Rabbits (zone 6b)

Last year I began converting parts of my grass lawn to native plant beds. I started with a bunch of plugs from the nursery. Immediately I had a problem with rabbits eating them. Over the summer, I tried a variety of tactics to combat the wretched rabbits. The only thing that actually worked was enclosing each individual plant in chicken wire fence.

At the end of the day though, Rabbits got to most of my plants. As I look ahead to next year, I'm wondering if those plants are doomed or if they should grow back? Will they be stunted? Do I just start over from square 1? Do I need to purchase more mature plants? I'm struggling to understand how anyone grows anything (at least in my area) given how ravenous these rabbits are. They eat everything!