There are many creative ways for constructing a butterfly garden. Mmake gravel pathways around your garden to save walking in mud. This would create the ideal windbreak for your butterflies. If possible, you could excavate an area and build a stone wall around it. Try and locate your garden close to a window so you can view the butterflies from indoors. The best of all would be a butterfly garden placed on the sunny side of your home with windbreaks on both the west and east sides, or wherever the prevailing wonds come from in your area. You can plant tall shrubs and other plants in order to create a wind break, but a location that avoids heavy winds is even better. Wind can be a butterfly's worst enemy so be sure to have plenty of wind protection in your design. Butterflies are cold-blooded creatures and therefore do better where they are warm and sheltered. After you have compiled your list of local butterfly species, be sure to write down in your butterfly garden plan what these particular species of butterflies use for nectar and food plants.īe sure that your garden is in a location that provides at least six hours of sunlight per day. This may take a little extra time and effort, but the results will be worth it. Consider taking an exploratory hike around your location with a butterfly identification book.
They are designed to spark the creative process of your mind and get you started on your way to creating a lovely butterfly garden.īefore you even begin your butterfly garden, find out which species of butterflies are in your area. Below are some suggestions to help get you started. When creating a butterfly garden, the possibilities of what to include in your butterfly garden design are endless.
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