Megan Nichols

My name is Megan. I am a senior biology student at FSU and the current intern with the St. Marks Monarch Milkweed Initiative.  I have always loved nature.  As a teen, I would get lost exploring the woods around my home.  Yet I didn’t appreciate the plants around me until I came to Tallahassee. 

I first volunteered at the milkweed nursery in 2015, as a member of the Environmental Service Program at FSU.  Milkweeds were my introduction to botany, and I fell in love.  I learned about all the species of milkweed in Florida.  I learned how to sow seeds and tend seedlings.  I learned about the different soils. 

My name is Megan. I am a senior biology student at FSU and the current intern with the St. Marks Monarch Milkweed Initiative. I have always loved nature. As a teen, I would get lost exploring the woods around my home. Yet I didn’t appreciate the plants around me until I came to Tallahassee.

I first volunteered at the milkweed nursery in 2015, as a member of the Environmental Service Program at FSU. Milkweeds were my introduction to botany, and I fell in love. I learned about all the species of milkweed in Florida. I learned how to sow seeds and tend seedlings. I learned about the different soils.

I became an avid gardener, turning my wanderlust into a scavenger hunt. I cultivated local wildflowers that I found on long hikes within town limits. I watched the native plants bring in native pollinators. Birds arrived at my house to eat seeds and insects. An multi-tiered ecosystem arose by planting a few native plants.

This is why I fell in love with botany, and it is all thanks to the Milkweed Project.