Wildlife & Insect Habitats

Wildlife and insects are vital to the natural world and valuable to our gardens and there are many reasons we should welcome them to share our outdoor spaces. Insects, for example, are a good source of food for birds and bats, they eat other insect pests like aphids, and they are helpful when it comes to decomposition and giving us nutrient rich soil. A great way to attract them is by supplying them with habitats they can live in such as insect hotels and ladybird lodges. These provide cosy and safe places for insects to hibernate as they replicate the kind of features they like in our gardens like snug and dark nooks. They are especially good for lacewings and ladybirds which are very useful to our garden as they eat insect pests like aphids. Butterflies and bees are important pollinators with bee numbers declining at an alarming rate in recent years so it’s more important than ever for us to make sure our gardens are bee friendly by erecting butterfly barns and bee feeders. Bats, too are having a hard time finding food to eat, and many of their natural roosting places are being destroyed. A bat box gives them somewhere safe to roost, sleep during the day, and raise their pups.