How to build a bug hotel in your garden

If you are looking for ways to discover the spring time nature in your garden why not create your own bug hotel?

Build a safe haven for the wildlife in your garden with a stack of wood, other organic materials and odds and ends like old plant pots on top of each other, creating a multi storey full of hideaways and holes for animals to shelter in, including hedgehogs, frogs, bees and insects.

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Here is a list of materials you might like to use?

Wood, Cardboard, Paper, Straw, Tiles, Bark, Plant pots, Bricks and Plastic bottles.

This comes from Vivacity At Home - a collection of ways to keep yourself and your family healthy, active and occupied while social distancing - from reading and crafting to accessible sports and workouts for all levels of fitness.

More ideas at vivacity.org

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