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This title explains how to attract butterflies back into the garden. It includes a general introduction to butterflies,practical hints on when and how to observe butterflies, anda section on gardening for butterflies. Extensive plant lists will assist the reader to select the best nectar and larval host plants for a butterfly garden. Species descriptions and colour plates cover the most common butterflies in SouthAfrica along with their preferred host and nectar plants. ... Read more

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The spectacular color and motion of hummingbirds, songbirds, and butterflies adds a breathtaking dimension to any garden. This book will show readers how to design and maintain a landscape that will attract these "moving flowers" to the yard.Unlike similar books, which are mostly just catalogs of bird and butterfly species, this new entry to the Black & Decker Outdoor Home series focuses on designing, planting, and caring for a landscape that will attract and sustain birds and butterflies. Also unique are the more than two dozen building projects, such as a post-mounted bird house, that will stimulate retail sales of lumber and other building materials.

Gardens for Birds, Hummingbirds & Butterflies includes identification photos of dozens of species of common birds and butterflies, and the plant encyclopedia includes 60 plants that are guaranteed to attract birds, hummingbirds, and butterflies. It also lists trees and grasses attractive to birds and butterflies as sources of nectar, seeds, fruits, and shelter.Features USDA Plant Hardiness Zone maps for all of North America, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa. It also contains a table of

common U.S. and metric system measurements, although U.S. measurements are used throughout the book.

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Lavish, full-color photographs and an informative text take readers through all stages of a butterfly's life, describing its identifying characteristics and unmasking the meaning behind its mating and roosting habits. ... Read more

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Fabulous!
This book is great for parents, children, and teachers.It covers butterfly gardening, understanding butterflies, identifying butterflies, and provides a wonderful variety in pictures and information.It is presented in a format that is of interest to all ages.This book needs to go to print again and be widely available.If it doesn't, grab one while you can.

Fabulous!
This book is great for parents, children, and teachers.It covers butterfly gardening, understanding butterflies, identifying butterflies, and provides a wonderful variety in pictures and information.It is presented in a format that is of interest to all ages.This book needs to go to print again and be widely available.If it doesn't, grab one while you can.

Fabulous!
This book is great for parents, children, and teachers.It covers butterfly gardening, understanding butterflies, identifying butterflies, and provides a wonderful variety in pictures and information.It is presented in a format that is of interest to all ages.This book needs to go to print again and be widely available.If it doesn't, grab one while you can.

Attract Flying Gems to Your Garden
This is a wonderful book, packed with an amazing amount of information, engagingly presented, in its 144 colorfully illustrated pages.The author's fascination with, and immersion in, his subject is apparent, andgenerates a responding enthusiasm in the reader.Learning that, forinstance, high altitude plants tend to be pollinated by birds, not insects,because of the lower temperature and humidity, and because they are lessfragrant, may not be needed to make a butterfly garden, but it is a funsnippet of knowledge.

The book can be divided into three majorsegments:The first two chapters tell us about butterflies (and moths) inliterature and lore, as well as nature.The second section (chapter 3)provides brief discussions of over two dozen butterfly species, with anemphasis on food sources for both the caterpillars and adults.The thirdsection is about the plants one can place in one's garden to make itattractive to wild butterflies; not only food sources, but as roostingplaces.Over 100 plant species are discussed, organized by type (shrubs,trees, annuals) and season.This is followed by a chapter on the generalprinciples of designing a garden for butterflies, with two example gardenplans.

A fascinating read for the armchair gardener, no coffee tablebook yet profusely illustrated, "TheButterfly Garden" is alsofull of good and specific advice for attracting these beautiful creatures. ... Read more

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Wonderful pictures, informative and easy to understand prose
As soon as I got my copy I sat and read it cover to cover. What amazing photography and lovely prose. It made learning about butterflies and their life cycles interesting and informative. I am reading it again because I enjoyed it so very much.

An exceptional book - not just for Alabama!
The sight of brightly colored butterflies fluttering among the flowers is one of life's genuine delights, but there is so much more to see and understand about these fascinating insects if you know where, when and how to look and that is the value of this book.

