Book Review
Thank you @NetGalley and @timberpress for the book The Midwest Native Plant Primer By Alan Branhagen.
This is my favorite time of summer. I like to get outside and plant new plants and work on my vegetable garden.
I love looking out my kitchen window at my butterfly garden and watch for butterflies as I wash the dishes.
However, creating the butterfly garden has been a bit of a challenge for me. Each year I spend A LOT of money
on perennials that don’t seem to grow again the following year.
I was excited to see this book in the Netgalley choices. The description caught my eye right away, “
Choose plants native to our Midwest region. The rewards will benefit you, your yard, and environment--from
reducing maintenance tasks to attracting earth-friendly pollinators such as native birds, butterflies, and bees.”
Yes! Yes! That is exactly what I am trying to do in my little butterfly garden. As I read through the book I read
page after page of great suggestions. There are so many plants that grow great in the Midwest however you
just need to know which ones. What I loved about this book is that it had something for every type of gardener.
If you are looking to create a rock garden or more of a water garden, there are suggestions for that. If you want
more of a prairie garden or my favorite butterfly garden it is all in this book. The photos are beautiful and there is
a great section of the descriptions of all the plants and where and how to best grow them.
If you love gardening and live in the Midwest I highly recommend this book for you. It comes out July 21, 2020
and I know I will be ordering one for myself. I definitely want a hard copy of the book on my bookshelf for easy
reference.
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