Can you help me with ideas to form a miniature garden for a 4 year old girl? I'm thinking of a cottage with perhaps a river using real water, pebbles etc.. a bridge...I'll use live plants. What else can I add to this? It must be a hands on sort of garden where my daughter can play around with moving items about.

Thanks

Ianna

Are you thinking of a playhouse-sized cottage or a dollhouse-sized cottage?

If the latter, I'd vote for dwarf conifers to look like towering evergreens, and some very low-growing (and tough) groundcover like pennyroyal or mother-of-thyme for "lawn" spaces. Little low-growing flowers for the flowerbeds, or course--maybe Veronica, maybe violets, lots of good choices there!

I love to think of plastic animals roaming in the garden. Zoo animals? Farm animals? all of the above? Fun!

Post pictures when you've got it together, please!

Cheers,
Angie Kantola