More than three decades ago Rachel Carson wrote a small gem of a book, The Sense of Wonder, calling for us to nurture our childhood sense of wonder of the natural world and to introduce children to it, teaching them how to see it.However, we all need guides to see beyond the shallow glance and these guides are hard to come by.There are many nature books filled with useful facts, but rare books do exist that seem to say, "Come with me and let me show you marvelous things." This is one of them.

First, browse through the beautifully printed pages and you will see an incredible collection of exquisitely crafted photographs.Sara Bright is a master of the art of capturing these elusive subjects.The quality of light, detail and composition is often breathtaking and always informative.

Then - read Paulette Ogard's captivating prose as she expertly leads you through the chemical and structural strategies of butterfly survival in their different habitats and niches.Immerse yourselfinto the very accessible text and you become aware of a four- stage life cycle composed of particular host plants and ingenious defensive adaptations.Then, look back at the photographs and see what you missed at first glance.Did you notice that frass chain?Fortunately, the photographer is also an expert lepidopterist and captured these details.

I live in Alabama and I look forward to using this exciting resource with my grandchildren to enhance our knowledge and enjoyment of nature's wondrous diversity.But don't pass up this book if you live in other regions.While it can be used for identification purposes in much of the Southeast, with the exception of earth's polar regions, butterflies cover the globe and their stories have similarities.Time invested in this book will sharpen your powers of observation of these "flying flowers" anywhere. ... Read more

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Since 1973, Storey's Country Wisdom Bulletins have offered practical, hands-on instructions designed to help readers master dozens of country living skills quickly and easily. There are now more than 170 titles in this series, and their remarkable popularity reflects the common desire of country and city dwellers alike to cultivate personal independence in everyday life. ... Read more

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Butterflies will love to come into your garden if you take a little trouble to learn about them and provide them with what they want. This beautifully illustrated book brings together for the first time all the information you will need to encourage garden butterflies in temperate countries, including Britain, continental Europe, and the temperate parts of North America, Australia and New Zealand. - Location and climate - Different types of garden - - Plants to attract adult butterflies - Food plants for caterpillars - - Diseases and predators - Helping butterflies breed and overwinter - A final chapter gives advice on photographing butterflies, and there is a useful list of further reading. * The authors are writers, photographers and butterfly gardeners with many books and TV appearances to their credit. ... Read more

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All in color! Create a miniature tropical rainforest--with passion flowers, banana plants, and other magnificent exotics--in your greenhouse or conservatory, and make a home for the most colorful, unique butterflies in the world! Monarchs, Asian swallowtails, and a host of South American species will thrive in this habitat, including some that have become rare in their natural environments. Play a vital role in their conservation, caring for these delicate creatures in every stage of their lifecycle. Set up the right ecosystem (heating, light, water, and plants) for their "paradise"; understand feeding, breeding, and courtship rituals; care for young ones; move and house larvae; and prevent health problems. A guide to butterflies helps you select the right ones, and full-color photographs throughout show what wonders await you! Trim size: 7 1/4 x 9 3/4. ... Read more

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Inspirational Book
Beautiful book! What a joy it must be to be able to have a greenhouse of these winged beauties! I really enjoy this book! ... Read more

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Garden Butterflies of North America is a vivid colorportfolio of 40 of North America's most treasured and colorful gardenbutterfly varieties. It's also loaded with natural history vignettesof the individual butterflies as well as illustrated information onhow to design and manage gardens and backyards to attract them. Youwill find numerous charts and plans for all types of gardens, from acontainer garden to a full-sized formal garden, specific details onplants that attract butterflies, how-to diagrams for building abutterfly hibernating box, and water sources such as ponds, fountains,mud baths, and waterless ponds. Rick Mikula is the founder of theHole-in-Hand Butterfly Farm where he's been breeding and sellingbutterflies in seven greenhouses since 1980. His work has beenprofiled in People magazine, The Wall Street Journal and on theDiscovery Channel. In addition, Mikula serves as the butterfly habitatconsultant for many universities, zoos, museums and aviaries. ... Read more

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garden butterflies of north amer. book
Book is very informative and the photography is wonderful.Good bood for your reference section if you are a gardening book collector.

