New Monarch Butterfly garden underway in Vallejo to help sustain, conserve population

VALLEJO, Calif. (KGO) -- A new Monarch and pollinator garden is coming to Mare Island in Vallejo.

The Vallejo People's Garden and the Monarch Milkweed Project have partnered for the project.

The new 3,000-sq.ft. garden was put in Saturday, with the installation to finish next Saturday.

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The garden project is a sustainable mission to preserve Monarch Butterflies.

It will also help increase the insect population overall.

Monarch butterflies and the bee population have seen a decline of about 85% to 95% in the U.S.

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