What if your garden could be both breathtakingly beautiful and a haven for butterflies, bees, hummingbirds, and other essential wildlife? Making Gardens for Insects and Other Wildlife shows you how to create an organic, wildlife-friendly garden that works with nature—without sacrificing beauty, order, or style.

Written by gardener, biologist, and passionate butterfly advocate Lenora Larson and nursery owner and former wildlife rehabilitator Amy Albright, this practical guide combines science, hands-on experience, and years of growing expertise. The authors take the mystery out of creating a pollinator garden, giving you the knowledge and confidence to choose the right plants, design an inviting landscape, and maintain it using organic, wildlife-friendly practices. Inside, you'll discover how to:

Design beautiful gardens that provide food, shelter, nesting sites, and other resources for pollinators and beneficial wildlife.
Select plants that attract butterflies, bees, hummingbirds, and other garden visitors throughout the seasons.
Use organic approaches to soil health, fertilization, pest management, and garden maintenance.
Create garden designs that blend wildlife habitat with attractive, intentional landscaping.
Choose the right plants for different garden conditions, goals, and styles.
Understand the science behind successful pollinator gardening—and put that science to work in your own yard.
Plan for continuous blooms and a succession of resources that support wildlife throughout the growing season.

The book also includes comprehensive plant lists and ready-to-use garden designs, making it an invaluable reference whether you’re starting a small pollinator garden, transforming an existing landscape, or creating a larger wildlife sanctuary.

Lenora Larson brings a scientist's curiosity and a lifelong fascination with wildlife to the garden. A Marais des Cygnes Extension Master Gardener and member of the Idalia Butterfly Society and Kansas Native Plant Society, she holds a degree in microbiology from Michigan State University and spent her career in molecular biology.

Amy Albright, co-owner of Vinland Valley Nursery, has spent decades growing plants and developing practical, wildlife-friendly approaches to commercial horticulture. Since opening the nursery with her husband in 1998, she has helped grow it from a small operation into a diverse nursery featuring growing houses, display gardens, a cutting garden, and more. Her background as a wildlife rehabilitator has shaped her commitment to finding effective organic solutions for everything from soil amendments and fertilizers to alternative pest controls.

About the Authors

Amy Albright is co-owner of Vinland Valley Nursery. In 1998 she and her husband opened the nursery with 4 high tunnels, a 2-bay heated greenhouse, and a small shop. Since then, VVN has grown to include additional acreage and now includes grower houses, bulk bins, a cutting garden, playground, seasonal coffee shop, and display beds. As a former wildlife rehabilitator, finding organic solutions for commercial growing has always been a priority and was not always easy to piece together. From sourcing organic fertilizers and potting mix to alternative pest controls, VVN has been at the forefront of bringing wildlife-friendly practices to greenhouse management.

Lenora Larson is a Marais des Cygnes Extension Master Gardener and member of local chapters of both the Idalia Butterfly Society and Kansas Native Plant Society. Lenora is a proud "science geek" with a degree in microbiology from Michigan State University, a career in molecular biology, and a life-long interest in wildlife, especially the creepy and crawly. She maintains a 2-acre NABA (North American Butterfly Association) certified garden in the English Estate landscape style on her 27-acre property, Long Lips Farm, in rural Paola, Kansas.Lenora writes about butterflies for several publications and is a frequent enthusiastic presenter to gardening and nature groups. She is on a mission to demonstrate to other gardeners that you do not have to compromise on beauty and function when you invite wildlife to share your garden.

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