In warm countries you often see beautiful gardens with countless butterflies. The butterflies make colorful gardens even more beautiful. A butterfly garden is not only something you see in warm countries, because you can easily ensure that your garden becomes a paradise for butterflies. With these 5 tips you can turn your garden into a lively butterfly garden.
Tip 1:Choose a sunny spot Butterflies love the sun because they can't regulate their own body temperature. This is why butterflies use the sun to warm up and maintain their body temperature. To attract butterflies to your butterfly garden, it is therefore important to choose a sunny spot.
Tip 2:Provide variety in your planting
Butterflies like variety in the plants, because they orient themselves on the basis of different trees, plants and shrubs. In addition, butterflies like to get their nutrition from different flowers and plants. So choose different types of plants in your butterfly garden. That is not only nice for the butterflies, but also a feast for the eyes. For example, use your annual garden maintenance as the perfect time to place new butterfly-friendly plants in your garden. For example, think of a butterfly bush, lavender and Judas tension.
Tip 3:Install fewer solar panels
In some cases it is more interesting to choose a lower number of solar panels that are not in the shade, than a higher number of which a few suffer from shade. This way you save on the costs of other solutions and at the same time also on the solar panels themselves and possibly having them installed.
Other alternatives
Although solar panels are usually placed on roofs, it is also possible to generate solar energy in other ways. There are special film solar panels that are suitable for the conservatory, perfect if your conservatory does receive a lot of sunlight. The 'smart flower' is also a new trend in the field of solar energy. This 'smart flower' is a 5 meter system that contains solar panels and is shaped like a flower. In this way the sun flower receives as much sunlight as possible, which is converted into sustainable energy.
Tip 4:Make your garden pleasant for caterpillars too
As everyone knows, butterflies first start out as caterpillars. That is why it is important to also ensure that caterpillars find it pleasant in your garden. Unlike humans, caterpillars love nettles. You probably don't like the idea of nettles in your garden, but by putting them in a corner of the garden you will have as few problems as possible. In addition, it is advisable to plant the nettles in a pot, because they grow very quickly and therefore quickly take over a larger part of your garden.
Tip 5:Make a butterfly box
To protect butterflies from rain and wind, it is a great idea to make a butterfly box. You can easily make a butterfly box by filling a wooden box with pieces of wood from the forest and hollow stems of bamboo or reed. The butterfly box will not only be popular with butterflies, but also with all kinds of other insects such as bees and wasps.
Tip 6:Use natural pesticides Are you bothered by wasps, bees or other insects in your garden or do the caterpillars affect all your plants? Then use natural pesticides as much as possible so as not to damage and deter the butterflies. For example, by making extract of the wormwood plant, you fight caterpillars in a natural way. By putting cloves or chopped onion on the table, you can easily deter wasps and bees, so you don't have to use chemical pesticides. If you really suffer from an infestation and natural remedies no longer help, consider other methods of pest control, and the butterflies keep visiting your garden.
