Vilma Valdes is a Master Gardener with the University of Florida's Miami-Dade Extension Office. She maintains a year-round Atala butterfly colony in her garden since the spring of 2019. This is her blog-by-blog steps on how you can too.

Posts by Vilma Valdes:

• Raising Atala Butterflies Year-Round: The Final Stretch
• How to Maintain Atala Butterflies in Your Garden Year-Round, Fifth Blog
• How to Maintain Atala Butterflies in Your Garden Year-Round, Fourth Blog
• How to Maintain Atala Butterflies in Your Garden Year-Round, Third Blog
• How to Maintain Atala Butterflies in Your Garden Year-Round, Second Blog
• How to Maintain Atala Butterflies in Your Garden Year-Round

Blog Series:

• Atala Butterflies
• Native Plants