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    A Garden for Butterflies in Maryland

    Today’s photos come from garden designer James Dillon. Attached are pictures of a garden I designed pro bono for the Monarch Alliance (a nonprofit in Washington County, Maryland). The garden…

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    Butterflies and Blooms

    Today’s photos are from Christina Stiern. I’m sending some pictures from my garden in Defiance, Missouri, featuring early August blooms and some beautiful garden visitors. To see more of my…

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    Tour a Stylish Pollinator Garden

    In Designing a Stylish Pollinator Garden, author John Gwynne shared with us his tips for growing a pollinator-friendly garden. However, his design makes this garden a lovely spot for humans…

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    Libby’s Butterfly Garden in South Carolina

    Today we're visiting Libby Breitenbaugh’s butterfly garden in Irmo, South Carolina (Zone 8). I have been gardening for over 30 years. Gardening brings me so much pleasure. I started my…

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    Gardening for Pollinators Without Sacrificing Beauty

    Today’s photos come from Harriet Robinson in Otisfield, Maine. She is sharing pictures of a great garden that shows that gardens built with native plants for pollinators can also be…

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    Sharmila’s Butterfly Garden

    My name is Sharmila Nailadi, and I live in Avon, Connecticut. I have a small butterfly/cottage perennial garden that I started when I moved here almost five years ago. Gardening…

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    Worth the Wait

    Earlier in the year, Christine Saint-Pierre in Victoriaville, Quebec, shared some photos of butterflies enjoying her garden in previous years while patiently waiting for summer to arrive. Well, summer has…

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    Planting a Pollinator-Friendly Garden

    It’s not enough anymore for a garden to be beautiful. It should also be attractive. The more we welcome insects, the more we help sustain the local ecosystem’s food chains.…

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    A Peaceful Retreat, 20 Years in the Making

    Today’s photos come from Dennis and Patty Taylor. We have been gardening in a quarter-acre lot in Zone 5 in Bourbonnais, Illinois, since 1999. We have been featured in the…

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    A Garden Around an Enchanted Castle

    Today we’re visiting Narcisse Navarre’s garden. I'm in the Hudson Valley, New York, and I'm a novice gardener. I've been gardening for about five years since we bought our castle…