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The National Wildlife Federation's Guide to Gardening for Wildlife: How to Create a Beautiful Backyard Habitat for Birds, Butterflies and Other Wild

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Super book that talks to all the needs of wildlife: Food, water, place to stay. It introduces the idea of creating wildlife habitat then steps through different types of gardens (woods, meadow, water) and then goes into some neat chapters on gardening for birds, butterflies and nightlife (which I esdpecially was interested in since I hadn't seen much of this). This was probably one ofthe first mainstream books to talk to bringing back habitat for wildlife and gardening for wildlife. I see it as a classic, a great foundation that you can build off of. If you're just starting to get your arms around gardening for wildlife this is a terrific place to begin - has more than enough to keep you busy.

Well If you are a avid gardener like me, you would be naturally attracted to the beautiful, coulourful pictures, perfect for coffee table adornment. The only disappoint ment is it does not help you if you live in the Caribbean, it deals mostly with temperate plants,but otherwise a joy to read.

My family recently moved onto a three acre property with a pond, meadow, and woods in a semi-rural area. I read this book from cover to cover within a couple of days. I have learned so much about gardening for wildlife, and cannot wait to make our new home a paradise for all kinds of critters! I love the lists of all the different types of plants and trees and what they will attract. It would be nice if the author would include which plants are particularly appealing to deer, and which deer seem to ignore, for those of us with many deer around! Furthermore, while there was a lot of information about creating a pond, there wasn't enough about improving an existing, natural body of water. I definitely recommend this book, though!