticide use, and climate change, but we can help.
Monarch
Monarch Conservation
Help the monarch butterfly Survive and Thrive!
Join us in the pledge by planting native milkweed and other native nectar plants to help the monarch butterfly and other pollinators! Let us know what you did on social media using #PlantingforMonarchs. Check out these top tips on how to help.
Planted a Polinator Garden? Consider registering a monarch waystation or pollinator pathway:
View the Mayor's 2021 Monarch Proclamation
Native Plants
Planting native plants are essential for the monarch butterfly and other pollinators, while also supporting our Sonoran Desert biodiversity and conserving water.
Need ideas on what to plant? Check out this list of native plants.
Resources
- Participate in monarch butterfly mapping citizen science
- Participate in milkweed mapping citizen science
- Southwest Monarch Study
- Desert Botanical Garden - Monarch ButterFlies and Milkweeds
- Pollinator Conservation Resources: Southwest Region
- AZ Monarch Collaborative Native Plant Sources
- Xerces Society Managing for Monarchs in the west
- National Wildlife Federation
- Monarch Joint Venture
- Maricopa Native Seed Library
- Monarch Education Resources
Ideas or suggestions? Email oepinfo@phoenix.gov with “monarch" in the subject line
Photograph by William Vann