Jimmy Carter's Butterfly Garden - what a birthday celebration
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Former Pres. Carter celebrates 90th birthday with butterfly garden
By Megan McRainey | Oct. 1, 2014
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Garden party: On his 90th birthday, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, celebrated in their new pollinator garden. Among the guests was Emory evolutionary ecologist Jaap de Roode, bottom right, and his children Jakob and Ella.
The Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Pollinator Garden at The Carter Center, created with the help of Emory University evolutionary ecologist Jaap de Roode, is filled with flowers and plants native to Georgia and is part of the Rosalynn Carter Butterfly Trail, developed by the former first lady to draw attention to the plight of diminishing numbers of migrating monarch butterflies. The garden is certified by Monarch Watch as an official monarch way station, and is listed as a certified wildlife habitat of the National Wildlife Federation.
De Roode and undergraduate students from his lab worked with volunteers from Trees Atlanta to provide seedlings for the garden and to plant them over the summer. They will continue to help monitor and maintain the plants. The garden features two species of milkweed, the host plants monarch caterpillars need to complete their life cycle, and a variety of plants that can host Georgia’s state butterfly, the Tiger Swallowtail. An array of nectar plants also will appeal to other pollinator species, particularly bees and wasps, and to birds. Visitors are welcome to drop by the garden, which also features two Japanese-style arbors made by local artist Jesse Reep.
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Former President Jimmy Carter celebrated his 90th birthday Wednesday in Atlanta, blowing out three candles representing the past, present and future and thanking family and friends for their support and love.
"It's been a good first 90 years," the 39th president joked before telling the crowd gathered in a chapel on The Carter Center grounds that he is looking forward to much more work. Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, founded the international health and human rights organization after leaving the White House.
Carter said his life was most shaped by his marriage to Rosalynn and growing up in Plains, Georgia, where he worked and played with black children who didn't have the same rights as he because of their race. Carter said he still feels guilt for not realizing sooner how wrong that was.
Being elected president, he said, was the highlight of his political life. However, he said he's had the "best times" of his life since establishing The Carter Center, "this beautiful place on earth that has set moral and ethical standards that exemplify what a superpower like America ought to be."
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Yah think! No wonder they hate him.
So much more than just a Happy Birthday celebration. 
I should be getting an estimate soon to start some landscaping. Make a berm, plant native pine trees and eventually turn the yard into a native wildflower meadow.
Made a wildlife habitat 30 years ago when i lived in a townhouse. Boyfriend at the time was big and strong, so he did the muscle work. I did the planting.
Do you have any idea how hard I want to kick my ass for not taking pictures? It was GORGEOUS! 
This is a cool way to celebrate. 
and did everything in their power to make sure he didn't get anything past them. He lost the re-election battle because of Ted whether you want to believe it or not. that plus the underhandedness of the pukes with the Iran issue. Carter was a good man with good ideas and if we'd/the pukes would have allowed him to be President we'd be in a much better shape today than we are. As soon as the pukes took control in '81 they commenced to tear down every thing Carter set in motion.
and if we don't get these pukes under control and stuff 'm they'll tear down the USA as sure as I'm typing on my keyboard right now.
R U not paying attention to whats happening right now or what?
One of the best presidents in US history. 
One of my all time favorite couples who exemplify "in giving, we receive."
Happy Birthday, Mr. President.
The only time I saw them in person was in a garden--hosting the annual White House Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn. My son found a wooden Easter egg signed by the President and First Lady.
Thanks for the thread, malaise.
