A butterfly garden is a multi-purpose garden, it performs in both beauty and function. By using some of these plants to create a butterfly garden, a wide array of butterflies will be attracted to your landscape for food, lodging and to reproduce. You will get to enjoy...
Landscaping has historically been about marrying form and function, the beautiful and the practical. In recent decades, however, a third dimension has been added to the fray: concern for the environment at large. Permeable pavement is an example of all three:...
When most people hear the word “pollinator,” and “pest controller,” the first thing to come to mind isn’t a little nocturnal, furry, flying animal. Nonetheless, bats and an often-overlooked species in conservation that perform vital ecosystem functions. In Minnesota,...
Dragonfly Habitat The first and last word in attracting dragonflies to the garden is water, and lots of it. Dragonflies lay their eggs either near or in water, which hatch into nymphs that spend the first few months of their life cycle as aquatic organisms. Insect...
