A Fairy Garden is a
garden where people believe in the magic of fairies. Besides being a magical
place, it’s a special garden that can be designed and made in a smaller area of
your larger outdoor garden. Or it can be a miniature garden in a smaller
planter or wherever you decide to plant it. It can be brought indoors in colder
months to enjoy, and kept outdoors in warmer weather.
The Fairy Garden can be
planted in any container or item that is water tight and has good drainage like
a terra cotta planter, an old dresser drawer, metal containers or an old tin.
Anything will do – just use your imagination.
Imagination and
creativity along with soil and what to put into your garden is essential. You
can use tiny flowering and non-flowering plants, miniature houses, miniature
people and animals, and tiny outdoor furniture. You can add tiny fences,
lights, swings, bird baths, stones, gravel, or anything that you want to make
it your own special garden. There are hundreds of possibilities and even web sites
about Fairy Gardens to get you started.
My goal this summer is
to let each of my grandchildren indulge in their imagination and make their own
Fairy Garden.
Besides checking out
web sites, I intend to visit my old greenhouse, where I used to work, LMS on
Wagner Road in Hampton. If you’re interested in a Fairy Garden – visit LMS and
ask for Jane’s help. Or better yet, check out the website for LMS and sign up
for Jane’s class in ‘how to design a Fairy Garden.’
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