Attracting Butterflies & Hummingbirds to Your Backyard: Watch Your Garden Come Alive With Beauty on the Wing (Rodale Organic Gardening Books) [Paperback]

Sally Roth (Author)

Book Description

Series: Rodale Organic Gardening Books | Publication Date: October 24, 2002

Roll out the welcome mat for butterfles and hummingbirds. Attracting Butterfles and Hummingbirds to Your Backyard reveals the secrets for creating irresistible gardens and a welcoming landscape, which will lure these amazing creatures up close and personal for your enjoyment and wonder. Author Sally Roth knows the best plants, feeders, and water features that appeal to butterflies and hummingbirds, plus she offers an entertaining and insightful guide to butterfly and hummingbird behavior.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Attracting Butterflies and Hummingbirds to Your Backyard is another inspiring example of Sally Roth's work and dedication to backyard nature activities. Her knowledge and persentation in this book are outstanding!"--Bill and Mary Kay Benner, owners of WildBirdsForever.com

"Gardeners who follow Sally Roth's advice are sure to fill their gardens with a rainbow of wings. Sally offers a multitiude of fun and inexpensive gardening plans and projects that will entice hummers and butterflies alike."--Rick Mikula, author of The Family Butterfly Book and Garden Butterflies of North America

From the Back Cover

Roll out the welcome mat for butterfles and hummingbirds. Attracting Butterfles and Hummingbirds to Your Backyard reveals the secrets for creating irresistible gardens and a welcoming landscape, which will lure these amazing creatures up close and personal for your enjoyment and wonder. Author Sally Roth knows the best plants, feeders, and water features that appeal to butterflies and hummingbirds, plus she offers an entertaining and insightful guide to butterfly and hummingbird behavior.

"Attracting Butterflies and Hummingbirds to Your Backyard is another inspiring example of Sally Roth's work and dedication to backyard nature activities. Her knowledge and persentation in this book are outstanding!"--Bill and Mary Kay Benner, owners of WildBirdsForever.com

"Gardeners who follow Sally Roth's advice are sure to fill their gardens with a rainbow of wings. Sally offers a multitiude of fun and inexpensive gardening plans and projects that will entice hummers and butterflies alike."--Rick Mikula, author of The Family Butterfly Book and Garden Butterflies of North America

Product Details

• Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: Rodale Books (October 24, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0875968880
• ISBN-13: 978-0875968889
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.1 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #188,922 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #24 in Books > Professional & Technical > Professional Science > Biological Sciences > Animals > Butterflies

More About the Author

Sally Roth is a lifelong naturalist and gardener and is the author of Natural Landscaping and Taylor's Guide to Ornamental Grasses. She lives in New Harmony, Indiana.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

32 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Blends gardening and wild animal management and observation, January 6, 2003

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This review is from: Attracting Butterflies & Hummingbirds to Your Backyard: Watch Your Garden Come Alive With Beauty on the Wing (Rodale Organic Gardening Books) (Paperback)

Attracting Butterflies & Hummingbirds To Your Backyard deserves ongoing mention as an outstanding survey of how gardens can attract desired wild birds and butterflies. From determining how native plants interact in the environment and help attract native visitors to understanding how to maintain a healthy environment, Attracting Butterflies & Hummingbirds To Your Backyard comes packed with tips which blend gardening and wild animal management and observation.

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Resource!, May 15, 2007

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Sunshine design "sunshine" (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Attracting Butterflies & Hummingbirds to Your Backyard: Watch Your Garden Come Alive With Beauty on the Wing (Rodale Organic Gardening Books) (Paperback)

This book was just what I needed to learn about attracting humming birds and
butterflies. This has been very useful for figuring out how to start my garden.
I am very visual, so the beautiful pictures in the book and the general text design layout
makes it easy to read.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars review, October 27, 2007

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Catalina Friedman (Fort Wayne, IN USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Attracting Butterflies & Hummingbirds to Your Backyard: Watch Your Garden Come Alive With Beauty on the Wing (Rodale Organic Gardening Books) (Paperback)

I found the book extremely informative. There are numerous recommendations of different plant species to attract and nourish North American butterflies and their caterpillars. The book would make a wonderful project for young people and their parents to do together to explore the natural world, beautify their yard, support dwindling numbers of species and just have fun together. Information about hummingbirds is just as delightful.