Butterfly House and Feeder - The house provides a year round home in which butterflies and moths can roost, breed and hibernate. The sponge feeder on the front can be soaked with either our own butterfly food or use sugar / water solution, which will not only sustain them, but help attract them to the house. The feeder may also be used by bumble bees in early spring when food is scarce. Simply position in a warm sheltered spot which gets the morning sun. Butterflies will use the house for roosting. Small tortoiseshell, peacock and comma butterflies can use the house for hibernating. Silver winged fritillary may also use the house to breed in - they will lay eggs in the box and chrysalis could form on the roof.

• Attractive sturdy construction.
• Helps to replace lost butterfly breeding sites.
• Butterfly food and attractant will tempt them in.

N.B. Why not have a go at breeding your own butterflies? - Our Butterfly Breeding Kits come with everything you need to breed your own Painted Lady butterflies - watch them develop from caterpillar to butterflies. CLICK HERE to find out more.

"Fantastic website - my 6yr old daughter LOVED her butterfly house last year!" Louise Baser

Ladybird Houses - Ladybirds are the most recognised and loved of all insects with both the larvae and adults feeding on a range of garden insect pests including aphids, mealy bugs and scale. Our range of ladybird houses are designed to simulate the natural habitat sought by ladybirds for hibernation helping more of these beneficial insects survive the winter.

Ladybird attractant and food - Mix the powder with a drop of water and use in the garden or in one of our ladybird houses. This encourages ladybirds to stay in your garden giving you free pest control. Use from early spring onwards.

Ladybird Field Guide - Did you know there are 26 species of ladybirds in this country? This attractive laminated field guide has pictures and descriptions of them all to help you identify the ones in your garden.

Ladybird Lifecycle Models - These meticulously designed ladybird lifecycle figures are an educational accessory to go with our ladybird kit. These accurate replicas are oversized making them ideal for little hands. There are 4 stages accurately detailed - eggs, larva, pupa and adult ladybird.

Lacewing Chamber - Lacewing larvae eat greenfly and blackfly plus other insect pests. They occur naturally in your garden and unusually they overwinter as adults, but 90% of lacewings do not survive the winter because of a shortage of suitable shelter. By placing a Lacewing Chamber in your garden, many more of these beneficial insects will survive the winter to control pests in the spring.

Lacewing Chamber - Place a lacewing chamber  in your garden during the late summer. The wooden chamber comes ready to use and consists of a sturdy wooden box which will last for years and a straw insert. The straw is treated with a strong pheromone attractant to entice the lacewings into their new home for the winter. 

Lacewing Chamber Refill - Replace the straw insert each year (in August) to keep attracting lacewings.

The siting instructions for lacewing chambers are :-

1. Fix the chamber to a fence post about 150-180cms (5-6ft) from the ground sheltered from the prevailing winds.
2. Secure to a post, on top of a fence or bird table, where it is not overshadowed by a larger structure.
3. Place away from trees or buildings in an open situation where lacewings can detect the pheromone in the straw.
4. Put in place from mid August to mid October to attract the most lacewings.
5. At the end of November store the chamber in a shed or garage to keep dry.
6. In early March put back in the garden to release the valuable contents back into the garden.
7. In August renew the straw and attractant ready for positioning again.

"I bought lacewing larvae for a couple of years now and they’ve had a great affect on the aphids, so last autumn we put up a lacewing chamber too. Now I must admit that I was a little sceptical that it would actually work, but left it out and then stored it away for the winter. I put it out at the end of April (I only remembered when loads of aphids appeared on my roses) and I was pleasantly surprised to see little lacewing larvae just a couple of days later. Suffice to say the roses are now aphid free and the apple tree has stayed aphid free too. Many thanks for bringing to my attention a great natural product that really works." Regards Duncan

"It makes sense to offer these welcome garden visitors winter lodgings." Adam Pasco, Weekend Telegraph.

New - Mini Bug Habitats – Introduce your children or grandchildren to the fascinating world of nature with our habitats for ladybirds, lacewings and bees, which are fun and interesting for the children and provide beneficial insects with places to feed, breed and over-winter.

New - Mini Bug Habitats – These three Mini Bug Habitats are designed to attract beneficial insects while being fun and educational for children i.e. they can enjoy choosing where to site them. Each habitat comes with its own different 16 page project book explaining how important beneficial bugs are and encouraging children to record and draw what they observe. There are also instructions on how to make more shelters out of materials that are easy to find i.e. how to make an insect house out of an old plastic bottle.

New - Mini Bug Ladybird Log – This smaller version of our best selling Ladybird House, the Mini Bug  Ladybird Log has been designed with children in mind. Ladybirds are a welcome sight in the garden, where they happily munch away on greenfly and other tasty pests and one of the best ways to attract them to your garden is to provide a safe, dry environment for ladybirds to breed, feed and overwinter in. The Ladybird Log has a hollow central chamber that can be filled with dry grass, dry leaves or straw, which the ladybirds reach through holes drilled in the side. The Mini Bug Ladybird Log comes in colourful packaging making an ideal gift and comes complete with a project book which contains fascinating facts and good pictures of ladybird development. Plus guidance on identifying different coloured / spotted ladybirds. The house can be positioned amongst plants or hung from a fence etc by a metal eye on the back. Meaures 20cm tall and 8cm in diameter.

New - Mini Bug Solitary Bee House – This smaller version of our best selling Solitary Bee Hive, the Mini Bug Solitary Bee House has been designed with children in mind. Gardeners and farmers like solitary bees because they pollinate flowers, herbs, fruit trees and vegetable plants. This wooden beehive (bees prefer wooden nesting sites) is made from durable FSC timber and the solitary bees lay their eggs inside the holes and seal them with mud or chewed up vegetation, so it is easy to tell if it is being used. The following year the adults and their offspring will use the same nest again building up the numbers of bees in your garden each year. Solitary Bees are docile and rarely sting, which makes them ideal for children to study. The Mini Bug Solitary Bee House comes in colourful packaging making an ideal gift and comes complete with a project book which contains fascinating facts and good pictures. The house should be positioned amongst plants on a brick, stone or paving slab. Measures 11cm wide x 12 cm long and 10 cm deep.

