Florida’s Aquatic Butterfly Gardens: How to Create a Beautiful Backyard Habitat for Attracting 60 Species with 100 Native Plants

Sean Patton and Kendall Southworth cover underrepresented and undervalued aquatic ecosystems and show how they can be used to create the critically important habitats necessary for the butterflies of Florida.

Sean Patton is an Aquatic Biologist and founder of Stocking Savvy, a habitat restoration company . Sean has researched alternative methods of restoring Florida’s landscapes with natural biological systems and native plants and wildlife species to restore habitat across the state. He is Professor of Biodiversity at Ringling College and Plant Coordinator at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens. He regularly lectures and teaches throughout the state on aquatic butterfly gardening. Sean lives in Sarasota, Florida

Kendall Southworth is a restoration specialist and manager of Stocking Savvy. She has a BA in Environmental Ethics from New College of Florida and works directly with the Science and Environment Council of Sarasota as their Outreach Coordinator. Kendall lives in Sarasota, Florida