Wonderful, informative book
I checked out several books from the library to complete my research on a butterfly garden for my backyard.This one book was the best, most informative, easiest instructions I found.I had a small area to workwith, and 2 years later my butterfly garden is a beautiful sight to behold,and my personal treasure to work in and with.It's design follows Mr.Mikula's basic instructions, and to date we have had several differenttypes of butterflies visit our garden.What a joy.Thank you, Mr.Mikula!!

Beautiful book but misleading title
The photos are superb and the text interesting; if the title were "Common Garden Butterflies of the United States" I'd give it 5stars. The existing title is very misleading, however.Only the mostcommon U.S. butterflies are included and coverage of Canada isneglible.

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Young Millie and her grandpa were a great gardening team. Now Grandpa is confined to a wheelchair and living in a nursing home. Millie urges her parents to build a "wheelchair garden" so they can garden together again, and then the butterflies, which have special meaning to them, return to the flowers. Endnotes contain information on plants that attract butterflies.

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Discusses the history of butterflies and explains how to start and maintain a collection. ... Read more

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Butterflies are really cool!
An interesting teaser on butterflies for the younger set. Should stimulatecuriosity.Good effort! ... Read more

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Miss Hallberg's Butterfly Garden is a 32-page illustrated story about butterflies and the remarkable woman whose life is devoted to them and their preservation. During a class trip Miss Hallberg guides a group of children through her garden as she explains the life cycle of butterflies. The children learn about plants that provide leaves as food for the caterpillar stage of a butterfly's life, and sweet nectar when it emerges from its chrysalis and becomes a winged butterfly, in one of nature's miracles. ... Read more

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transformations
This colorful book, written for school age children, takes us into a garden where the common, yet fascinating, transformation from egg to caterpiller to butterfly takes place.Miss Halberg, an actual person, shows us her amazing garden, one that extends into her house and her bathroom.The best use of this book is to read it to your children while they look at the beautifully detailed illustrations, adding a game aspect to the reading.The author never talks down to her audience, and adults will find this an easy, informative way to enrich their own knowledge while sharing the experience with their children. ... Read more

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Mindful of Butterflies is a butterfly book with a difference, combining a natural history of the butterfly, its lifecycle and preservation with a detailed guide on creating an ecological niche for these creatures in your own garden. The guide is applicable to either North America or the UK. Written by Bernard Jackson, former curator of the Newfoundland Botanic Garden, it aims to get us to encourage some of our most endangered and beautiful butterflies to return to our backyards.

Complemented by exquisite illustrations by award-winning botanical British artist Valerie Baines (twice awarded the Silver Gilt Medal of the Royal Horticultural Society. ... Read more

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People all around the world enjoy the hobby of gardening. They love planting tiny seeds in the soil and watching them sprout into mature plants. Gardening isn t just for adults, however. Kids can plan, create, and maintain their own gardens, too. Gardening for Kids is rich with ideas and instructions for making water gardens, flower gardens, vegetable gardens, perennial gardens, butterfly gardens, and landscape designs. Color adds an irresistible dimension to any yard. Put a pair of wings on that color and suddenly your yard is alive with life! Butterflies live all over the country, so you re likely to see them no matter where you live. To attract butterflies to your backyard, you need to provide the things they like: nectar, water, sun, and shelter. For most of us, this is as easy as planting some wildflower seeds in a sunny spot. In just a few months, the tiny seeds have grown into huge, beautiful flowers that butterflies just can t resist. A butterfly log house for shelter is also easy to build. Everyone wins you enjoy the butterflies, and the butterflies get a satisfying home. ... Read more

