Auckland Butterfly Garden

25/07/2026

I am rubbish at raising red admirals, but a few made it!

25/07/2026

It's Moth Week! ,

23/07/2026

Cats having been killing wildlife in the butterfly garden. Will the new addition to the family help?

Cats present a risk to the birds and butterflies in the garden. Will the new dog keep them away?

14/06/2026

Addenbrooke Garden on the edge of Auckland is a private garden that opens to raise funds for charity. During the summer I visited and found a very special place with, to my delight, butterflies.

Addenbrooke Garden is a lovely rural garden at Botany with its fair share of summer butterflies.

12/06/2026

Late autumn flowers that keep nectar flowing for our butterflies 🌼🦋
May might thin out blooms, but there’s still plenty for our flying friends — and you can help by planting nectar-rich species.

May sees many flowers disappear from the garden. What nectar is available for our flying friends?

09/06/2026

An autumn visit to an urban oasis in Eden Terrace - the certified butterfly garden at Bright Street Community Garden, in Auckland.

A visit to Bright Street Community Garden uncovers an award-winning, relaxing certified butterfly garden

01/06/2026

Another monarch released and tagged. I have plenty of caterpillars now - it will likely take another 6 weeks before they eclose as butterflies - so I should use all my tags by the end of winter, but will have to be patient.

23/05/2026

The butterflies are slowing. The flowers are slowing. I am slowing. Late autumn in the butterfly garden.

What is happening in the butterfly garden in late autumn? It's all at snail's pace.

05/05/2026

Research from Christchurch helps us move from anecdotal reports to data-driven evidence that lepidoptera species are mostly in decline.

04/05/2026

A trip to Wellington Botanic Garden and its wonderful admiral butterflies highlights the biodiversity degradation in Auckland

A visit to Wellington Botanic Garden yields butterflies galore. All the wildlife comes as a shock.