How to Make Your Garden Bee and Butterfly Friendly.
Are you looking for ideas on how to attract bees and butterflies to your gardens this year? Fun and eco-friendly DIY ideas to attract and support bees and butterflies in your yard and garden. Many forget about drawing in the pollinators to help the garden flourish and grow. Below is a list of 16 Bee and Butterfly-Friendly DIY Projects for Your Garden to create beauty and the wonder of nature in your yard.
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It’s so easy to make your garden more welcoming to pollinators. And it’s a win-win, your garden will flourish and the bees and butterflies will, too!
Bee and Butterfly-Friendly DIY Projects for Your Garden
Here are some easy tips to making a bee and butterfly-friendly garden:
- Keep bees and butterflies returning. Plant a variety of flowers that bloom in all seasons, this will ensure the return of bees and butterflies. Also, plant flowers in clusters allowing for more than one choice.
- Native Plants. Use native plants in your gardens because that is what butterflies and bees will be searching for. Research your area and include a few plants your local bees will love!
- DIY Projects. Create a place for the insects to rest and make friendly homes for the bees and butterflies.
1. This DIY Butterfly Planter is So Easy to Make (and Made for Small Spaces!) by Apartment Therapy
2. Top 10 Flowers You Can Add to Your Veggie Patch Today to Attract Pollinators by Angie The Freckled Rose
3. DIY Bee Feeder by Confessions of an Overworked Mom
4. The Benefit of Flowers in a Vegetable Garden by Cottage At The Crossroads
5. DIY Butterfly Bath and Feeder by home.work
6. Best Flowers For Butterflies And Hummingbirds by The Honeycomb Home
7. How to raise Monarch Butterflies by Feathers in the Woods
8. 15 Things To Do for Your Bees To Keep Them Healthy by The Homesteading Hippy
9. Bring in the Butterflies by The Garden Glove
10. Our Butterfly Unit Study by Artful Homemaking
11. My Late Summer Urban Garden by The North End Loft
12. How to Attract Butterflies to Your Garden (16 Different Ways) by The Homesteading Hippy
13. DIY Bee Hotel by Dream a Little Bigger
14. Borage. Bees Favorite Plant by Vickie O’Dell
15. 20+ Bee Friendly Ideas for the Garden by Homemade Heather
16. Attract Pretty Pollinators with an Irresistible Butterfly Garden by Garden Therapy
Are you ready to create a garden to attract more bees and butterflies to your garden this year? Which of these DIYs will you try?
You might also be interested in: How to Build a Butterfly Garden
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