My Butterfly Garden

Building a Monarch butterfly garden is not hard to do, just plant their favorite plants. The ones that they use for nectar as well as plants they use for host plants. When it comes to food plants; there are several flowers they use for nectar such as Zinnias, Butterfly Bushes, Butterfly Weed, Goldenrods, Asters, Thistles, [...]

Butterfly gardens are so pretty with all the butterflies flying around and the flowers in all of their colors. Why would you want to add butterfly garden ornaments? The same reasons that cause you to put ornaments in your regular garden will prompt you to add butterfly garden ornaments to this garden as well. We [...]

I started my butterfly garden the first year after we bought our home. In the five years we’ve been here, my butterfly garden has gone through many changes. It continues to evolve as I learn which plants work best for the butterflies and looks best to me. My goal is to build my butterfly garden [...]

I love my butterfly garden, it is such a special place for me in the summer. I have been growing mine for years and I have learned a few things about butterfly gardens. I feel that all butterfly gardens should have the following traits. The most successful butterfly gardens should always be placed in full [...]

It is an easy thing to create a butterfly habitat. They require so little to bring such joy and beauty into our lives. It is a worthwhile goal for any gardener. To start with, butterflies like bright sunny locations because they are cold-blooded. So any butterfly habitat will need to be in a sunny area. [...]