Monarch butterflies and other pollinators need our help, and you can make a real impact right at home.
Join Keep McKinney Beautiful in promoting the creation of Monarch Waystations throughout McKinney. By planting native and adapted plants, residents can provide essential food, shelter, and breeding habitat for monarchs and other pollinators while contributing to a healthier, more resilient community. Monarch populations continue to face habitat loss across North America. Small actions, like a native backyard garden or container planting, add up to big change as native plants support pollinators, birds, and local ecosystems.
McKinney proudly supports monarch conservation at the leadership level as well. The Mayor of McKinney annually participates in the National Wildlife Federation’s Mayoral Monarch Pledge, reinforcing the City’s ongoing commitment to protecting pollinators and expanding habitat.
Ways to Get Involved
- Create a Monarch Waystation at home, school, or workplace
- Convert part of your landscape or garden bed to native plants
- Volunteer with Keep McKinney Beautiful initiatives
- Join a local Bioblitz through iNaturalist
- Learn how to replace turf or invasives with pollinator-friendly plants
- Share your habitat and inspire others to join in
- Collect real-time data with Project Monarch Science
Helpful Resources
The Green Gardens of McKinney serve as an excellent local example of how native plants and pollinator-friendly designs can thrive in public spaces. These gardens demonstrate how thoughtful planting supports monarchs, conserves water, and builds community pride.
A Blackland Prairie Texas Master Naturalist project that aims to consult and help guide residents in our community in creating habitats, increasing biodiversity, and educating about sustainability. This program is designed to help all residents, from landowners to homeowners to apartment occupants, by helping them achieve their goals for their own spaces.
Monarch Waystation Program
Create a Monarch Waystation to give butterflies and other pollinators the food and shelter they need to survive by planting native and adapted plants.
National Wildlife Federation Certification Program
Anyone can create a welcoming haven for local wildlife. Turning your yard, balcony container garden, schoolyard, work landscape, or roadside greenspace into a Certified Wildlife Habitat®is fun, easy, and can make a lasting difference for wildlife.
Be part of a nationwide movement to restore biodiversity by planting native plants and removing invasives, turning everyday spaces into a connected “national park” for wildlife.
Did you create a Monarch Waystation or pollinator garden? We’d love to hear about it! Your story helps inspire others and strengthens our growing habitat network across McKinney.
Share Your Monarch Waystation Story with Keep McKinney Beautiful
Together, we can grow a network of pollinator habitats across McKinney, one garden at a time.
