CPH volunteers make milkweed ‘seed bombs’ to help monarch butterflies

Published on July 17, 2015

volunteers making milkweed 'seed bombs' for Monarch butterfiles — Nancy Wyland (far left) and David Osterberg (far right) organized the event.

This summer a group of CPH volunteers helped make milkweed “seed bombs” in an effort to support monarch butterflies, whose numbers have declined dramatically over the last decade.

The seed balls were handed out to RAGBRAI riders as they passed through Mount Vernon July 24. The riders tossed the balls into unsprayed roadside ditches where the milkweed plants can grow, providing food and habitat for the migrating butterflies.

Watch news video about the project (KCRG)
Daily Iowan article
Des Moines Register article
Bicycling magazine article
See more photos on the CPH Facebook page
Learn more about milkweed and monarchs: http://monarchsineasterniowa.blogspot.com/