Hi my name is Anne Gilbertson. I started this site as I love gardening and nature. I am interested in organic gardening, and planting native flowers and shrubs to attract butterflies, bees and birds to my garden.
Spending time out in the garden with your family is made more enjoyable when you have colorful butterflies and birds flying around. Attracting these pollinators to the garden benefits your garden by pollinating the flowers, fruit trees and vegetables. You are also helping these pollinators by creating an environment for them to live and breed in.
On this site you will learn that creating a garden to attract butterflies, bees and birds can be a lot of fun and creates a beautiful place for everyone to enjoy. Getting your children involved in creating a butterfly garden can be a lot of fun and a way of teaching them about the environment.
Learning about Bees and Butterflies
Having bright colored butterflies and birds flying around the garden is not only a lovely sight, but also they are good for the ecosystem. A garden full of bright colored flowers and vegetables, needs pollinators to transfer the pollen to improve the production of seeds and fruit, and that is what butterflies and bees do for you.
There are a lot of different butterflies and bees that we see flying around our garden. Some are better pollinators than others, and some have special requirements for them to survive and continue to breed. My aim is to look at the different butterflies and bees that may venture into your garden.
Creating a Garden that will Attract Pollinators
If you enjoy gardening, and having a healthy colorful garden is important to you, then creating one that attracts pollinators is of great benefit to you. There are certain types of plants and gardening practices that you will need to consider when your aim is to attract bees and butterflies.
Whether you want to attract bees or butterflies to your garden, each has their own requirements. Our aim is to help you create a garden with the types and colors of plants that you need for each.
As like any living thing, they need somewhere to live, breed, shelter, and have access to food and water. We aim to give you some guidelines on how to create the ideal environment to attract these pollinators, as well as providing them with a safe habitat.
Getting your kids involved with creating a garden for butterflies, will teach them a lot of new things and is a great way to get them outside and being active. Planning, creating and then enjoying your garden together is a great way to spend time together as a family.
Growing your own Butterflies
Looking for an activity that you can do with your children, why not try growing your own butterflies. Did you know that you can purchase kits that will provide you with the equipment and how to instructions on growing butterflies from caterpillars.
How exciting and educational for your children to watch and learn how a butterfly transforms from a caterpillar to a beautiful butterfly. Then having created a garden to attract butterflies, you can release the one that you have watched grow.
Is Backyard Beekeeping of Interest to you?
Maybe keeping bees is something that you would be interested in doing. More and more people are interested in producing produce for themselves in their backyards. Whether it is growing your own vegetables, keeping chickens for a supply of fresh eggs, or maybe keeping bees to be able to harvest your own honey.
If beekeeping is of interest to you we aim to answer questions you may have around beekeeping and the equipment. What information you need as a beginner to beekeeping, how to care for your bees, how to and when to harvest the honey.
At butterflybeegarden our aim is to provide information about bees and butterflies. How to encourage them to come, stay and breed in your garden.