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This lift-the-flap picture book tells the story of Ben, a bear who lovs butterflies and wants to grow some flowers that will attract them to his garden. Children can read about how he plants his seeds and watches them grow. By lifting the flaps, children can see what is happening under the ground. ... Read more

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- Raise your own butterflies!
- Create a butterfly habitat o 15 projects and activities
- Close-ups of 40 favorite North American butterflies

Everyone enjoys seeing butterflies flitting about on a warm summerday, but few people realize that many species are endangered. Withouthelp, nine out of ten caterpillars won't survive long enough to becomebutterflies. The "grandfather of butterfly farming," Rick Mikula,wants to improve these odds. In The Family Butterfly Book, Rick shareshis vast knowledge, contagious enthusiasm, and deep respect for thesefascinating creatures.

Though many of us know that caterpillars turn into butterflies, Rick explains the transformation from start to finish - egg to caterpillar to chrysallis to butterfly - and reveals where each stage can be found in the wilds of our own backyards. With stunning color photographs and detailed illustrations, Rick explains how to attract, safely catch and handle, and raise and support butterflies. He also discusses how to make irresistible habitats for butterflies and emphasizes the importance of basking sites, water sources, and shelter. Did you ever want to hand-feed a butterfly? Have a live-butterfly tree? Feature butterflies in special celebrations? Rick explains all that and more.

Features many do-it-yourelf projects that can be completed for under $10 and 2% of net profitswill be donated to the a butterfly survival fund. ... Read more

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Best info about butterflies for the family
Great book for anyone who wants to know more about butterflies and how to raise and care for them. Kids love rearing an raising butterflies.What a great way to bring nature into your life!

Great ideas for families
This book is really good. It gave me facts in ideas for my kids and I to do this summer.

Great illustrations
This is a great book if you want to find butterfly eggs, identify the chrysalis and see the types of plant you are likely to find it on.

Butterflies
Good book for younger generation.Arrived on time, and in good condition.Thanks!

Finally - the butterfly book I've been looking for!
My youngest is an avid lepidopterist, but all the guidebooks I had found before this only showed one part of the life cycle (caterpillars or butterflies/moths). This one's got the breeding range, pictures of the eggs, larva, pupa and adult and descriptions of their nectar and host plants.The adults have full color photos enlarged to show detail, along with a measure below the photo showing actual size.Tons of instructions for creating outdoor and indoor habitats and even raising your own.Just an excellent book.
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What an audience! Millions of bird watchers, butterfly enthusiasts, and gardeners. * Potential audience: 55 million bird watchers, millions of butterfly enthusiasts, and countless gardeners* Explanation of anatomy, life cycle, and food requirements * 15 plans for gorgeous gardens that double as friendly habitats* Gallery of plants, including regional recommendations* 236 photographs ... Read more

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hummingbirds and butterflies
This book was very helpful in identifying the different types of hummingbirds and butterflies, also it suggest how to attract both.

Hoping for hummers!
This is a great book.It's choc-a-bloc full of information.If you want to attract butterflies and hummingbirds then it really has a lot of ideas on how to do it.I can't wait to put the ideas into action in the Spring!

It's OK.
This is an ok book for someone wanting to learn the basics about attracting hummingbirds and butterflies. The information is all there, but the packaging isn't all glitter and glamour. Here's a functional source of information, not a coffee table book. The pictures are good, but not striking or enrapturing.

Beauty is more than petal-deep.
As the authors of this book point out, butterflies and hummingbirds add beauty to the garden.In my opinion, a garden made to sustain these interesting creatures is more than just pretty - it gives something back to nature.This guide describes how to attract butterflies and hummingbirds and provide essentials to keep them around. It offers many practical tips as well as background information on the species.The guide includes charts of plants which will attract and sustain hummers and butterflies throughout their lifespans, suggested garden designs, and an encyclopedia of hummingbird and butterfly species.It does not include a color photographs of each plant, but those can easily be found elsewhere.If you would like to devote a whole garden to hummers or butterflies, or just incorporate a few plants to attract them, this book is a good starting place and reference. ... Read more