COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Every year, countless monarch butterflies take part in an annual migration. They fly across the United States into Southern California and parts of Mexico to escape harsh winter conditions.
It’s a family journey that can take multiple generations to complete, making it risky for a threatened species like the monarch. But one Colorado Springs resident is taking it upon himself to help the butterflies as they migrate, providing them with a safe haven on their journey.
Mr. Ken’s Pollinator Paradise, also known as the Monarch Waystation, is filled with close to 650 plants.
“I cater to everything, all the native bees, all the native bumblebees, about 15 different species of butterflies…I had no intentions of building a 650 plant pollinator paradise, so this is uh. Lavenderish purplish butterfly bush, but it just happened.”…