[dropcap]T[/dropcap]hough the fortunes of the monarchs rise and fall from year to year, when you look beyond the latest statistics and look back to the numbers recorded 20 years ago, then you realize how steep the overall decline has been.

As gardeners, and as stewards of our lands, I believe we should all put aside some part of our gardens to be good hosts to our magical visitors on their epic 2,800 mile journeys back and forth between Mexico and Canada.

To do this we just have to choose the righ...