The garden is filled with interesting creatures.

All the creatures in the garden appreciate that we don't use pesticides.

In fact their very lives depend on it.

Opossum. The poor guy has frost-bitten ears.

Looking at you!

I'm beautiful! Right?

Gardener's friend. She eats lots of rodents and bugs.

Monarch Caterpillar

Monarch Butterfly

Red Admiral on Cephalaria

Grasshopper regarding an ant.

This bumble bee is grooming himself.

This Soldier Bug is a friend.

Tiny beneficial wasp eating pollen.

Garden Jewelry

Amazing Hummingbird Moth

Great Spangled Fritillary on a Globe Thistle

Lady Bug on a Shasta Daisy

Monarch taste testing Sedum.

Grasshopper peaking over a seedpod.

Getting bolder for a closer look.

Looking right at the camera. Is that a smile?

Spiders are beneficial insects.

Tiny colourful caterpillar exploring Gaillardia 'Summer Kiss'

Frogs and toads are quickly destroyed by pesticides.

Bee gather pollen.

Wasps eat many bad bugs such as aphids.

All the gardens a stage for our grasshopper. What a show-off!

Tiny beneficial wasp eating pollen.

The garden is a magical place.

Tiny feather clinging to a daylily stamen.