This extremely cute Garden Guardians bundle provides a refuge for beneficial insects or "Garden Guardians" that naturally manage pest populations in your garden, reducing the need for chemical pesticides. The 3 wooden hexagonal Insect Hotels, when joined together in a garden display, mimic one of the loveliest patterns in nature - reminiscent of honeycomb in a hive. Functionally, they provide different habitats to attract a variety of insects like native bees, predatory wasps, lacewings, ladybirds and spiders. The Cottage Garden Seed Balls ensure a continuous supply of nectar and pollen when flowering, attracting and sustaining these helpful insects.
When choosing to manage pests holistically, you foster a healthy, balanced garden ecosystem. Beneficial insects play a crucial role in pollination and help to keep pest numbers in down. Remember - we never want to totally eradicate pests but just keep their numbers in check. This eco-friendly approach not only protects your plants to create a flourishing and beautiful garden, but also supports biodiversity to maintain a healthy garden ecosystem.
Insects such as ladybirds and our native bees are always looking for a safe space to lay their eggs and somewhere to hibernate over winter. They often use dead stems or old wood, and leaf litter to create a home.
The vast majority of Australian native bees are solitary. The females mate and then lay their eggs in holes in dead wood where they deposit stores of nectar and pollen for their young. Leaves and other materials are then used to line, partition and cap their nests.
Unfortunately in urban environments where lots of land is cleared and our gardens have become over manicured and sterile, there is not sufficient natural habitat for them anymore. You can help support them by replicating this natural environment in your garden with an insect hotel.Planting a diverse range of flowers and herbs around your hotel such as cilantro, dill, fennel, caraway, yarrow, tansy, angelica, alyssums, coreopsis, poppies, cornflowers and cosmos can provide a reliable food source to help attract them to your garden. Placing a shallow dish for water will also  benefit these helpful critters.
In placing your Insect Hotel in the garden it's important to choose a sunny aspect but not in a place where it will get excessively hot. The hotel should be at least one metre off the ground and placedin a sheltered area where it will not be disturbed.
For detailed information on insect hotel placement, water and food requirements see ourNative Bees, The Most Welcome Visitors to the GardenandGrowing a Bee Friendly Gardenarticles. Although this information is centred on native bees it is applicable to all beneficial garden insects and their needs.
15 H x 17 W x 8 D cm
I initially bought this product from a company on East coast but happy to find it in a store in Perth. My husband has his own business and it always feels good to support other small businesses.
Ordered 2 of these sprinklers. They are awesome for doing around edges. They put out a great spray. Very happy and would highly recommend them.
By far the best coffee cup I've had..
And I love the color !
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All eggs appeared to hatch, they were placed on the Roses.
positive I sore a Ladybird Larva.. Hopefully they are enjoying my aphids
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The treerings are very good fertilisers on my rose bushes and navel orange tree.
The roosting pocket is very cute and I have hung it outside my kitchen window. Am now waiting for some tenants to move in.
Very effective and easy to use, all chemical and plastic free!
Chemical free way to clean up weeds in your paving.
I purchased and set up my fly trap in Sept/Spring for my lime tree. Within a few hours of setting it up, fruit flies started lingering around it. When I checked on it the next day (<24h) there were already a few trapped in the liquid. Very effective product - looks like it will be handy in managing fruit flies in my garden this year.
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