In May 2024, Rosewater Garden Design partnered with Mayor Martin Rutyna, the Sleepy Hollow Environmental Advisory Committee, and the Village of Sleepy Hollow to create a Monarch Habitat Garden on Beekman Avenue in support of the town’s commitment to the National Wildlife Federation’s Mayors’ Monarch Pledge.

We selected plants that Monarchs rely on to survive and a host of other nectar-rich plants, including:

Monarch Butterfly Host Plants

• Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata)

• Butterfly Milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa)

Nectar Plants:

• Sweetspire (Itea virginica "Little Henry")

• Sweet Pepperbush (Clethra alnifolia)

• Bradbury’s Bee Balm (Monarda bradburiana)

• Goldenrod (Solidago rugosa)

• Aromatic Aster “October Skies” (Symphyotrichum oblongiolium)

• Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)

• Anise Hyssop (Agastache foeniculum)

• Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea)

• Bronze Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare)

• Black Eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta)

• Threadleaf Coreopsis (Coreopsis verticillata)

• Hairy Beardtongue (Penstemon digitalis)

• Dense Blazing Star (Liatris spicata)

• Little Bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium)