199 Spring St

We included a number of native plants, such as ninebark, wild bergamot and common milkweed in our garden before we started planting more consciously to support pollinators. Currently, we are adding trees, shrubs and perennials to serve as host plants for butterfly caterpillars, such as a dwarf chinkapin oak, an eastern redbud tree, a serviceberry tree and an arrowwood viburnum. We are turning one corner of our backyard into a wildflower bed, with golden alexanders, New York asters, butterflyweed, swamp milkweed, prairie smoke, cardinal flower and more. We are already seeing a greater variety of bees and butterflies in the garden and hope to see more in years to come. An extra bonus is the larger number of songbirds in our backyard.