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Garden Guardians Bundle for Integrated Pest Management

Protect the Guardians of your Garden!

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.

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Why do insects need an insect hotel?

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.

Your Integrated Pest Management Bundle Includes:

  1. Bamboo Hexagon Insect Hotel
  2. Wooden Hexagon Insect Hotel
  3. Pinecone Hexagon Insect Hotel
  4. Urban Greens Cottage Garden Seed Balls

Where to Place your insect Hotel?

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.

How do I set up my insect hotel?

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.

Hexagon Hotel Dimensions

15 H x 17 W x 8 D cm

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