Creating a butterfly-friendly garden in the fall involves a combination of selecting the right plants, providing essential resources, and creating a safe and inviting habitat.

Butterfly gardens can bring so much life to your yard. Not only do they attract these delicate pollinators, but they also support local ecosystems, providing nectar and pollen-rich plants for bees ...

Bees make great pollinators, but so do butterflies. Here are some tips on how to create a butterfly-friendly pollinator garden this spring.

Some tips for a flourishing butterfly-friendly pollinator garden. It doesn’t matter how big or small you plan to make your butterfly garden; any size will do.

Create a design based on the shape of your garden, with taller plants near the back or middle. Milkweed, also known as butterfly weed, is an essential host plant, and the only host plant for ...

Now, after a recent study published in the journal Science, scientists are hoping other butterfly species will get similar attention.The study found that from 2000 to 2020, the United States lost ...

When hikers on the famous Pacific Crest Trail reach Mark Newberger’s land on Mount Ashland, they’re welcome to fill their water bottle from a well spout and kickback at a shaded picnic table. Here, ...

However, two state experts explained designing such a garden is no easy task. Factors of building a butterfly or pollinator garden include plant selection, location and maintenance.

A butterfly puddling station in the College Area on Wednesday, June 12, 2024 in San Diego, California. (Alejandro Tamayo / The San Diego Union-Tribune) EDI has a small milkweed farm in Lakeside.

My butterfly garden has now been in for two months and, thanks to this year's steady rain, the plants are flourishing. Some have already started flowering. And now I wait and eagerly watch, to see ...