{"product_id":"wendys-handmade-butterfly-house","title":"Wendy's Handmade Butterfly House","description":"\u003clink href=\"https:\/\/fonts.googleapis.com\/css2?family=Poppins:wght@300;400;500;600;700\u0026amp;display=swap\" rel=\"stylesheet\"\u003e\n\u003cstyle\u003e\n\/* Palette: heather #4a3f6b \/ lavender #6e6394 \/ mist #f4f2f8 \/ purbeck stone #8a7f6a \/ ink #1a1a1a *\/\n.prod-wrapper { font-family: 'Poppins', -apple-system, sans-serif !important; color: #2c2c2c !important; line-height: 1.7 !important; max-width: 760px !important; margin: 0 auto !important; font-size: 16px !important; }\n.prod-wrapper * { box-sizing: border-box !important; }\n.prod-hero { background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4a3f6b 0%, #6e6394 100%) !important; color: #fff !important; border-radius: 12px !important; padding: 28px 26px !important; margin-bottom: 26px !important; }\n.prod-hero-icon { font-size: 30px !important; display: block !important; margin-bottom: 8px !important; }\n.prod-hero h2 { color: #fff !important; 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font-size: 14px !important; }\n.prod-specs td { padding: 10px 12px !important; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee !important; }\n.prod-specs td:first-child { font-weight: 600 !important; color: #1a1a1a !important; width: 38% !important; }\n.prod-specs td:last-child { color: #4a4a4a !important; }\n@media (max-width: 600px) {\n  .prod-includes { grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr !important; }\n  .prod-features { grid-template-columns: 1fr !important; }\n}\n\u003c\/style\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-wrapper\"\u003e\n\n  \u003cdiv class=\"prod-hero\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"prod-hero-icon\"\u003e🦋\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ch2 style=\"color:#ffffff !important;\"\u003eHand-built in a Purbeck stone workshop — Langton Matravers, Dorset\u003c\/h2\u003e\n    \u003cp style=\"color:#ece9f4 !important;\"\u003eWendy Scammell, 76. Twenty-nine summers at the bench, more than 2,400 houses. This is the last collection — 57 left, and no more will be made.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n  \u003cdiv class=\"prod-story\"\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003e“People buy a butterfly house, hang it up — and nothing ever comes. It’s nearly always the house.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n    \u003cspan\u003e— Wendy Scammell, Isle of Purbeck\u003c\/span\u003e\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n  \u003cp class=\"prod-h3\"\u003eWhat arrives in the box\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cdiv class=\"prod-includes\"\u003e\n    \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e🏠\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe House\u003c\/b\u003e\u003csmall\u003eTeardrop, scorched pine\u003c\/small\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n    \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e💧\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Puddling Dish\u003c\/b\u003e\u003csmall\u003eMetal dish on a curved ledge\u003c\/small\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n    \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e🧵\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eJute Rope\u003c\/b\u003e\u003csmall\u003eWith steel clip, ready to hang\u003c\/small\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n    \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e✍\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eWendy’s Note\u003c\/b\u003e\u003csmall\u003eHandwritten, every order\u003c\/small\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n  \u003cp class=\"prod-h3\"\u003eWhy this one gets used when the rest stay empty\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cdiv class=\"prod-features\"\u003e\n    \u003carticle\u003e\u003cspan\u003e📐\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe 18-Millimetre Slot\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eSlots cut just under 20 mm — wide enough for a Peacock or a Comma to crawl in with folded wings, too narrow for sparrows and blue tits looking for a roost.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/article\u003e\n    \u003carticle\u003e\u003cspan\u003e🍂\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Winter Bedroom\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeacock, Small Tortoiseshell, Comma and Brimstone sleep through the British winter as adults. From October they need somewhere narrow, dark and dry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/article\u003e\n    \u003carticle\u003e\u003cspan\u003e⛵\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Hull Line\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eDerek Scammell’s teardrop, taken from the line of a boat. It spreads the wind evenly — no spinning, no knocking, no strain on the hook.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/article\u003e\n    \u003carticle\u003e\u003cspan\u003e💧\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Puddling Dish\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eButterflies take minerals from damp sand. Entomologists call it puddling. Almost no butterfly house sold in Britain has it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/article\u003e\n    \u003carticle\u003e\u003cspan\u003e🪵\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Bare Timber Rule\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eUntreated natural timber. No stain, no varnish, no paint. A chemical smell reads as danger to a butterfly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/article\u003e\n    \u003carticle\u003e\u003cspan\u003e🔄\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Spring-Clean Panel\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe back opens without tools. Brush it out once a year in April, after the sleepers have gone, top up the sand. No mould, no damp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/article\u003e\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n  \u003cdiv class=\"prod-expert\"\u003e\n    \u003cp style=\"color:#ffffff !important;\"\u003e“Four of our most familiar garden butterflies spend the winter as adults, and the dry, sheltered crevices they rely on are exactly what tidy modern gardens have lost. A shelter with the right slot width, untreated timber and a damp spot for puddling gives them one more place to try. Goodwill is not what is missing in British gardens — most of what is sold simply is not built with the butterfly in mind.