8.7K views · 3.2K reactions | Why buy bug hotels when you can DIY? Build a 10-15 cm deep box with left over wood, add divisions with twigs, hollow stems, and pine cones. Attract beetles, bees, ladybirds, and more! Secure everything and hang in the sun, 1m high. Get creative and enjoy your new insect buddies! | The Michael Griffiths | Facebook

3K views · 15 reactions | Being sustainable is at the heart of what we do at SRUC, with a range of courses in areas such as Garden Design, Horticuture and Plantmanship, and Conservation. In this video, Events Manager Gemma shows you to how to make a bug hotel to attract insects and pollinators like solitary bees and ladybirds to your garden. Head over to our website for a handy infographic about the activity, and to find out more: https://bit.ly/2WmyQ9Y | SRUC | Facebook

701 reactions · 152 shares | Get the plants you need to help save wildlife. Shipped FREE to your door. It’s never been easier to plant with purpose. | Garden for Wildlife | Facebook

A successful wildlife garden requires 5 things: food, water, cover, places to raise young, and sustainable gardening practices. If you have all that, you’re ready to become a Certified Wildlife Habitat®. In the third video of this series, National Wildlife Federation Naturalist @David Mizejewski talks about providing cover for wildlife. Wildlife need places to hide to feel safe from people, predators, and inclement weather. Native vegetation is a perfect cover for terrestrial wildlife. Shrubs, t