Category Archives: Fauna

Season recap part four. August – September: Monarchs!

Posted on 2025-11-16 by Karin Kiontke

As in previous years, Johannes, our butterfly expert, collected eggs and small caterpillars of monarch butterflies to let them grow up in a safe environment (his apartment), free of predators and parasites. This is not an easy feat! Each little … Continue reading →

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Season recap part three. August: A favorite flower of visitors and bees

Posted on 2025-11-16 by Karin Kiontke

A few years ago, one of our gardeners introduced the native passion flower (Passiflora incarnata) into the garden. This plant is fascinating and also a bit of a menace. It seems to really love it in our garden. Thus, it … Continue reading →

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Season recap part one. July: A rabbit!

Posted on 2025-11-09 by Karin Kiontke

The growing season is winding down for real now. This coming week, the first frost is expected in our area. All summer long, we were busy gardening instead of adding to this site. But now, the evenings are long and … Continue reading →

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Roses and bugs

Posted on 2025-06-01 by Karin Kiontke

It is the first day of June and some of our roses are already finished blooming. Pat Austen still has a few flowers but she does not look as lush as just a few weeks ago on the photo below. … Continue reading →

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Wild bees

Posted on 2025-05-26 by Karin Kiontke

A while ago, a graduate student from the University of Connecticut asked us if he could include LaGuardia Corner Gardens as a site for his study of solitary bees in urban and non-urban areas. After confirming that this research would … Continue reading →

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