While a great number of growers, especially those raising vegetables to eat or sell, do what they can to prevent wildlife from visiting their soil, a good percentage of flower gardeners take the opposite tact. A wide variety of gorgeous butterflies and rainbow colored birds hanging around outside their window is the perfect sight to wake up to. Getting these beautiful visitors to your yard happens easily, with only a few tweaks to your gardening.
Do not use pesticides and herbicides that are either chemically based or even partially composed of chemicals. These can be harmful to any visitors to your yard and make them more unlikely to return again and again. Also, plants will absorb these and not be as lush and healthy as birds and butterflies might prefer to spend time with. Go natural to draw nature in.
Choose flowers and plants that are native to your region. The local wildlife has likely been attracted and feeding off these for thousands of years. Foreign or exotic plants from faraway places are not likely things they are familiar with, and so there would be very little reason for them to come hang out in a yard full of them.
Make sure that your garden and landscape has nearby sources of shade, as well as protective cover. Birds, bees and butterflies might all have the ability to fly, but they also want safe places to land and rest. Depending on the time of day and how many species of visitation your flower bed is getting, things can get a little crowded. Have some tree branches and other places around your garden that your new friends can hang out in.
Make sure that your garden has flowers rich in nectar production. Many beautiful flying species are going to be attracted by this, and virtually nothing else you do will draw in the wildlife you want. The primary and sometimes only concern of animals is eating, so when you provide their source of food and fuel, they are going to stop in at your garden gas station everytime they need a fill up. Considering their constant movement, these visits can happen quite often.
Make sure that you plant a broad selection of flowers in terms of both type and color. Butterflies are very likely to hang around areas with lots of color variety, because they can blend in more easily. The same goes true from many species of colorful birds.
If you want, put up some bird feeders around your garden, just to get the most activity you can in your yard. This does not constitute gardening failure on your part but is just one extra step you can take to get wildlife of color and beauty floating through your air.
When you garden with the hopes of drawing in flying beauties like butterflies and birds, you can make a very inviting environment that lends itself to visitation from many colorful friends. When you plant a flower garden with the hope of attracting this kind of wildlife, you are going to discover just how simple they are to maintain and keep up.
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