When making a butterfly garden, the probabilities of what to include in your butterfly garden design are unlimited. Below are some recommendations to help get you moving. They're engineered to spark the creative process of your consciousness and get you going on the way to making a nice butterfly garden. Before you even commence your butterfly garden, find out which species of butterflies are in your area. Toy with taking an exploratory hike around your location with a butterfly identification book.
This will take a little additional effort and time, but the results will be worthwhile. After you've compiled your list of local butterfly species, be certain to write down in your butterfly garden plan what these particular species of butterflies use for nectar and food plants. Make sure that your garden is in a location that provides at least 6 hours of daylight a day. Butterflies are cold-blooded creatures and thus do better where they're warm and sheltered. Wind could be a butterfly's worst enemy so be certain to have masses of wind protection in your design. You can plant tall plants and other plants in order to make a wind break, but a location that avoids heavy winds is far better. The best of all would be a butterfly garden placed on the bright side of your house with windbreaks on both the east and west sides, or wherever the current wonds come from in your neighborhood. Try and find your garden close to a window so that you can view the butterflies from inside. Provide seating outside too. If at all possible, you might excavate an area and build a stone wall around it. This would create the perfect windbreak for your butterflies. Mmake gravel paths around your garden to save walking in mud. There are lots of creative strategies for assembling a butterfly garden. Take it slow to design a garden that you're going to enjoy and be pleased with.
