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These Sustainable Houses + Feeders Are for the Birds

Designer Ilse Bouwens hopes to guide and inspire people to make more sustainable choices through her work, beginning with a collection under the brand Heeej!. The bamboo bird series features contemporary birdhouses and bird feeder designs that are ready to provide our flying friends with food or a safe place to shelter and nest.

The Fly Inn is ready for new residents to move in this spring, Take a Bite serves up tasty birdseed or fatballs at mealtime, and Peanut holds a jar of speciality bird peanut butter (with no salt) for extra protein. There’s one model for each design that can be mounted on an exterior wall or tree and a second model that can be staked into the ground with a pole stand. All three can be used outdoors year round. And of course, they’re each made using strong, sustainable materials and are fully recyclable.

cylindrical bamboo birdhouse mounted on a metal stand

Bamboo Birdhouse Fly Inn

cylindrical bamboo birdhouse mounted on a birch tree

Bamboo Birdhouse Fly Inn

cylindrical bamboo birdhouse mounted on an outer wall

Bamboo Birdhouse Fly Inn

cylindrical bamboo birdhouse mounted on a birch tree

Bamboo Birdhouse Fly Inn

cylindrical bamboo birdhouse mounted on an outer wall

Bamboo Birdhouse Fly Inn

cylindrical bamboo bird feeder mounted on a metal stand

Bamboo Bird Feeder Take a Bite

cylindrical bamboo bird feeder mounted on a metal stand

Bamboo Bird Feeder Take a Bite

cylindrical bamboo bird feeder mounted on a metal stand

Bamboo Bird Feeder Take a Bite

cylindrical bamboo bird feeder mounted on a birch tree

Bamboo Bird Feeder Take a Bite

detail of a cylindrical bamboo bird feeder mounted on a birch tree

Bamboo Bird Feeder Take a Bite

cylindrical bamboo bird feeder mounted on a birch tree

Bamboo Bird Feeder Take a Bite

cylindrical bamboo bird feeder mounted on an exterior wall

Bamboo Bird Feeder Take a Bite

cylindrical bamboo bird feeder mounted on a birch tree

Bamboo Peanut Butter Jar Holder

cylindrical bamboo bird feeder mounted on an outer wall

Bamboo Peanut Butter Jar Holder

cylindrical bamboo bird feeder mounted on a tree

Bamboo Peanut Butter Jar Holder

cylindrical bamboo bird feeder mounted on a tree

Bamboo Peanut Butter Jar Holder

cylindrical bamboo bird feeder mounted on an outer wall

Bamboo Peanut Butter Jar Holder

To learn more about the bamboo bird series, visit heeej.nl.

Kelly Beall is Director of Branded Content at Design Milk. The Pittsburgh-based writer and designer has had a deep love of art and design for as long as she can remember, from Fashion Plates to MoMA and far beyond. When not searching out the visual arts, she's likely sharing her favorite finds with others. Kelly can also be found tracking down new music, teaching herself to play the ukulele, or on the couch with her three pets – Bebe, Rainey, and Remy. Find her @designcrush on social.