Last week I showed you my favorite creative touches from some very artistic wildlife gardeners. Many people were fascinated by this cupola surrounded by a garden bed.
I said that someday I would show you the rest of that wildlife garden, and there’s no time like the present, right?
I was honored to be part of a tour of this beautiful wildlife habitat garden located in Cape May County, NJ.
This wildlife garden boasts not one, but two cupolas gracing the garden.
Mr. McGregor carefully watches over the vegetables.
And the owners of this wildlife garden are very concerned with water conservation.
And passionate about creating wildlife habitat in their garden.
Butterfly gardens are everywhere.
And so are the butterflies.
Black Swallowtails flutter about this wildlife garden
And you can tell that the birds are not far behind, given the chomp mark on the wings of this one. What a narrow escape!
What visitors do you have to your wildlife garden?
Carole Brown gardens in Philadelphia, zone 6b, and writes at Ecosystem Gardening, teaching you to garden sustainably, conserve natural resources, and create welcoming habitat for wildlife so that you will attract more birds, butterflies, pollinators and other wildlife. Watch for her book, Ecosystem Gardening coming out soon.
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What a fun and interesting place. I love Mr. Mcgregor and the veggie garden and that has given me ideas if I ever get around to my own vegetables. It’s fun to see what others have included in their gardens. Thanks for sharing this with us, Carole!
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Wonderful garden Carole! I hope to be able to visit Cape May someday as the monarch migrate by. Birds too!! Lovely post!
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Carol:
Cape May is a truly magical place. Let me know when you’re coming and I’ll give you a tour.
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Absolutely love butterfly gardens and Cape May looks wonderful.
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Thank you Carole for giving us these shots of green, pink and orange when all I can see around us right now is WHITE!!! And the reminder that butterflies will fly again not too long from now, as long as they have what they need, of course. Very grateful from a winter-weary Massachusetts!
Ellen,
I am so winter-weary, too! We’re also buried in white, plus yesterday everything got covered in ice. Not fun at all. So I needed to see something blooming. Glad you enjoyed it!
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Mr Mcgregor is quite the elegant vegetable gardener! This is a charming garden and I appreciate getting to see a bit more of Cape May. It sounds like a delightful birding and garden observing destination. I wonder where we can get that cool yard sign?! gail
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Gail:
Isn’t that sign great? I want one too, but I’ve never seen it anywhere else.
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