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Homes & Gardens
Homes & Gardens
Thomas Rutter

How to design and plant a butterfly border – expert advice for a pollinator-friendly plot

Colorful garden border with perennials.

For any gardener interested in how to attract butterflies to their outside space this year, planting a butterfly border is certainly one way to draw pollinators in. With a small amount of design work, and by growing the best plants for a butterfly garden, you too can cultivate a butterfly-friendly space full of nectar-rich, scented and colorful flowers. 

As gardeners, we have a responsibility to incorporate wildlife garden ideas into our outside spaces, however big or small they might be. In doing so, birds, butterflies, bees and other insects will fill our backyards, a welcome sight during the spring and summer months. 

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