FSC approved bug houses
Create a nature-friendly garden with help from Blue Diamond
Attracting insects like ladybirds, bees and butterflies to your garden is not only a delight to see but beneficial too.
They are essential in the processes of pollinating plants, recycling nutrients and sustaining the food chain.
Bee Barn
The pretty Bee Barn provides a safe home for all types of friendly solitary bees in your garden. Produced from sustainably managed, FSC-certified wood, it comes in an attractive gift box and is easy to put up and care for.
The Bee Barn is designed to attract solitary bees and many other species of pollinators and insects to take shelter and create their homes in the various sections. It’s also suitable for many other pollinators, but they will require some nesting material to be added to the lower compartment as they often like to adopt ready-made nests from other creatures, such as birds.
For the most success, hang your Bee Barn on a south or south-east facing wall to receive the morning sun.
Butterfly Barn
This beautiful barn feeds and provides shelter for butterflies in your garden. Not only that but it can also attract many other species of pollinating insects, like moths and lacewings.
The slatted centre provides resting and sheltering spots and the door swivels, allowing access to the nesting compartment to clean and
carefully observe species during cooler weather. For feeding, fill up the reservoir at the bottom with a solution of butterfly food, such as sweet over-ripe fruit instead of sugar water.
Produced from sustainably managed, FSC-certified wood, with a recycled second-life plastic front. The Butterfly Barn comes in an attractive gift box and is easy to put up and care for.
Ladybird Tower
Our Ladybird Towers for ladybirds and other beneficial insects are made from natural air dried FSC-certified timber logs, so no two are ever the same!
Each tower is cleverly constructed to provide hollow central chambers filled with straw to provide insulation and security for beneficial insects. Access to the central chamber is provided by paths drilled through the sides of the log. The central chamber is protected by the apex roof. To encourage occupation of the tower by ladybirds, smear ladybird food on the entrance holes.
These towers come with a ground pole (fixed at the rear for transport) allowing for siting in lawns, sheltered flower beds, wooded glades or even planters.