The butterfly garden at MOSI purchased some metal plants stands several years ago through a grant. Although the stands were listed for outside use, they began to rust quite badly. Over the last year the tops on the stands have begun to deteriorate badly and have become unusable. Thanks to a volunteer, we have the stands back!
Steve W. took these stands home and replaced the tops with new metal pieces that he had at home. He also cleaned up the legs of the stands, removed the rust and painted them with several layers of rust resistant lacquer to keep them from degrading again. Once again the Flight encounter has metal plants stands that help to pick some of our smaller pots up off the ground and keep nectar and host plants at different heights for our butterflies. We can also 
use these stands to highlight plants that are looking particularly good on any given day.
Steve is the same gentleman who provided metal butterfly stakes for our pond by the MOSI entrance. Thanks again Steve for helping to make the garden that much better with your work!
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