Posts by Texas Discovery Gardens
Turning Your Backyard into a Private Wildlife Sanctuary!
Hello friends of Texas Discovery Garden! We’ve got something special for you today, a guest feature blog written by Lorena Romo of Porch.com! She has some wonderful tips for you…
Read MoreGarden Diversity
Planting a butterfly garden can be lots of fun, but butterflies won’t be the only insects attracted to your garden. Other beneficial insects like bees love the same flowers butterflies…
Read MoreClippers
In our butterfly house, we can have up to 40 different species at a time. A common butterfly to see flying around is the Clipper. It receives its common name…
Read MoreGuide to Butterfly Gardening
Butterfly gardens are easy to install in any space. Have a backyard, balcony or even acres of land? You can have a butterfly garden! Need help getting started? We’ve created…
Read MoreFruits of the Butterfly House
There’s so much to see in the butterfly house like our emergence chambers and amazing butterflies! A few things that don’t get noticed as often are our fruit trees! Loquat…
Read MoreThe Great Eggfly
Our Butterfly House is a popular destination for visitors. A common butterfly house resident is the Great Eggfly, a brush-footed butterfly found throughout southern Asia over to Australia in various…
Read MoreThe Spring Plant Sale
How to get in, get out, and get planting! Includes new information for returning guests. General pricing: Plants purchased Friday and Saturday are tax free! (*If you’re new to the nursery…
Read MoreAll About Host Plants
It’s officially Spring and our Plant Sale is just around the corner on April 7 and 8! You can choose from more than 600 varieties of native and adapted plants.…
Read MoreThe Paper Kite Butterfly
We’d like to introduce you to one of our favorite butterflies! It’s a tropical one, so you won’t find it in your backyard, but you can see it at Texas Discovery…
Read MoreNew to Butterfly Gardening? Read This.
It’s that time of the year again! Our Spring Plant Sale is coming up on April 7 and 8. You can choose from more than 600 varieties of native and adapted…
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