If you’re looking for energy and inspiration this month—and who’s not? —let me call your attention to the state of the environmental community in central Illinois, and some of the ways it has flourished over the past year.

If you're interested to do your part for monarchs by planting milkweed in your garden, maybe you could be convinced to support other wildlife with beautiful native plants in your home landscape. Tune in for thoughts on the why and how of doing so.