Bird Gardens: A Year-Round Guide to Creating an Alluring Haven for Birds

by Better Homes and Gardens

People enjoy welcoming birds to their gardens. This book blends inspiration and implementation to demonstrate how to use plants to attract and accommodate birds.All the information for proper planning:

Landscape design strategies

Plants that attract birds

Alluring water features

Unique suggestions for bird comfort:

Feeding stations

Watering nooks

Roosting pockets

Housing projects

Itas the handbook for bird gardening:

Garden types

Planting schemes

Bird preferences

Seasonal advice

Genres: Gardening

144 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2003

About the author

Better Homes and Gardens is the fourth best selling magazine in the United States. Better Homes and Gardens focuses on interests regarding homes, cooking, gardening, crafts, healthy living, decorating, and entertaining. The magazine is published 12 times per year by the Meredith Corporation. It was founded in 1922 by Edwin Meredith, who had previously been the United States Secretary of Agriculture under Woodrow Wilson.

Better Homes and Gardens is one of the "Seven Sisters", a group of women's service magazines.

Reviews

[H. Carter]

This was an easy to follow book on how to make a myriad of bird gardens with different designs and for different seasons. I docked one star because of the way the plants are numbered in the pictures. I wasn't always able to see the plant very well. I read these books to learn about the plants and the pictures are important to me. Other than that, I really enjoyed it and came away with a number of ideas to try in my own garden. As another reviewer said, the teacup and saucer bird feeder idea is a gem, and not one that I found doing a quick search on the internet. There were other ideas that were similar that came up, but not the same one as in this book, which is the one that I found most darling. I will definitely be giving it a try!

[Kate]

very general basic landscaping for attracting birds. first part of book consists of garden designs, the next part of the book is projects and the third part has lists (and pictures) of plants and birds. best part of this book - detailed instructions for making teacup and saucer bird feeders. i will be doing this for presents for several friends.