Have you ever wondered how to make your outdoor areas more butterfly friendly? We collected our best tips to this newsletter on how to improve your neighborhood to attract butterflies.
Imagine this: it's a fresh summer morning and you're having a cup of good coffee or a glass of apple juice with a good friend. You're sitting at your patio, surrounded by nature and looking at the butterflies, which are slowly flying around you.
Nature offers aesthetics for our backyards, especially in summer. A pavement covered with concrete can provide practicality, but the therapeutic effect provided by nature is also very appreciated.
Butterfly watching is comparatively popular hobby in Finland, and has lately also attracted women and younger generation to participate. Digital cameras have also come along and instead of conventional method, which is deadly for butterflies, more and more people practice the hobby through photographing.
The continued loss of butterflies is raising the concerns of environmental biologists. These little helpers of plants are crucial for us and for the nature - we cannot survive without them.
Consumption is central to the functioning of society, but as the standard of living rises, it’s more and more critical to strive for responsibility in our consuming habits. We want to offer people an opportunity to treat themselves without the feeling of guilt. We want to provide aesthetics, that is biodegradable and recyclable. And especially we want to provide an experience that strengthens your relationship with nature.
Belightful Design was born from a way of thinking, a positive mindset that delights and values in every moment. Miia Liesegang and Taina Tallala are a complementary duo. Both strive to make use of their expertise within Belightful Design, but since it is a small company, both also needed to learn new things; such as administrative tasks, bureaucracies and internationalisation.
Gardening is one of the activities on the rise right now, and there are serious reasons to talk about a real trend. Craftsmanship and many other traditional skills have not lost their value in our urban society. As you may guess, it’s the generation of young urban adults who’re taking over gardens. The same people who have owned many of the exceptional trends we have seen in recent years: knitting, craft beers, fixed-gear bicycles... you name it. Gardens are places for fresh ideas and people who want to release their full creative potential. No wonder everybody wants to try it – maybe you should too!
It’s completely dark in your bedroom while you are lying in your bed, being still, concentrating on breathing and trying to clear your head of thoughts.
Except, what’s the time? You wonder if it’s already 2:30 or even more, and you count the hours before the alarm clock rings. Checking the clock pretty much confirms your guesses. It’s 2:24. Trying to clear your mind didn’t work out. You have been worrying about everything and anything. And now there’s one more question to worry about
We really want to share the story of the material with you because it’s a very interesting one. The Belightful Butterfly Oasis is made of bio-based and biodegradable plastic which means that the product is considerably more environmentally friendly than the traditional oil based plastics.
In our three part guide we will cover how to attract and nurture butterflies in our gardens. The same can be done with balconies, terraces etc. Even if you are not a gardening enthusiast, you can pick valuable information from here for creating your own butterfly haven.
When was the last time you saw a butterfly? Are we too busy to have time to observe their daily routine or are there simply less butterflies to be seen.
In this blog post we do a little research of the current situation of our fellow butterflies.