New - Mini Bug Bug Box – This Mini Bug Bug Box will attract a wide range of beneficial bugs including lacewings and ladybirds. This insect house consists of holes drilled into a wooden block for insects to nest in and it also comes with hollow canes and straws, which the children assemble to provide another nesting area. The Mini Bug Bug Box provides a safe, dry environment for benefical insects to breed, feed and overwinter in. Ladybirds and Lacewings are a welcome sight in the garden, where they happily munch away on greenfly and other tasty pests and one of the best ways to attract them to your garden is to place a bug box in your garden. The Mini Bug Bug Box comes in colourful packaging making an ideal gift and comes complete with a project book which contains fascinating facts and good pictures of beneficial insects including ladybird larvae. It also contains information on building your own bug boxes out of items such as plastic bottles, straw and cardboard. The bug box is hung from a fence etc by a metal eye on the back. Measures 15cm wide (at largest point) x 11cm deep x 7 cm wide.

Special Offer - Buy all three Mini Bug Habitats for £30.00 saving £4.50

Solitary Beehive - This beehive is designed specifically to attract non-swarming, solitary bees like the red mason and the blue orchard bee. The bees are naturally attracted to the holes in the wood as this simulates natural nesting sites, which are becoming harder to find. The Red Mason Bee (Osmia rufa) is active in the garden from March to July and is responsible for pollinating top fruit and soft fruit. The Blue Orchard Bee (Osmia lignaria) is active in the garden from May to September and is an effective pollinator of summer flowers, herbs and vegetables. By attracting both species of bees to your garden, you will ensure effective pollination of plants, trees, herbs and vegetables from March until September.

Solitary Beehive - This wooden beehive (bees prefer wooden nesting sites) has a durable timber roof and base with wooden nesting trays in-between, which are all held together with two stainless steel bolts - this allows easy access to the entire beehive. The solitary bees then lay their eggs inside the holes and seal them with mud or chewed up vegetation, so it is easy to tell if it is being used. The following year the adults and their offspring will use the same nest again building up the numbers of bees in your garden each year. Site the solitary beehive 1-2 metres high, in a sheltered site which catches the morning sun and near scented plants. A mud supply is useful, but not essential. Height x 200mm width x 180mm depth x 160mm. Approx weight 1.5kg.

Bumblebees are excellent pollinators of shrubs, trees, garden flowers and vegetables and are as useful to the gardener as mason bees. Place this nest in your garden in the spring in a south facing, sheltered spot, out of direct sunlight. Position at the base of a bush or evergreen shrub or against a wall / hedge to attract a nest-seeking queen from one of the six commonest species of Bumblebees. She will establish a colony, which will be active until early Autumn.

Bumble Bee Nest  - This wooden box with a transparent lid allows you to observe your bumble bee colony throughout the summer. The nest comes complete with the first year's nesting material, which the queen uses to make her nest and then lay her eggs. (Simply replace the nesting material each year with new straw or hay.) The eggs will hatch to produce the first workers, which then forage for nectar and pollen, allowing the queen to become an egg-laying machine. The males leave the nest and seek females and once mated, the new queen seeks a suitable place in which to hibernate over winter. Meanwhile, the males and the colony eventually die, leaving the hibernating queens to start the cycle again  the following spring. Height x 190mm width x 200mm depth x 140mm. Approx weight 1.5kg. Nest material/instructions and excellent Bumble Bee Guide are included.

Special Offer - Bee House Bumper Pack contains a Solitary Bee Hive and a Bumble Bee Nest normally £52.49 SAVING £3.00 NOW £49.49.

"I received the Bee Boxes yesterday and just want to say how pleased I am with the construction, delivery and presentation - I am sure that my sister will be extremely pleased to receive them. I will certainly tell other people about and use your company again." Regards Liz Anderson

Special Offer - Wildlife Houses - These hand-crafted wooden shelters are a valuable addition to any green garden. Encouraging both hedgehogs and frogs is good for the garden ,as they both feed on slugs and snails! These houses are designed to encourage hedgehogs and frogs to breed and over-winter in your garden by offering protection from predators. Special Offers - £5.00 Off both the Hedgehog AND Frog Boxes.

Special Offer - Hedgehog House - Provides a safe, warm and dry environment for hedgehogs - this very well made wooden shelter weighs 7kg and measures 42cm long x 38cm wide x 22cm high. Simply position below a hedge or over-hanging bush. Can also be used for pet rabbits etc.  Special Offer - Hedgehog House normally £39.99 NOW £34.99 saving £5.00

"I purchased a hedgehog house sometime ago and popped it in a quiet corner. I did not think anything about it as it is summer. I was putting food out for the birds yesterday and checked the house and noticed a lot of material had been taken into the house. I left well alone and to my delight out came the hedgehog! This year I bought the house, Nemaslug programme and also a ladybird house ,as I want to attract more wildlife and I am trying to be more green. It seems to be working really well ,so the slug pellets have not moved out of the garage. Thank you so much for such excellent products." Debra Ainscough

Special Offer - Frog Box - Provides shelter and protection for frogs and toads from predators and cold weather. This sturdy, wooden shelter weighs 2kg and measures 36cm long x 18cm wide x 10cm high. Simply position next to a pond or water below a hedge or overhanging bush. Special Offer - Frog Box normally £34.99 NOW £29.99 saving £5.00