Birds and butterflies are colorful, beautiful creatures that make any place seem more alive. And if you're lucky, your garden might even attract some different species, like finches, robins, or sparrows.
But anyone who has tried to attract birds to their garden knows it's not as simple as hanging a bird feeder.
To attract new butterfly and bird species to your garden, you have to provide the right food, water, and shelter.
There are many ways to attract birds and butterflies to your garden. If you are planning to garden in a small backyard, you can attract the birds and butterflies by installing bird baths, feeders and a variety of flowers and plants.
You have to place the garden in the right location. It is best to use a space that is not located in front of the house.
In order to make your garden attractive, you have to plant the both annuals and perennials. You also have to give the garden a lot of sunlight.
If you want to have a beautiful garden, you have to place the plants in pots. When it comes to the annuals, you have to plant them in the spring.
The perennials, on the other hand, can be planted throughout the year. You have to keep them watered well. Lastly, make sure to remove the decayed plants.
1. Plant nectar and pollen rich flowers
When food is scarce, hungry birds and insects may visit your garden. When the food supply is plentiful, as it is in the summertime, birds and insects come to your garden to find the nectar and pollen they need to feed their young.
It's at this time of year that you can attract a wide variety of birds and insects to your garden by growing nectar- and pollen-rich flowers and plants.
2. Provide shelter
Providing shelter to attract pollinators in the garden can be fun and easy. Put a birdhouse or a bird feeder in the garden, and watch it get occupied by birds.
The bird droppings will be a good fertilizer for your plants
Our pollinating friends, such as bees, butterflies and hummingbirds, are in trouble today due to habitat loss, pesticide use, and commercial grocers' demand for large quantity, single-flavor produce.
If you have a spot in your garden, you can provide shelter for the pollinating friends, and you can help save the environment also.
3. Be organic
The garden can be a great place to attract a variety of pollinators. Bees, butterflies, and other insects are essential for the healthy pollination of plants.
A garden filled with organic flowers that are grown without the use of pesticides, can be the perfect place to attract pollinators.
There are many benefits of having Birds and butterflies in your garden. From aesthetic beauty to ecological benefits, it is no wonder that many gardeners have been adding these colorful creatures to their backyard landscape.
Birds and butterflies are colorful, and some of them are quite large, which is one of the reasons why they are often admired by people.
They are also very interesting creatures to have around your garden because of the fact that they add a lot of color to it.
They can also play an important role in pollinating the plants in your garden.
Without pollinators, there would be no life on Earth. Pollinating insects are responsible for pollinating over 1/3 of the world's crops.
These crops provide about 90% of the world's food, and feed billions of people. Without pollinators, most of these crops would die, and humans would be forced to hunt and gather sustenance.
The flowers and plants you choose will depend on what birds, bees and butterflies are native to your region.
If you want to attract hummingbirds, you will have to have plants like, columbines, lupine, fuchsia and honeysuckle.
If you have a butterfly garden you can plant butterfly bush, butterfly milkweed and butterfly weed.
If it's bees you want, try lavender, sage, thyme, sunflowers, foxglove, bee balm, and hollyhock.
The garden is a wonderful place for bird-watching, and each type of plant attracts birds in a different way.
Some attract them with nectar, others with tasty berries, and some with fragrant flowers.
Birds will also use plants for a place to build their nests, and for protection from predators.
Where you have birds, you usually have bees and butterflies. The bees will use the plants as a source of pollen, and the butterflies love the nectar.
