Lenora Larson & Amy Albright

Lenora Larson is a Marais des Cygnes Extension Master Gardener and member of local chapters of both the Idalia Butterfly Society and Kansas Native Plant Society. Lenora is a proud “science geek” with a degree in microbiology from Michigan State University, a career in molecular biology, and a life-long interest in wildlife, especially the creepy and crawly. She maintains a 2-acre NABA (North American Butterfly Association) certified garden in the English Estate landscape style on her 27-acre property, Long Lips Farm, in rural Paola, Kansas.

Lenora writes about butterflies for several publications and is a frequent enthusiastic presenter to gardening and nature groups. She is on a mission to demonstrate to other gardeners that you do not have to compromise on beauty and function when you invite wildlife to share your garden.