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n    \u003cspan style=\"color:#d6cfee !important; font-weight:600 !important;\"\u003eDr Rachel Norris\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003cspan style=\"color:#b3aac9 !important;\"\u003eEntomologist, Bournemouth University\u003c\/span\u003e\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n  \u003cp class=\"prod-h3\"\u003eWell suited to\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cdiv class=\"prod-perfect\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"prod-tag\"\u003e🌳 Back gardens\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"prod-tag\"\u003e🍎 Orchards \u0026amp; fruit trees\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"prod-tag\"\u003e🌼 Wildlife-friendly borders\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"prod-tag\"\u003e🎁 Gifts for gardeners\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"prod-tag\"\u003e👥 Grandparents \u0026amp; grandchildren\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"prod-tag\"\u003e🎓 School nature projects\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"prod-tag\"\u003e🏡 Cottage gardens\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"prod-tag\"\u003e🏛 Patios \u0026amp; allotments\u003c\/span\u003e\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n  \u003cp class=\"prod-h3\"\u003eWhat you are actually getting\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cul class=\"prod-list\"\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eHand-built, not moulded.\u003c\/b\u003e Every house cut, sanded and fitted by one pair of hands in a Dorset stone workshop.\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eCalibrated, not decorative.\u003c\/b\u003e Slot width, dish and timber all come from twenty-nine summers of watching what works.\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eMade for British weather.\u003c\/b\u003e Solid timber walls and a sheltered interior keep the wet and the wind out through the winter.\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eCleanable.\u003c\/b\u003e Tool-free back panel — the reason these last decades instead of a season.\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eFinite.\u003c\/b\u003e 57 houses remain. Derek’s jigs are not going with her. There will be no reorder.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n  \u003cdiv class=\"prod-guarantee\"\u003e\n    \u003cb\u003e30-day returns, no questions\u003c\/b\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003eHang it up and see what happens. If you are not happy, send it back — no fuss, no questions asked.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n  \u003cdiv class=\"prod-note\"\u003e\n    \u003cb\u003eA note on handmade:\u003c\/b\u003e grain, scorch pattern and colour vary from house to house. No two come out the same, and yours will not look identical to the photographs. That is rather the point.\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n  \u003cp class=\"prod-h3\"\u003eProduct details\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003ctable class=\"prod-specs\"\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eUntreated natural pine, lightly scorched surface\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFinish\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eNo stain, no varnish, no paint\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eShape\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eTeardrop “hull line” profile (wind-stable)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDimensions\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eApprox. 21 cm high × 14 cm wide\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eEntry slots\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eThree vertical slots, just under 20 mm wide\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePuddling dish\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eRound metal dish on a curved ledge — fill with damp sand\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMounting\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eJute rope with steel clip included\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBest time to hang\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eLate September to October, sheltered from prevailing wind\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCare\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBrush out once a year in April, top up the sand\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMade by\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWendy Scammell, Langton Matravers, Dorset\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eRemaining stock\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e57 houses — final collection\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n  \u003c\/table\u003e\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n","brand":"Handmade by Wendy Scammell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59301058707804,"sku":"WENDYBH-UK-001","price":34.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0903\/4081\/9292\/files\/wendy-gal-1-hero.jpg?v=1790588331","url":"https:\/\/backroad-goods.com\/products\/wendys-handmade-butterfly-house","provider":"BACKROAD GOODS","version":"1.0","type":"link"}