Gardening for Butterflies: How You Can Attract and Protect Beautiful, Beneficial Insects

Not only a beautiful book with some tips on gardening and what kinds of plants to look for, but also a pleasant read. I learned some things about butterflies that I did not know, and found myself enjoying the book throughout instead of just flipping through the pictures. I had been putting tropical milkweed in my garden, but after learning that the butterflies born in summer have much shorter lives, I will add more variety of milkweed to my garden that is more native to North America to promote proper life cycles. Overall a wonderful gift for any gardener or someone who is concerned about conservation of butterfly species.

I got this book as part of my research for a neighborhood project called Pollinator Parkways. I found it very useful in regards to plant selection as well as other needs for butterflies (and moths!), thinking about their lifecycle as a whole.Fascinating and strange little facts puncture the book - carnivorous caterpillars worshiped by ants, for example. Big gorgeous photos, some elementary butterfly classification. I finished it in about 2 days.

I am a gardener. This is a great book that gave me a lot of ideas on how be more conscientious about planting for specific wildlife (butterflies) and includes plant lists for my specific region (Pacific Northwest). I have now added/replaced plants to attract butterflies. I have a butterfly feeder, and use the solution ration recommended with the feeder, but have never seen butterflies at the feeder. I do, however, see butterflies at my new butterfly garden! Yeah!!

This was a great book for ideas on gardening for butterflies and moths (as well as other pollinators). It gives information on life cycles as well as garden design, plant selection, and butterfly observation. I was pleasantly surprised to find a chapter specifically on gardening for moths. The book also listed a variety of additional resources at the end.

A great book for beginners or experts. It has outstanding photos and goes into detail about what each plant offers for butterflies, moths and caterpillars (you cant have the first 2 without the latter!)

I am a butterfly enthusiast and I have a butterfly garden. There are so many species out there that need our help along with the monarchs. Do yourself a favor and buy the book you won't be disappointed!

Wish it had a more detailed section for host plants for each region of the country. Overall good information and great pictures. Go Xerces!Support this organization....they are making a difference for the pollinators through books like these and on policy.

This book is very informative. I recommend it very highly for people who want to help our beautiful butterflies survive; so our great grandchildren can also learn to appreciate nature.

This is a nicely produced book but it is exclusively about American species ob butterflies and moths and therefore many of the plants are not appropriate for much of UK. The UK enthusiast would do better to look for a book related to our gardens and species - unless of course you want to know how to attract Monarchs into your garden!

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Hopefully I will have more butterflies next year!