There’s nothing more delightful than waking up to a chorus of birdsong emanating from the garden every morning — unless it’s the wonderful serenade provided at dusk by the same songsters. We’ve lost 3 ...

It’s a growing trend around the country. Front yards that were once lawns are now becoming flowering native plants meadows. I visited John Esposito, a gardener in Huntington who changed his front yard ...

Conventional wisdom is that if you cultivate host plants, butterflies will come. Take, for example, milkweed. After declining monarch populations began making headlines in the late 1990s, people ...

Upcoming campus construction plans near Strawberry Creek could tear through the habitat of a native butterfly species. Beginning in mid-2026, UC Berkeley Capital Strategies plans to add energy ...

It takes more than flower nectar to attract butterflies to your garden. Learn the truth about common butterfly host plant myths.

Georgia Parkinson Hill is a horticulturist, garden designer, and owner of the native landscape design firm Beautyberry Gardens in Atlanta, Georgia. Why Are Butterfly Bushes Bad? In addition to ...