Winter kid’s gardening – insect hotels

What you will learn:

• How to make an ‘insect hotel’.
• How ‘good bugs’ can help you to look after your veggie patch and garden.
• How to encourage good bugs in your garden.

What you will get:

• Your own insect hotel garden feature.
• Discount voucher to use on products at Bulleen Art and Garden.

Many insects actually act as ‘garden assistants’, helping to pollinate crops and control pest populations. By nurturing and encouraging these ‘good bugs’, you can make your job as a gardener that much easier and also reduce your use of pesticides and other chemical sprays.

In this hands-on class, you will meet some commonly found garden bugs and learn how to make your garden more welcoming to the helpful ones. You and your child will work together to create an ‘insect hotel’ – a piece of wooden garden art that doubles as a hibernation and nesting place for beneficial insects. The class is suitable for children aged 5 to 12 and children must be accompanied by an adult at all times.