Rabbits

How to Keep Rabbits Out of the Garden

A close up of a small rabbit with autumn foliage in the foreground, and grass in soft focus in the background.

Sure, they’re cute, but bunnies can wreak havoc on your flowers and vegetable harvest. To discourage garden damage by rabbits without making like Elmer Fudd, follow these tips. Savvy plant selection, fences, and yard maintenance can all help keep Peter Rabbit out of your space. Quit growing rabbit food, already!

13 Flowering Plants Rabbits Will Leave Alone

A close up of a rabbit nibbling on a plant, pictured in light sunshine on a soft-focus background.

Want to close down the bunny salad bar in your garden? Grow flowering plants rabbits don’t like to eat! These annuals and perennials are beautiful, colorful, and rabbit-resistant. A few, like thyme and chives, are also delicious – to humans. Hop along, bunny, the flowering plants in this garden taste bad to rabbits.