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Join us at the Snetsinger Butterfly Garden pollinator habitat from dawn to dusk at Tom Tudek Memorial Park.

LEARN

About the plants, animals and pollinator friends in our garden and how to create your own pollinator-friendly habitat.

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Subscribe, volunteer, and support the habitat with other members of our community.

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Our Mission

During these frigid days, our gardens might appear to be sleeping, but plenty of important things are still happening! Perennials die back and return their carbon to the soil, and the seeds of many native plants receive the freezing temperatures they need in order to germinate in spring. Snow insulates slumbering pollinators and wildlife under a protective layer and helps conserve soil moisture. But while the garden is dormant, what’s a gardener to do? The Centre County Master Gardeners have the answer–the 2025 Home Gardening School!

Titled “From World Wonders to Backyard Bliss: Cultivating Inspiration, Nature, and Future Gardeners”, the conference is designed for gardeners of all skill levels..

Heather Andrews, AKA The Thoughtful Gardener”, is slated as the keynote speaker, presenting “Traveling for Garden Inspiration: A garden from every continent (except Antarctica!) with lessons to implement in your own backyard.” #thoughtfulgardener

Breakout sessions will address many other gardening topics. And for lovers of native plants and their pollinators, the SBG’s own Pam and Doug Ford will present a guide to creating layered landscapes, and Lisa Schneider will introduce you to some less-common but well-deserving native plants.

The Master Gardeners are excited to provide this opportunity to bring garden lovers together for a day of learning and fun! So save the date: Mar 22, 2025, from 8:15am-3:00pm in the Forest Resources Building at Penn State. The $60 registration fee includes all sessions and lunch. Registration is capped at 100 participants, so don’t delay – visit

Home Gardening School Registration

Congratulations to the creators, cast and crew of POLLINATORS! The Musical for receiving the 2024 David Gibby Search for Excellence award, Innovative Projects category. This engaging and educational musical puppet show is just another example of the SBG’s commitment to creative outreach programming.

Notes from the Habitat

Founding Gardeners

Although the popular myth of George Washington chopping down a cherry tree has been largely debunked, it IS true that many of our founding fathers…

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Minted

The Perennial Plant Association recently named clustered mountain mint (Pycnanthemum muticum) as its 2025 Perennial Plant of the Year, and we at the SBG heartily…

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Pining for You

With most of our native trees standing stark and bare at this time of year, evergreens like hemlock and pine stand out in the snowy…

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Podcast: Pollinator Confidential

Explore the directory

Search our directory of birds, plants, butterflies and bees that call the Snetsinger Butterfly Garden home.

Build Your Own Pollinator Garden

Learn How to Plant for Pollinators

Learn the best tips and tricks for attracting pollinators to your own private garden.

Certify your Pollinator Garden

Once you’ve done the work, let your garden be recognized as valuable pollinator habitat.

Become a Master Gardener

Love to garden? Make new connections and benefit the community by joining the Master Gardener program.

“He can never be quite poor or friendless who has learned to read the secrets of the great outside world”
Agnes McClelland Daulton, Wings and Stings, 1903
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