Mindful of Butterflies

Mindful of Butterflies is a butterfly book with a difference, combining a natural history of the butterfly, its lifecycle and preservation with a detailed guide on creating an ecological niche for these creatures in your own garden. The guide is applicable to either North America or the UK. Written by Bernard Jackson, former curator of the Newfoundland Botanic Garden, it aims to get us to encourage some of our most endangered and beautiful butterflies to return to our backyards.

Complemented by exquisite illustrations by award-winning botanical British artist Valerie Baines (twice awarded the Silver Gilt Medal of the Royal Horticultural Society.

Bernard S Jackson created Newfoundland's famous Memorial University Botanical Garden and was its curator until 1993. He has lectured for many years on horticulture, natural history and conservation. He is a Fellow of the Linnean Society, has received the Professional Citation of the American Association of Botanical Gardens and Arboreta, the Canadian Wildflower Society's Conservation Award in 1991 and 1993. He lives in Nova Scotia.