Figuring out the best plants for a butterfly garden is more than merely a desirable way to add charm, color and diversity to the plot. These days, keeping our gardens filled with butterflies should be ...

Butterflies fluttering about make your outdoor living space feel extra charming. Not only is it a delight to marvel at their colorful, patterned wings as they land in your garden, but, just like bees ...

Beginning a butterfly garden can be as simple as choosing flowering plants that will invite adult butterflies to your garden to feed. But if you want to create a butterfly garden that will act as a ...

While butterflies will visit lots of different flowers, there are some that actually draw them. This can be for several reasons. Most commonly, there are some plants, such as dill, or milkweed, that ...

There are about 750 butterfly species in the United States, according to the Smithsonian Institution, with the cabbage white perhaps the most common. Butterfly sightings in gardens are becoming more ...

Want to encourage more butterflies in your backyard or garden? Consider planting in concert with the lifecycle of butterflies in your region! Avid butterfly gardeners typically know their way around a ...

Gardeners, it’s hot outside, so schedule gardening chores early in the morning or late in the evening, drink plenty of water and keep a sweat towel handy…enough said! A quick few words if you planted ...

Have you ever walked through a local botanical garden and longingly wished you could have your own butterfly garden at home? As it turns out, it’s not too difficult to reimagine a butterfly haven in ...

In response to the newest twist in the COVID-19 pandemic, I am again choosing to play the part of what I call “home alone Joan.” Except for grocery shopping and exercising at a physical therapy ...

The Tropical Troopers 4-H Club recently planted a butterfly garden for the Caring Village of Davie, an assisted living facility. With the help of its $500 4-H Community Pride Grant, the club managed ...

When my friend told me that the butterflies in her garden were one of her great joys during the pandemic, I was a bit envious. She had a home with a yard, whereas I lived in an urban apartment with a ...

A winter garden is a stark contrast to the vibrant leaves and buds that emerge from stems and soil each spring. Bare branches ...