Handmade Houses and Feeders for Birds, Bees, and Butterflies: 35 havens for wildlife in your garden

by Michele McKee-Orsini

Overview

These handmade birdhouses and feeders, bee hotels, and butterfly and ladybug homes will bring welcome visitors to your backyard.

Handmade Houses and Feeders for Birds, Bees, and Butterflies features 35 beautiful havens to build to attract more wildlife into your backyard. Each house is beautifully designed, with colorful details, but is also perfectly adapted for its intended inhabitants. There are birdhouses you can hang up or place on stands, and a bee house you can “plant” in your flowerbed. There are also feeders for birds, and homes for butterflies and ladybugs. With her trademark attention to detail, Michele McKee-Orsini has designed a gorgeous collection of miniature palaces for the wildlife that we should all be encouraging into our gardens. Michele takes you through the basic woodworking and decorating skills you will need, and the step-by-step project instructions, clear artwork, and stunning photography will all inspire you to build your own havens for our flying friends.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781800651104
Publisher:	Ryland Peters & Small
Publication date:	03/29/2022
Pages:	144
Product dimensions:	8.20(w) x 10.85(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Michele McKee-Orsini is an artist and wildlife enthusiast who loves nothing more than walking through the woods near her home looking for unusual pieces of wood to turn into birdhouses. She now makes and sells a stunning range of birdhouses, always with the bird’s needs foremost. This is her first book. Find her at www.naturaluniquebirdhouses.com. The author is based in Yucaipa, California.

Table of Contents

Introduction 6

Basic birdhouse 8

Chapter 1 Birdhouses 10

Simple birdhouse 12

Retro birdhouse 14

Triple-roof hanging birdhouse 18

Cottage birdhouse condo 20

Seaside birdhouse 24

Moss-covered birdhouse 26

Owl house 28

Birdhouse trio 32

Pyramid birdhouse 35

Mosaic tiled birdhouse 38

Checkerboard birdhouse 42

Barn birdhouse 44

Planter-box birdhouse 48

Dresser drawer birdhouse 50

Upcycled wine cork birdhouse 53

Hanging cube birdhouse 56

Airplane birdhouse 58

Woodpecker house 62

Flower and ladybug birdhouse 66

Knot-hole birdhouse with chains 68

Bird's eye birdhouse 71

Crooked birdhouse 74

Chapter 2 Bird feeders 78

Swing bench bird feeder 80

Hip bird feeder 84

Bird shelter 88

Wine bottle feeder 91

Cup and saucer bird feeder 94

Hanging material basket 98

Bird perch swing 101

Chapter 3 Bees, butterflies, and ladybugs 104

Cozy bee hotel 106

Bee house 109

Mason bee log home 112

Butterfly feeding station 115

Butterfly house 118

Ladybug house 122

Tools and materials 126

Techniques and guidance 128

Index 142

Picture credits 143

Suppliers and acknowledgments 144