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Posted by lavender_lass WA zone 3/4 (My Page) on Mon, Aug 17, 09 at 21:20
| Hi, I'm new last week to the Garden Forum. I'm looking for information on creating a fairy garden for my nieces, who are both four. I found the very old thread below on "Daughter's Fairy Garden" which has some great ideas.
Is anyone on this forum working on fairy gardens? I'm more interested in a semi-shade garden with child-sized plants, with fairy accessories. My nieces love Tinkerbell and fairy stories and even dressing up like fairies. I hope that by making a fairy garden, I can give them a place to play and dream, as well as inspire them to garden themselves, when they get older.
Thanks for any help you can offer! |
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RE: Fairy Garden
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| I made a fairy garden earlier this year for my Grandchildren but need to take some new pics of it as the flowers have grown. I had planned to make it in a washtub but found an old tin bathtub at a yard sale so used that. I placed it in a corner of the garden, filled it with soil, and used small edging plants. I collected some small things at yard sales and thrift shops - a ceramic house that was supposed to be a hanging candle holder, a small bear figurine, a couple of fairies, a tiny birdhouse w/bird, a wire "gazebo", a tiny glass garden totem, and a glass garden "umbrella". These pics were taken 3 months ago right after I finished it and the plants have grown a lot so the Grands and I will make some changes this weekend. Later I'll move the plants to the garden and store the fairies, etc. inside for the winter. Here's the vintage bathtub made into a fairy garden... 
Here are the two fairies under their glass "umbrella"... 
The fairies' house (formerly a hanging candle holder)... 
Tiny glass totem I made just for the fairies... 
Hope this inspires parents or grandparents to make a fairy garden! :-) |
RE: Fairy Garden
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| That is adorable! What a great idea for a fairy garden. |
RE: Fairy Garden
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| Just wanted to bump this up. I'm hoping now that it's March there might be more people checking the forum. Does anyone else have a sun or shade garden that includes some cute fairy accessories? Also looking for ideas for flowers and maybe some cute seating. |
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