Creating a Fairy Garden

Fairy Gardens are fun and a great activity to do with you kids or grandkids, or even by yourself!  And they are easy peasy to set up:

Choose a theme, pick out a container, fill with soil and appropriately scaled plants, and then the fun starts:  buying and adding your fairies and their accessories.

Let’s begin, Shall we?

Choose a theme:

Beachy which would include things like sand and seashells.

Enchanted Forest could have toadstools and fairy doors.

Forest Friends might include Gnomes and little animals.

Tea party with little tea sets and tiny foods.

Royal fairies with castles and moats.

Desert Fairies with cacti and armadillos.

The possibilities are endless and only bound by your imagination!

Containers:

Pots are durable and last a long time, especially if they are clay.  Garden stores carry all kinds and sizes.  Pots are good because they are portable and you can move your fairy garden around if you have to.

Bird baths make another good and durable container.  They are strong enough to handle the soil, plants and figurines.  Plus they are higher and the garden will be up off the ground so you don’t have to worry about bunnies nibbling your plants and knocking over the fairies.

Tree Stumps.  I would actually put the container on top of the stump but I’ve read you can hollow out the center of the stump and put your fairy garden in there.  Research on the Internet if you want to try that.

Soil and Plants:

First put some small rocks (or I like to use those flat glass marbles from the dollar store) in the bottom of the container to create drainage.  Then add a good organic potting soil.

Next choose your plants.

False cypress
Parlor palm
Norfolk pine
English boxwood
 Small succulents – perfect for desert themes

For outdoor fairy gardens, the following plants and foliage is ideal for the fairy garden:

 Wooly thyme
 Aloe succulents
 Primrose
Mini roses
Licorice plant
Oregano
White star creeper
Baby’s tears
Boxwood topiaries

I saw Ivy mentioned but my experience with Ivy is that it takes over and can quickly ruin the garden.  It’s pretty but use at you own peril or those of your fairies.

Or you can ask someone at the garden store what kind of miniature plants they have or could suggest.

Finally the Fun Part!

Set up the larger pieces of like the castle or house first.  Put it near the back of the garden.  Then make a couple of paths using pebbles or those flat glass marbles which come in so many pretty colors.

You can create a little fake pond with a mirror and have a fairy standing overlooking it.

Scatter moss for natural landscaping.  It can be cut and placed about among the plants to look like little hills, etc.

Once you’ve set up all the accessories you can finally add the fairies.

The problem with fairy gardens is they are just like potato chips.  You can’t just have one.  No sooner will you complete one you’re going to want to start another. 

Have fun!

Tiny Cute Fairy and Friends for People Who Make Fairy Gardens

I love this Tiny Cute Fairy and Friends for People Who Make Fairy Gardens !

The wee pixie and her companions are made of resin. This charming set also includes diminutive pieces of furniture and a tea service on a leaf!

When I was a little girl I used to imagine a scenario just like this. Sitting under the willow tree, talking to my pixie playmate (her name was Pansy) and being invited to a tea party. This adorable collection makes me so happy!